Swift hook knock ya eyebrows off..Right Cross only takes one time: Garcia vs Thurman 147 unification
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seemorecizzy
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Who's going to this fight ?
the only confirmed one in this thread is @Manny ManhaTTan
@King P is still mulling over but i think hes going to pull the trigger
reservoirdogs
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Danny Garcia: Thurman is My Fourth or Fifth Best Opponent
BROOKLYN - Angel Garcia proudly holds up a poster promoting his son’s 147-pound title unification bout with Keith Thurman, and points to Thurman being on the left side of the poster, as favorite, or the so-called “A-side” fighter in the match-up.
It’s not viewed as a slight within the Garcia camp. The underdog role – the “B-side” – is one that Danny Garcia has come to embrace on the path to multiple world titles and a 33-0 professional record. It’s tough to be a B-side when you’ve put together the résumé that Danny Garcia has in 10 years as a professional. But this fight provided the opportunity, and Angel Garcia insists that he wanted it that way.
That type of hardcore seasoning is what the younger Garcia believes gives him an edge on Thurman heading into their meeting next Saturday night – the headliner of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions. Broadcast coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
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“My honest assessment is he’s a built-up champion,” Danny Garcia said. “I came up the hard way. I’ve had to take the title off of the champion (at 140 pounds), everything against me. From the gloves, to the size of the ring to the promotion, everything was against me. He’s never had that before.”
Garcia won a vacant 147-pound belt – previously held by Floyd Mayweather Jr. – in January 2016 by edging Robert Guerrero in a gritty, 12-round war. He was out of the ring for 10 months before tuning up for the Thurman bout against Samuel Vargas in November.
While he hasn’t been through waves of adversity in the ring in his brief time at 147 pounds, few can question his accomplishments at 140, where he cleaned out an entire division and was a unified champion in an impressive run of 2-plus years.
Garcia didn’t have many soft touches on the way up to the top at 140 pounds, including the two most significant wins of his career – unification championship bouts with Lucas Matthysse and Amir Khan.
He was an underdog in both and won both in convincing fashion.
“I’m pretty seasoned for my age,” he said. “I feel like I was made for this big stage. That’s what separates me from a lot of these other fighters. A lot of other fighters get to that big stage and they freeze up. Me, you know what I do. I come and deliver.”
Garcia fought five times at 140 pounds as either a unified champion or to unify belts. He’ll now do so for the first time at 147 pounds against Thurman in a bout that has been hyped since moments after his one-sided victory over Vargas last November.
Thurman was ringside that night, working as an analyst on the Spike broadcast. As Garcia’s hand was raised after the fight, Thurman had already been brought into the ring to formally announce their upcoming bout. Garcia knew what to do from there.
“The whole time I was training for that fight, I was training for this fight, so I just had to get over that one fight, and I knew he was going to be there. So I had to let the people know,” he said. “It’s kind of like wrestling. I really meant (what I said), but sometimes you also have to give the fans what they want, and that’s entertainment.”
Garcia lit the flames in just that manner, grabbing the microphone and stoking his hometown crowd in Philadelphia into a blaze with one line: “If y’all wanna see me whip this guy’s ass, make some noise!”
From there, it was a blur of red-faced screaming between the two sides.
“I was ready to fight right there,” Garcia said. “I would have fought him right there if they put the gloves on.”
Those theatrics play into what has also made Garcia so successful in big-time title fights – the mental edge he builds up, no matter the opponent. This fight is no different. He gives a ready assessment of what he’s up against Saturday night in comparison to past challenges.
“He’s probably like fourth or fifth,” Garcia said, ranking Thurman against former opponents. “You’re talking about Amir Khan, Olympic silver medalist, two-division champion. Lamont Peterson. Those guys have skills. I’m just fighting someone with a lot of momentum who thinks he can knock everyone out, that’s it. Once I break his momentum, then what?”
Should he follow through, it would lead some to believe that Garcia’s long list of detractors would automatically shrink.
One of boxing’s more polarizing stars, he has his theories on why so many love to hate him. Without that legion of naysayers lingering, though, it would be hard to continue billing himself as an underdog – his favorite role of them all.
“I beat their favorite fighters and they’re still mad about it,” Garcia said. “I came up the hard way. They don’t understand why I’m still here. They don’t. I earned my way by beating people. I wasn’t sitting next to anyone on a jet promoting me. I created my brand. I created Danny Garcia off the strength of me beating good fighters and nothing else.”
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I hope Thurman puts this douche to sleep.
I acknowledge Danny's achievements but dude is one of the least likeable guys in boxing for me. His style is kinda boring and his personality (at least what he shows) is repulsive and he doesn't even force the heel role, you can just see he's like an unlikeable guy.
But then again that's just my taste not everyone's. Sometimes I'm wondering though that why exactly his fans like this dude.
I hope Thurman puts this douche to sleep.
I acknowledge Danny's achievements but dude is one of the least likeable guys in boxing for me. His style is kinda boring and his personality (at least what he shows) is repulsive and he doesn't even force the heel role, you can just see he's like an unlikeable guy.
But then again that's just my taste not everyone's. Sometimes I'm wondering though that why exactly his fans like this dude.
Swift doesn't have a boring style to me, he has NO personality that we've seen yet...he let's Angel be the expressive one while Swift plays the background like "the silent but deadly, right-hand man", and I don't see how he's "unlikeable", when he hasn't done anything or gotten into any altercations (that he's started/pursued) outside of the ring. All he's done is exactly what he said:
“I came up the hard way. I’ve had to take the title off of the champion (at 140 pounds), everything against me. From the gloves, to the size of the ring to the promotion, everything was against me."
“I came up the hard way. They don’t understand why I’m still here. They don’t. I earned my way by beating people. I wasn’t sitting next to anyone on a jet promoting me. I created my brand. I created Danny Garcia off the strength of me beating good fighters and nothing else.”
^^^ Those are 100% facts
Why do you say he's boring?
Why do you say his personality is repulsive?
Why do you say he's an unlikeable guy?
swift has no personality...dude is a little slow/autistic for all that..he's unlikeable but not because of that
Yeah, I don't even know what type of personality he has....dude is pretty bland to me
Only thing that would make him unlikeable, imo, is the fact he has fights that fans think he was gifted the decision on. That turns people on you quickly.
reservoirdogs
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Idk it's something with the overall image...
Swift doesn't have a boring style to me, he has NO personality that we've seen yet...he let's Angel be the expressive one while Swift plays the background like "the silent but deadly, right-hand man", and I don't see how he's "unlikeable", when he hasn't done anything or gotten into any altercations (that he's started/pursued) outside of the ring. All he's done is exactly what he said:
“I came up the hard way. I’ve had to take the title off of the champion (at 140 pounds), everything against me. From the gloves, to the size of the ring to the promotion, everything was against me."
“I came up the hard way. They don’t understand why I’m still here. They don’t. I earned my way by beating people. I wasn’t sitting next to anyone on a jet promoting me. I created my brand. I created Danny Garcia off the strength of me beating good fighters and nothing else.”
^^^ Those are 100% facts
Why do you say he's boring?
Why do you say his personality is repulsive?
Why do you say he's an unlikeable guy?
He doesn't do anything outrageous but whenever I hear dude talking I can't help but he seems like a douche...
And boring for me cause he is slow, with a few exceptions I don't really like slow (on the feets) fighters. Canelo, Mikey, Beterbiev and Joshua are the exceptions now but even them are not really slow just not fast either and they make up for it with dynamism/explosiveness and I don't feel that with Swift.
reservoirdogs
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Swift's timing is great but timing isn't one of those attributes which will make a fighter entertaining for me
SRL already got Keith up 11 rds
LinusCaldwell
From The Eastside with Love
Anyone interested in doing an article for Garcia vs Thurman. Hit me up.
King P
Legends Never Die
ChocolateGiddyUp
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Muhfukkers expect Swift to say "Thurman is goin be the best I ever fought... I'm scared 
"
Swift is boring now :shedead:
@patscorpio I never thought I'd see the day but you've lost your #1 spot of the Swift haters
"Swift is boring now :shedead:
@patscorpio I never thought I'd see the day but you've lost your #1 spot of the Swift haters
reservoirdogs
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Muhfukkers expect Swift to say "Thurman is goin be the best I ever fought... I'm scared
Swift is boring now :shedead:
@patscorpio I never thought I'd see the day but you've lost your #1 spot of the Swift haters
I always found him boring
And he shouldn't say he is scared but you know that he's not fooling nobody with this "4th or 5th best opponent" shyt.
Even you must admit that it's a bullshyt 
I think Thurman will be his best opponent up to date but AT LEAST the 2nd or 3rd best.