Danny Garcia: What’s next at welterweight? M.DeTyrone

Danny Garcia: What’s next at welterweight?

M.DeTyrone

Many boxers, commentators, journalist, and fans as the weakest and the most vulnerable boxer from 140 lbs. to 147 lbs. and one of the most hated boxers regard Danny Garcia by a very vocal anti-Puerto Rican, hateful, and spiteful casual boxing fan base. Despite Garcia being victorious and fighting seven ex- or current world champions and a professional record of 30-0 (17KO) and being the undisputed Jr. Welterweight champion. I’ve commented that he’s the subject of a double standard as a result scrutinized for every financial or boxing decision and accomplishment.

You have to understand that any accomplishment by a Puerto Rican boxer is a threat to the self-esteem of a very vocal nationalistic ethnic fan base, which looks at anything Puerto Rican with animosity, resentment, racial malice, cultural, and social hatred. If you add the constant haters, the casual fans, and Danny Garcia might be the third most hated boxer in the sport behind Floyd Jr. and Broner.

I was looking for Garcia performance to tell me about his run at 147 lbs. I wrote about the fight on this blog:

“If Peterson survives the first 4 rounds it will be an attention-grabbing fight due to Peterson’s 72” reach advantage against Garcia’s 68 ½” add Peterson’s slight height advantage. What Peterson doesn’t have is a strong chin and timing, but he has decent power. I’m suspicious that Peterson will jab and counter-clinch thus evading entering into exchanges with Garcia early in the fight. Peterson will evade and try to neutralize Garcia’s dangerous left-hook at all cost. It will be interesting to see Garcia adjust and look to time Peterson the moment he opens up. Many questions will be answered about Garcia’s power and boxing as he slowly moves up to the welterweight division. If Garcia thrashes Peterson within four rounds, the welterweight division has a serious problem and the well-known welterweights should pay attention.”

What did I see during the Peterson vs. Garcia fight? I saw a small Garcia for the welterweight division that was competing against a bigger and stronger boxer with a clear weight advantage, I witness a Garcia hit by well-timed right hands, a Garcia that was out of stamina and pushed by a stronger Peterson, I saw Garcia winning eight of the 12 rounds, and fading in the late rounds. I have my doubts about Garcia at 147 lbs. unless he switches his style up and improves his fight game, because everyone sees that he relies too much on timing. In addition, he should slowly move up in the welterweight division and settle in. What I saw that is the most worrisome was the sense that Garcia has lost that killer instinct and that he has become too civilized, when he’s one boxer that many other boxers hate and wish to destroy him.

Garcia needs to seriously progress and switch things up in his camp, if he wishes to remain in boxing, and accomplish the highest level in the sport of boxing. If it means that he, need to be switching trainers to a Naazim Richardson and a brand new physical trainer.  How that will work out with him letting go of his father trainer will be a very personal decision that the two must decide what’s best. At any rate, if Garcia doesn’t improve his stamina and boxing style he’ll be in deep trouble in the 147 lbs. division.

The sharks smell blood in the water and among these sharks are Adrien Broner 30-1 (22KO) and Marcos Maidana 35-5 (31KO) who is challenging Danny Garcia for various reasons one to obtain some nationalistic revenge for the defeat of Lucas Matthysse and Sergio Martinez and pander to the anti-Puerto Rican hate by a Mexican and Mexican-American nationalistic boxing fan base.

What’s most interesting about Maidana is that he wants no part of Keith Thurman 25-0 (21KO) who holds his former WBA title. Maidana defeated Adrien Broner, earning a title shot vs. Mayweather Jr. Under the physical training of Alex Ariza, but without Ariza, he looked sloppy and without stamina in the Mayweather Jr. Rematch. Marcos Maidana has 28 KO’s in the first six rounds and 3 KO’s from the 7^th to 12^th.

 In my opinion, if Garcia prepares himself for stamina, and improves on his defense then he can out box Maidana, and possibly stop him with an accumulation of body shots. In a fight, this must be at a catchweight and limit Maidana from gaining more than 10 lbs. after the weigh-in. I honestly, would like to see Garcia vs. Devon Alexander 26-3 (14KO) or an Andre Berto 30-3 (23KO) both ex world champions with strong records and good boxing.