Can we quit the "Cherry" Garcia stuff now?

He's been one of the least rationally hated on and one of the most underrated on this forum in my time here.

He never seemed to get credit for the top notch names he was beating. He clean clock KO'd Khan cold within a few rounds. And he went to battle with and took down favorite Matthysse when Matthysse was viewed as one of the most feared fighters in the sport. Lot of very good supporting wins around that, too.

I understand the Salka fight was laughable and he should have lost to Herrera clearly. But that is separate from everything else he's done in his career; overwhelmingly relevant results.

 

garcia is top 3 WW in the world, good resume and i think he beats porter and would beat thurman in a rematch, spence not so sure

 

He gets hate because his dad defines ****

 

he is number 2 WW without a doubt, some good defences, and P4P too.

 

Completely unwarranted hate.

He has a better record than the beloved Kell Brook . Porter is Brooks best win and i can see Danny beating him more comfortably than Brook did.

 

Good post. I'm not really a fan of Garcia as I don't think he's great to watch but that's a good resume.

 

Don’t forget the Peterson fight. Peterson clearly deserved to win that in my opinion.

 

It seems from just gathering opinions of others that a Draw would have been fair for the history books. But yeah. He got busted up in that one so good point.

 

It was one of those fights where Petersons rounds were very clear and he beat garcia up, but if you scored it over 12 3 minute rounds, as it should be, its a very close fight.

 

A draw? No way. Peterson won pretty much every round in my opinion. I remember most on here agreeing. I was watching it and thinking that and I was shocked at the decision.

Just had a look at Garcia’s record and at Welterweight his wins haven’t been the best. Guerrero was coming off what many felt should have been a loss to Aaron Martinez. Peterson was controversial and the rest were a long way from the top 10.

He had a good run at light welterweight but I don’t see how he is under rated. Very good punch resistance, decent power but I think he is a bit flat footed and can be outboxed.

If you look at Matthysse and who he’s beat and how he has beat them considering he has never had a full world title or made half the money Garcia has and his fight with Garcia was very close even though he had a shut eye from early in the fight. He is probably under rated. I don’t see how Garcia is.

 

Garcia is ok but he is not likable boxer. He doesn't have that Charm and he fights like an amateur. Not admirable. Hard to market on PPV.
No offense to Garcia fans.

 

Well the way I remember Peterson clearly did enough to win and I didn’t think the fight was close.