How to beat series: Danny Garcia

Danny Garcia is a young promising future boxing star who has some holes in his game that need fixing, he is undefeated but I've been unimpressed with his development as a boxer in his last few fights especially his footwork and punch output.

First of all Danny Garcia can be effective boxing backwards or being the aggressor but he has shown flaws fighting in both styles even in matches he was able to edge out so i'll be breaking down how to beat Garcia when he is going backwards and when he is walking you down.

When Danny Garcia is boxing backwards he loves counter punching with his left hook especially when the opponent walking him down try to go for his body (Just ask Amir Khan) he is very effective at catching opponents leaning in but no opponents have used effective feints to throw his timing off. The best approach to attack with when facing Garcia I noticed in his fight against Matthysse where he leaned in from space feinted to the body and brought the over hand right to Garcia's head which is a pretty stationary target since he doesn't bend at the waist even in exchanges, after getting Garcia to drop his hand trying to counter with the hook by feinting to the body Lucas was able to repeatedly catch him with the overhand right and DIP under Garcia's left hook by circling low to Garcia's left which also stops Garcia from using his right hand because he throws so much of his weight into his hooks for power.


Once you get a shot in against Garcia he can be very dangerous in exchanges so you have to bend at the waist side to side against Garcia when following him around which was what Erik Morales failed at doing, if you have good hip side to side movement against Garcia you will be very successful because his punches tend to be very wide and he doesn't have much of an uppercut. So basically a style like Devon Alexander's when being the aggressor would give Garcia problems because of the good bending of the hip to roll under Garcia's hooks which he loves throwing and multiple Pacquiao like feints would also disrupt what Garcia does because he predicate's so much of his game on timing when going backwards. Having a good jab to the face also helps when walking Garcia down ( Since you won't have to cut off the ring because of his limited footwork) and tucking your head and staying low and making sure you go to his left low after punching is the most effective way to go at Danny Garcia.


When Danny Garcia comes forward he is always looking to go to the body or work of the counters and bait you into exchanges, but as a fighter you can not get into exchanges you must box away from Garcia by circling to his right when popping the jab and making sure to roll Garcia's right off the shoulder (Something Mayweather, Bradley would be successful at doing against him). When Garcia comes forward he loves leaning into his shot and as a fighter you must make him pay as he leaves himself open for a lot of right hands especially when he swings the left hook (as shown in fights against Theophane and Herrera). Danny also has a really bad habit of extending his arms while walking backwards when he gets hit, something Morales was able to capitalize on by throwing overhand rights that kept catching Garcia followed by the jab which made garcia put his hands too high and then getting off to the body and moving moving out of range before Garcia let's his hands go (since once one again Garcia doesn't have good enough footwork to evade combinations and merely tries to pullback counter on way to many occasions making him leaving him open to many straight shots like Erik Morales').

Danny best game is when he stands in front of his opponent to exchange shots when he can use his timing against slower opponent's (except for khan who was very careless) and threading the needle with very underrated power.

I personally would like to see Danny improve his footwork and side to side movement as too often he is standing straight up to be hit with flush shots, also add uppercuts to his repertoire.

Remember this is my assessment on how to be successful against Danny and I am in no way discrediting him as a fighter as he is undefeated for a reason, if there are any fighters you would like to see me break down let me know and also let me know of any other flaws in Danny's game that you have seen, Thanks for reading!

 

Well this is my personal breakdown post and usually people who are very defensive of certain fighter don't read whole breakdowns and if they do argue their points aren't valid enough to engage in debate.

 

I see what you're saying but don't you think bob and weavin would of got him under so many of lucas' vicious hooks? my thought