By Dan Ambrose: Angel Garcia, WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia’s father, doesn’t see opponent Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KO’s) making it the full distance in their rematch on October 20th a the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. Angel feels that his son Danny gave Morales too much respect in their fight earlier this year in March.
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Danny Garcia milking his title with Erik Morales fight on October 20th
By William Mackay: Boxing fans had such his expectations for WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (24-0, 15 KO’s) after he annihilated Amir Khan on July 14th of this month in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some fans were hoping that the 24-year-old Garcia would agree to fight Khan in a rematch in December and put him out of his misery once and for all.
Daniel Jacobs to fight on Garcia-Morales undercard on October 20th
By Jason Kim: Former middleweight challenger Daniel Jacobs (22-1, 19 KO’s) will be back in action on October 20th in a scheduled 10 round bout against an opponent still to be determined on the undercard of the title match between WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia and Erik Morales at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Danny Garcia vs. Erik Morales II on 10/20; Quillin and Malignaggi also on the card
By William Mackay: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (24-0, 15 KO’s) won’t be facing Amir Khan next. Instead, the 24-year-old Garcia will be fighting a rematch against the soon to be 36-year-old Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KO’s) on October 20th at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. Also on the card will be WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi against an opponent still to be named, and unbeaten middleweight contender Peter Quillin vs. TBA.
Only 3,147 tickets sold for Khan-Garcia fight
By William Mackay: The Amir Khan vs. Danny Garcia fight was a dismal failure in the box office, according to Dan Rafael. Only 3,147 tickets were sold in grand total, and 3,364 tickets were given away by the Mandalay Bay Resorts & Casino where the fight took place. In other words, more than half of the people who showed up to watch the fight were fans who had tickets given to them.
Is Amir Khan Playing The Blame Game?
By Mohammed Abulkhair: There is no doubt that former WBA and IBF Light Welterweight champion Amir “King” Khan has the attributes of speed, movement, and heart. However, those three do not really mean much if you do not have a chin that goes with them. I am not saying that you need the chin of the great “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler or Carlos Monzon, but in boxing you need a decent chin to keep you in the game.
Maidana wants Danny Garcia fight if he gets past Soto-Karass on 9/15
By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (31-3, 28 KO’s) is scheduled to fight Jesus Soto-Karass (26-7-3, 17 KO’s) in a 10 round bout on September 15th on the undercard of the Josesito Lopez vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. If Maidana can win that fight, he told esnewsreporting.com that he’d like to fight WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia if he can get the fight.
There is no way that Khan could ever beat Garcia in a rematch
By Hector Gonzalez: It appears that many Khan fans are having a hard time admitting that Khan was overrated all along. Many of his fans are claiming that Garcia landed a ‘lucky punch’, and that Khan would ‘surely win a rematch’, as if Khan deserved a rematch to begin with.
Khan: I’d box Danny Garcia in a rematch; I’d fight him differently
By William Mackay: The sting of his 4th round TKO loss to Danny Garcia last weekend seems to have knocked some sense into Amir Khan’s head, as he now says he would choose to box Garcia if/when they ever fight again in the future.
Steward: Khan needs to take a break from boxing; he’s been hurt too many times
By William Mackay: Trainer/HBO boxing analyst Emanuel Steward doesn’t like the way that former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) has been hurt so many times in such a short period of time in his still young career, and Steward believes that Khan needs to take a nice break to let himself recover from all the punishment he’s taken in his fights.