(Photo Credit: Amanda Kwok / SHOWTIME) By Jim Dower: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (29-0, 17 KOs) totally obliterated the much smaller unranked lightweight Rod Salka (19-4, 3 KOs) in an easy 2nd round knockout on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia knocked Salka down three times in the 2nd round. The fight was halted at 2:31 of the round after flattening Salka with a left hook.
“No fight is easy unless you put in the hard work. My fans love me. It has nothing to do with my opponent, because when Danny Garcia is at his best he can beat anybody,” Garcia said after the fight. “I leave it up to Al Haymon to decide my opponents. It doesn’t matter to me. I show up on fight night and always find a way to win.”