By Keith Idec

DALLAS – Mikey Garcia firmly believes something special will happen Saturday night at AT&T Stadium.

The undefeated four-division champion’s confidence was evident Wednesday when he and Errol Spence Jr. came together again for their final press conference at the home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys. The event temporarily turned contentious once Spence admonished Garcia for talking trash about him in various interviews to promote their FOX Pay-Per-View main event.

Once FS1’s live telecast ended, though, Garcia and Spence reverted mostly toward being very respectful of one another while talking with groups of reporters.

A grateful Garcia gushed about his interaction with Roberto Duran, the Panamanian legend who expressed his appreciation for Garcia when they spoke before the press conference began. The 31-year-old Garcia was born after the prime of Duran’s career, but he hopes boxing fans are impacted Saturday night by his fight versus Spence the way they were when Duran fought Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and others.

“It’s a fight that will give me the legacy that I want, the history that I want,” Garcia told a group of reporters following the press conference. “It will forever be remembered as one of those fights. When you mention, you know, some of the greatest to have ever done it, everybody talks about Ali, Sugar Ray, Duran, Hagler, those names are included. And Mayweather and Pacquiao in most recent times.

“You’re gonna talk about this. That’s what this fight does. That’s why I chose this fight. This fight does this for me. A loss obviously would hurt me. I don’t wanna lose and I don’t think Errol wants to lose, either. So, neither one of us is thinking about losing, but that’s what makes this fight such a better fight.”

The 29-year-old Spence (24-0, 21 KOs), of nearby DeSoto, Texas, is consistently listed as about a 4-1 favorite over Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs), of Oxnard, California. Garcia will move up two weight classes – from the lightweight limit of 135 pounds, to the welterweight maximum of 147 – to fight for Spence’s IBF welterweight title.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.