How much do Daniel Óscar "Swift" García's career asterisks affect his legacy?

Good 140 pounder, mediocre to say the least at 147. And a non-factor at 154 and above.

PBC fans had a blind spot for him for some reason, I never understood why. He was soundly beaten by Thurman and some of them ridicuolusly tried to argue It could've gone either way.

His swerwing of the Matthysse rematch mentioned in the OP, but he also blatantly ducked Postol at 140 who could've actually beaten him.

 

Crawford wouldn’t have the balls to take this fight, Crawford never took a risk in his career most overrated fighter of the last 20 years, DSG win over Mathyse is better then any win on Crawford’s resume

 

PBC nuthugger alert.

DSG publicly ducked Crawford at 147, also ducked Postol 140 who Crawford beat to become the man there who was also DSG'S mandatory.

There was obviously a reason for the ducking, as Crawford was not only a for superior to Garcia, he was also a terrible style-matchup. Bud would throughly outclass and embarass DSG, It would be so one sided that Angel Garcia would start crying in the corner by later rounds.

 

Crawford doesn’t have one good one win he’s the biggest hype job of the last 20 years he was protected by top rank while DSG took risks against khan and mathyse

 

You're outright lying and being a moron now.

Crawford fought the best available at 135 and became the lineal&legitimate champion.

He fought the best available at 140(mainly Postol who DSG wanted no part of) and became undisputed.

He fought the best available at 147(where DSG wanted no part of him) and became the undisputed champion.

And took on arguably the #1 guy at 154 in his debut at the weight in a fight which was the very definition of high risk low reward.

People discredit Crawford's undisputed run at 147 because he became such by beating(destroying) post-car crash Spence yet the same post-car crash Spence dominated Garcia, who lost everytime he stepped up at 147 and needed gift decisions against gatekeeper level opponents to get through his run at 140 undefeated..

Trying to argue DSG has a better resume than Crawford just because he fought the boogeyman Matthsse 11 years ago is as idiotic as trying to argue Margarito has a better resume than Mayweather because he fought the boogeyman Paul Williams. Maybe even more idiotic.

 

I don’t think they will impact his legacy much, because I think his legacy is that of a pretty meddling fighter in a fairly weak era of his main divisions, generally coming up short against the other to guys.. During his “prime” Thurman was seen as the top dog at 147… He may be historically the weakest “top dog” of that division, awkwardly sandwiched between May/Pac era and Spence/Bud.

Don’t get me wrong, I think Thurman was pretty good, but 147 is a historically stacked division..

FTR: I’ve always thought if Khan didn’t get robbed against Peterson he would have whipped Danny, he seemed overly aggressive and emotional in that bout.

I respect Danny, he was a good fighter with lots of heart who fought the best, and seemed to be fairly average athletically. Seemed likeable enough as he got older too.

Khan win at that time was a good one even with my feelings about it described above, and so was Matthyse although it was close.

 

Danny "Gift" Garcia did well, made good money, and showed himself to be an obedient son to his father.

 

I was suprised when he dominated Granados, to be completely honest.

I had a bit of a dislike for Garcia from very early on... watching him was like being force fed your peas and carrots as a child.

Not a awful or completely untalented fighter, and world class at his best, sure. But will he be warmly discussed in coming years? I can't imagine so. He didn't stick out much in his own time.

 

For Garcia I don't feel it makes a massive amount of difference; with Garcia remembered for his performances against top opposition (ie his spirit in loss to Thurman, Porter, and Spence, as well as his huge heart in his victory vs Matthysse and his spectacular KO vs Khan.) When assessing his legacy some of the dubious decisions he got vs lower level opposition will end up being forgotten; I don't think this is right given how egregious the robbery vs Herrera was, but that's just boxing I guess.