Danny Garcia: Biography in Details
Who is Danny Garcia?
Danny Garcia is an American boxer who has had several titles to his name including the ‘WBC welterweight’, unified ‘WBA’, and ‘WBC’ among others.
He has won the title of the two-weight world champion as well in WBA.
What are the birth facts of Danny Garcia?
Born on 20 March 1988, in North Philadelphia, a professional boxer, Danny Garcia was introduced to the world of boxing at the early age of 10 by his father.
His nationality is American and his ethnicity is Caucasian.
Gracia’s father’s name is Ángel García and their mother’s name is Maritza Garcia. His father took him to Philadelphia’s Boxing Club for the first time and has been his primary boxing coach since the beginning.
Danny Garcia had started early in his career how he desired to become the “next great Puerto Rican fighter”.
Carlos Ortiz was Garcia’s favorite boxing growing up and has admired many times Ortiz’s fight against Lenny Matthews which was held in Philadelphia.
Danny Garcia is active on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
He has around 217.8k followers on Twitter, more than 682k followers on Instagram, and more than 332k on Facebook.
Danny Garcia: Education History
There is no information on his educational background.
Danny Garcia: Professional Life and Career
Danny Garcia started his career as a professional boxer on November 17, 2007, against Mike Denby. He had an easy debut victory at the Borgata Hotel Casino in Atlantic City.
He has since then defeated numerous other boxers including Jesús Villareal, Marlo Córtez, Charles Wade, Guadalupe Díaz, Julio Gamboa, Dean Nash, Ashley Theophane (February 2010), Ashley Theophane, Nate Campbell, Kendall Holt before reaching to his world title contest.
Danny Garcia had an impressive amateur career in which he went 107-13 and won the 2005 U.S. under-19 national championship and the 2006 U.S. national amateur title.
In the WBC, Super Lightweight World Championship, he faced the Mexican legend, Erik Morales. He won this fight with a marginal difference with the score of 118–111, 117–110, and 116–112.
Later on, on 14 July 2012, Danny Garcia met Amir Khan who was ranked 3rd lightweight welterweight by ‘The Ring’. Garcia entered the ring to fight Khan with his WBC title on the line.
Garcia had a technical knockout victory and thus had the WBA (Super) and vacant The Ring Light Welterweight titles to his name.
He won his later fights with Morales II, Judah, Matthysse, Herrera, Peterson, Malignaggi, Guerrero, Vargas, and Thurman which has made him a crowd favorite in the boxing industry.
Danny Garcia has had 33 fights to his name and has not yet been once defeated. His 19 wins have been by knockout and the other 14 by decision. Gracia has one of the boxing’s best-left hooks and he doesn’t go down easily.
He was nicknamed ‘Swift’ for his impressive talent in the ring. He was awarded the 2013 ‘Philadelphia Pro Athlete of the Year award by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association.
How much does Danny Garcia earn?
Danny Garcia has accumulated a net worth of $1.5 million. But there is no information regarding his salary.
However, seeing his performance in this field we can assume that he earns a good salary.
Danny Garcia: Rumors and Controversies
Danny Garcia has been involved in lots of rumors throughout his boxing career. In April of 2016, Kell Brook made his statement public about wanting Danny Garcia as his next opponent.
He has also been kept on the list to fight by many other boxers including Adrien Broner. He was also rumored to fight with Floyd Mayweather.
Danny Garcia win over Mauricio Herrera was termed controversial by many reviewers. His win over Lamont Peterson was also controversial in the eyes of many of the viewers.
Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size
Danny Garcia has a good height of 5 feet 8 inches with a body weight of 66 kg.
He has Black hair color and his eye color is green. There is no information about his shoe size.
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Danny Garcia's Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|
| 2024 | March | Wednesday |
| 2025 | March | Thursday |
| 2026 | March | Friday |
| 2027 | March | Saturday |
| 2028 | March | Monday |
