Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

By Boxing News - 02/16/2017 - Comments

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By Dan Ambrose: WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia’s father/trainer Angel Garcia says that he heard that WBA 147lb champion Keith “One Time” Thurman was in Las Vegas drinking and smoking the hookah. Garcia says Thurman drinks and smokes a lot. For that reason, Angel feels that Thurman won’t be beating Danny Garcia (33-0, 19 KOs) in their fight on March 4 on Showtime Boxing on CBS at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Angel has been doing a lot of talking about Thurman while Danny has been mostly quiet in the run up to the fight. It appears that Angel is trying to get under Thurman’s skin to anger him and throw him off his game when he gets inside the ring next month.

There’s not much time remaining before the fight. If Angel can get Thurman furious, it might help Danny get the victory. Danny might win the fight anyway. Thurman barely beat Shawn Porter last July in winning a very close 12 round decision. Thurman won by the scores 115-113 x 3.

“He never fought a guy like Danny,” said Angel to Fighthype.com about Thurman. “It’s a good fight for Danny for the future to take us forward, but a bad fight for Thurman. Danny has got power too. He’s a man like Danny’s a man. We’re not scared of him. We got power too. Let me put it this way; [Thurman is a] person that drinks whiskey or whatever he drinks. He drinks a lot. He smokes hookah. You can smoke all the hookah in the world if you want, but don’t get in the ring with Danny. You’ve got Danny 100 percent. At the end of the night, it’s going to be a new WBA champion of the world. When he was in Vegas, they say he was drunk as hell walking around the casino. I didn’t see it. I’m just talking what I heard. I heard he was in the club smoking that hookah like no tomorrow. I’m saying if it’s true, he ain’t beating Danny. You can’t go in there thinking it’s going to be easy. Nothing is easy in life. He ain’t beating us. We’re ready physically, mentally and spiritually,” said Angel.

Thurman seems to believe he’s going to win the fight due to his size advantage, as well as his power and speed. Garcia is good at timing his opponents to nail them with his left hook. Thurman is going to need to show a good chin in this fight, because Garcia will hit him cleanly at some point in the fight. Despite his nickname being “One Time,” Thurman does not have huge power to knock guys out with single shots. Thurman usually gets his knockouts by beating on his opponents for a number of rounds. He attacks the same way every time with him charging forward and either throwing a left hook or a right hand. If Thurman gets sloppy, he could get clipped by Garcia, especially if he tries to throw his left hook a lot. Garcia does well against fighters that throw left hooks.

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Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah

Image: Angel Garcia says he heard Thurman drinks and smokes the hookah