Danny Garcia Says Goodbye to Brooklyn with a Spectacular KO
The former two-division world champion, Danny Garcia, concluded his “Farewell to Brooklyn” event with an impressive fourth-round knockout over Danny Gonzalez on Saturday at the Barclays Center in New York. Garcia (38-4, 22 KOs) connected his characteristic left hook to end the fight against Gonzalez (22-5-1, 7 KOs) at 45 seconds of the fourth round, in a fight scheduled for 10 rounds at 154 pounds. Gonzalez fell to the canvas with his ankle bent in an unusual way. Although he tried to get up before the count, he collapsed again and referee Harvey Dock stopped the fight. Garcia, 37, was the first boxer to headline a boxing event at the Barclays Center in 2012, when he knocked out Mexican legend Erik Morales with a left hook in the fourth round. Thirteen years later, Garcia repeated the feat, connecting the same punch in the same round against another Mexican opponent, in the main event of his “Goodbye to Brooklyn” card, which he promoted under his own company, Swift Promotions. His record at the Barclays Center improved to 8-2, and although this was his last fight in Brooklyn, Garcia mentioned that there is a “high probability” that his boxing career will continue. Garcia set the pace from the start, hurting Gonzalez in the first minute of the fight. Garcia’s aggressiveness forced Gonzalez to defend himself, trying to avoid the blows. I noticed that I hurt him, but for some reason, my timing was a little off,” Garcia commented. “So I thought, ‘OK, let me calm down a bit in the next rounds and work with my jab, and when he stops moving his feet, I’ll be able to catch him’.
Garcia recovered after suffering a stoppage loss to current WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara in September 2024.“I already knew what he was trying to do,” Garcia said. “Everyone thinks I’m static. They think they can easily box me. But when you’re in there with me, it’s a whole different game.”
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