14 years and eight months into his professional boxing career, Danny Garcia has fought 40 times with 37 wins and 3 losses. As of June 2023, Garcia's boxing record stands at 37-3 (21 KO wins).
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Danny Garcia (Swift) is an American professional boxer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on March 20, 1988. Garcia made his professional boxing debut at the age of 19, on November 17, 2007. He is a two-weight-class world champion. Garcia is 35 years old, he will turn 36 in nine months and 10 days.
Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 37 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 21 |
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Total Title Wins | 4 |
Title Defenses | 5 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 2 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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41 | Aug 5, 2023 | 35 | Erislandy Lara | NA * | NA |
40 | Jul 30, 2022 | 34 | José Benavidez Jr. | Win | MD |
39 | Dec 5, 2020 | 32 | Errol Spence Jr. | Loss * | UD |
38 | Jan 25, 2020 | 31 | Ivan Redkach | Win | UD |
37 | Apr 20, 2019 | 31 | Adrián Granados | Win | TKO7 |
36 | Sep 8, 2018 | 30 | Shawn Porter | Loss * | UD |
35 | Feb 17, 2018 | 29 | Brandon Ríos | Win | TKO9 |
34 | Mar 4, 2017 | 28 | Keith Thurman | Loss * | SD |
33 | Nov 12, 2016 | 28 | Samuel Vargas | Win | TKO7 |
32 | Jan 23, 2016 | 27 | Robert Guerrero | Win * | UD |
31 | Aug 1, 2015 | 27 | Paulie Malignaggi | Win | TKO9 |
30 | Apr 11, 2015 | 27 | Lamont Peterson | Win | MD |
29 | Aug 9, 2014 | 26 | Rod Salka | Win | KO2 |
28 | Mar 15, 2014 | 25 | Mauricio Herrera | Win * | MD |
27 | Sep 14, 2013 | 25 | Lucas Matthysse | Win * | UD |
26 | Apr 27, 2013 | 25 | Zab Judah | Win * | UD |
25 | Oct 20, 2012 | 24 | Érik Morales | Win * | KO4 |
24 | Jul 14, 2012 | 24 | Amir Khan | Win * | TKO4 |
23 | Mar 24, 2012 | 24 | Érik Morales | Win * | UD |
22 | Oct 15, 2011 | 23 | Kendall Holt | Win | SD |
21 | Apr 9, 2011 | 23 | Nate Campbell | Win | UD |
20 | Feb 25, 2011 | 22 | John Figueroa | Win | KO2 |
19 | Oct 8, 2010 | 22 | Mike Arnaoutis | Win | KO4 |
18 | Jul 30, 2010 | 22 | Jorge Romero | Win | TKO9 |
17 | May 7, 2010 | 22 | Christopher Fernández | Win | TKO7 |
16 | Feb 26, 2010 | 21 | Ashley Theophane | Win | SD |
15 | Dec 2, 2009 | 21 | Enrique Colin | Win | KO2 |
14 | Aug 22, 2009 | 21 | Oscar León | Win | TKO3 |
13 | Jun 12, 2009 | 21 | Pavel Miranda | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Apr 11, 2009 | 21 | Humberto Tapia | Win | UD |
11 | Feb 28, 2009 | 20 | Cristian Favela | Win | UD |
10 | Dec 6, 2008 | 20 | José Alfredo Lugo | Win | UD |
9 | Nov 22, 2008 | 20 | Adan Hernández | Win | UD |
8 | Oct 18, 2008 | 20 | Deon Nash | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Sep 13, 2008 | 20 | Tyrone Wiggins | Win | TKO1 |
6 | May 3, 2008 | 20 | Julio Gamboa | Win | UD |
5 | Apr 19, 2008 | 20 | Guadalupe Díaz | Win | TKO1 |
4 | Mar 15, 2008 | 19 | Charles Wade | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Jan 11, 2008 | 19 | Marlo Cortéz | Win | KO2 |
2 | Dec 8, 2007 | 19 | Jesús Villareal | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Nov 17, 2007 | 19 | Mike Denby | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Garcia is a two-weight-division world champion. He has held four world titles, three of which were vacant title wins, the other was a lineal championship win.
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Super-lightweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring |
Danny Garcia is 173 cm tall (5' 8.11") with a reach of 174 cm (5' 8.50"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 1 cm (0.39").
Garcia has a 52.5% KO rate. Of his total 21 KO wins, 15 were in the early rounds, three in the mid rounds, and three in the later rounds. He has four first-round KO wins.
Danny Garcia made his professional boxing debut against Mike Denby at the age of 19 on November 17, 2007, defeating Denby via 1st round KO. He went on to win 32 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 18 wins via stoppage.
Garcia had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on March 24, 2012 after 22 professional fights, against Érik Morales for the super-lightweight WBC (vacant) title. He defeated Morales via 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
He is a one-time unified super-lightweight world champion, and has won four world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Garcia's world title wins and defenses refer to "Danny Garcia World Titles".
Some of Garcia's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Érik Morales, Amir Khan, Lucas Matthysse, Lamont Peterson, Zab Judah, Rod Salka, and Samuel Vargas.
Garcia has had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a non-title bout against fellow American boxer José Benavidez Jr. on July 30, 2022. Garcia won the fight via 12 round majority decision. It's been 10 months and 11 days since this fight.
Garcia has fought a total of 40 times till today, which includes 10 world-title fights at two weight divisions — welterweight and super-lightweight. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
March 24, 2012: Garcia wins his first world title by defeating Érik Morales via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBC super-lightweight world champion.
July 14, 2012: Garcia becomes a unified super-lightweight world champion by beating Amir Khan via 4th round TKO. He now holds the WBC, WBA (Super), and The Ring super-lightweight world-champion belts.
October 20, 2012: Garcia successfully defends the WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Érik Morales, winning the fight via 4th round KO.
April 27, 2013: Garcia successfully defends the WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Zab Judah, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
September 14, 2013: Garcia successfully defends the WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Lucas Matthysse, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
August 9, 2014: Danny Garcia beats Rod Salka via 2nd round KO.
April 11, 2015: Danny Garcia beats Lamont Peterson via 12th round majority decision.
January 23, 2016: Garcia wins the WBC welterweight title from Robert Guerrero, by beating Guerrero via 12 round unanimous decision.
November 12, 2016: Danny Garcia beats Samuel Vargas via 7th round TKO.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Garcia's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his latest win against José Benavidez Jr., and all the other wins and losses of his career.
In his next fight, Danny Garcia will face 40-year old American boxer Erislandy Lara (29-3-3, 17 KO) on August 5, 2023 at the Barclays Center, New York City, New York, U.S. He challenges Lara's middleweight WBA (Regular) title.
On July 30, 2022, a 34-year old Danny Garcia (36-3, 21 KO) fought fellow American boxer José Benavidez Jr., who was 30 years old with a record of 27-1-1. Benavidez Jr. was coming off a draw against Francisco Emanuel Torres in his last fight, and was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 15 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Benavidez Jr. had a single loss, which was via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Benavidez Jr. via 12 round majority decision, making a successful comeback from his last loss.
On December 5, 2020, a 32-year old Danny Garcia (36-2, 21 KO) faced an undefeated fellow American boxer Errol Spence Jr., who was 30 years old with a record of 26-0. Garcia was challenging Spence Jr.'s WBC and IBF welterweight titles. Spence Jr. was on a 26-fight win streak with 21 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 4 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage over Garcia.
Garcia lost to Spence Jr. via 12 round unanimous decision. His two-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On January 25, 2020, a 31-year old Danny Garcia (35-2, 21 KO) fought Ukrainian boxer Ivan Redkach, who was 33 years old with a record of 23-4-1. Redkach was on a three-fight win streak with 18 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 6 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Redkach had four losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Redkach via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On April 20, 2019, a 31-year old Danny Garcia (34-2, 20 KO) fought Mexican boxer Adrián Granados, who was 29 years old with a record of 7-4. Granados was on a two-fight win streak with 5 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 14 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Granados had four losses, but had never been stopped.
Garcia defeated Granados via 7th round TKO, making a successful comeback from his last loss.
On September 8, 2018, a 30-year old Danny Garcia (34-1, 20 KO) faced fellow American boxer Shawn Porter, who was 30 years old with a record of 28-2-1 for the vacant WBC (vacant) welterweight title. Porter was on a two-fight win streak with 17 KO wins. Garcia was the taller of the two by 3 cms but Porter had a 3 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Porter had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Garcia lost to Porter via 12 round unanimous decision.
On February 17, 2018, a 29-year old Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KO) fought fellow American boxer Brandon Ríos, who was 31 years old with a record of 34-3-1. Ríos was on a one-fight win streak with 25 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Garcia had a 1 cm reach advantage over Ríos. Coming into this fight, Ríos had three losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Ríos via 9th round TKO, making a successful comeback from his last loss.
On March 4, 2017, a 28-year old Danny Garcia (33-0, 19 KO) faced an undefeated fellow American boxer Keith Thurman, who was 28 years old with a record of 27-0 in a welterweight title-unification fight. Thurman was on a 27-fight win streak with 22 KO wins. Garcia was the taller of the two by 2 cms but Thurman had a 1 cm reach advantage over Garcia.
Garcia lost to Thurman via 12 round split-decision and lost the WBC welterweight title. He suffers the first loss of his career, and his 33-fight win streak comes to an end with this loss.
On November 12, 2016, a 28-year old Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KO) fought Colombian boxer Samuel Vargas, who was 27 years old with a record of 25-2-1. Vargas was on a five-fight win streak with 13 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Vargas had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Vargas via 7th round TKO. He is now on a 33-fight winning streak.
On January 23, 2016, a 27-year old Danny Garcia (31-0, 18 KO) faced fellow American boxer Robert Guerrero, who was 32 years old with a record of 33-3-1 for the vacant WBC (vacant) welterweight title. Guerrero was on a one-fight win streak with 18 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Guerrero had a 4 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Guerrero had three losses, but had never been stopped.
Garcia defeated Guerrero via 12 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC welterweight title. He is now on a 32-fight winning streak.
On August 1, 2015, a 27-year old Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KO) fought fellow American boxer Paulie Malignaggi, who was 34 years old with a record of 33-6. Malignaggi was on a one-fight losing streak. Both the boxers were of the same height but Malignaggi had a 4 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Malignaggi had six losses, three of which were via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Malignaggi via 9th round TKO. He is now on a 31-fight winning streak.
On April 11, 2015, a 27-year old Danny Garcia (29-0, 17 KO) fought fellow American boxer Lamont Peterson, who was 31 years old with a record of 33-2-1. Peterson was on a two-fight win streak with 17 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Peterson had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Peterson via 12 round majority decision. He is now on a 30-fight winning streak.
On August 9, 2014, a 26-year old Danny Garcia (28-0, 16 KO) fought fellow American boxer Rod Salka, who was 31 years old with a record of 19-3. Salka was on a one-fight win streak with 3 KO wins. Garcia was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Salka had three losses, but had never been stopped.
Garcia defeated Salka via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 29-fight winning streak.
On March 15, 2014, a 25-year old Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KO) faced fellow American boxer Mauricio Herrera, who was 33 years old with a record of 20-3 in a super-lightweight title-defense fight. Herrera was on a two-fight win streak with 7 KO wins. Garcia was the taller of the two by 2 cms but Herrera had a 8 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Herrera had three losses, but had never been stopped.
Garcia defeated Herrera via 12 round majority decision to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, and Ring Magazine super-lightweight titles. He is now on a 28-fight winning streak.
On September 14, 2013, a 25-year old Danny Garcia (26-0, 16 KO) faced Argentinian boxer Lucas Matthysse, who was 30 years old with a record of 34-2 in a super-lightweight title-defense fight. Matthysse was on a six-fight win streak with 32 KO wins. Garcia was the taller of the two by 5 cms but Matthysse had a 1 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Matthysse had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Garcia defeated Matthysse via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, and Ring Magazine super-lightweight titles. He is now on a 27-fight winning streak.
On April 27, 2013, a 25-year old Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO) faced fellow American boxer Zab Judah, who was 35 years old with a record of 42-7 in a super-lightweight title-defense fight. Judah was on a one-fight win streak with 29 KO wins. Garcia was the taller of the two by 2 cms but Judah had a 9 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Judah had seven losses, three of which were via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Judah via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, and Ring Magazine super-lightweight titles. He is now on a 26-fight winning streak.
On October 20, 2012, in their 2nd fight, a 24-year old Danny Garcia (24-0, 15 KO) faced Érik Morales again, who was now 36 years old with a record of 52-8 in a super-lightweight title-defense fight. Morales was on a one-fight losing streak. Both the boxers were of the same height but Morales had a 9 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Morales had eight losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Morales via 4th round KO to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, and Ring Magazine super-lightweight titles. He is now on a 25-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On July 14, 2012, a 24-year old Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KO) faced British boxer Amir Khan, who was 25 years old with a record of 26-2 in a super-lightweight title-unification fight. Khan was on a one-fight losing streak. Both the boxers were of the same height but Khan had a 6 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Khan had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Khan via 4th round TKO to win the WBA (Super) and vacant Ring Magazine super-lightweight titles and retain the WBC super-lightweight title. He is now on a 24-fight winning streak.
On March 24, 2012, in his 23rd professional fight, a 24-year old Danny Garcia (22-0, 14 KO) had his first world title fight against Mexican boxer Érik Morales for the vacant WBC super-lightweight belt. Morales was 35 years old with a record of 52-7. Morales was on a one-fight win streak with 36 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Morales had a 9 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Morales had seven losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Morales via 12 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC super-lightweight title. He is now on a 23-fight winning streak.
On October 15, 2011, a 23-year old Danny Garcia (21-0, 14 KO) fought fellow American boxer Kendall Holt, who was 30 years old with a record of 27-4. Holt was on a two-fight win streak with 15 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 14 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Holt had four losses, three of which were via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Holt via 12 round split-decision. He is now on a 22-fight winning streak.
On April 9, 2011, a 23-year old Danny Garcia (20-0, 14 KO) fought fellow American boxer Nate Campbell, who was 39 years old with a record of 33-7-1. Campbell was on a two-fight losing streak. Garcia was the taller of the two by 3 cms but Campbell had a 4 cm reach advantage over Garcia. Coming into this fight, Campbell had seven losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Garcia defeated Campbell via 10 round unanimous decision. He is now on a 21-fight winning streak.
On February 25, 2011, a 22-year old Danny Garcia (19-0, 13 KO) fought John Figueroa in his 20th professional fight. He defeated Figueroa via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 20-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On October 8, 2010, a 22-year old Danny Garcia (18-0, 12 KO) fought Mike Arnaoutis in his 19th professional fight. He defeated Arnaoutis via 4th round KO. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On July 30, 2010, a 22-year old Danny Garcia (17-0, 11 KO) fought Jorge Romero in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Romero via 9th round TKO. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On May 7, 2010, a 22-year old Danny Garcia (16-0, 10 KO) fought Christopher Fernández in his 17th professional fight. He defeated Fernández via 7th round TKO. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak.
On February 26, 2010, a 21-year old Danny Garcia (15-0, 10 KO) fought British boxer Ashley Theophane, who was 29 years old with a record of 25-3-1. Theophane was on a five-fight win streak with 7 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Garcia had a 4 cm reach advantage over Theophane. Coming into this fight, Theophane had three losses, but had never been stopped.
Garcia defeated Theophane via 10 round split-decision. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak.
On December 2, 2009, a 21-year old Danny Garcia (14-0, 9 KO) fought Enrique Colin in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Colin via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On August 22, 2009, a 21-year old Danny Garcia (13-0, 8 KO) fought Oscar León in his 14th professional fight. He defeated León via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a 14-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On June 12, 2009, a 21-year old Danny Garcia (12-0, 7 KO) fought Pavel Miranda in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Miranda via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak.
On April 11, 2009, a 21-year old Danny Garcia (11-0, 7 KO) fought Humberto Tapia in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Tapia via 8th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak.
On February 28, 2009, a 20-year old Danny Garcia (10-0, 7 KO) fought Cristian Favela in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Favela via 8th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak.
On December 6, 2008, a 20-year old Danny Garcia (9-0, 7 KO) fought José Alfredo Lugo in his 10th professional fight. He defeated Lugo via 8th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak.
On November 22, 2008, a 20-year old Danny Garcia (8-0, 7 KO) fought Adan Hernández in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Hernández via 6th round unanimous decision. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak.
On October 18, 2008, a 20-year old Danny Garcia (7-0, 6 KO) fought Deon Nash in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Nash via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On September 13, 2008, a 20-year old Danny Garcia (6-0, 5 KO) fought Tyrone Wiggins in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Wiggins via 1st round TKO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak.
On May 3, 2008, a 20-year old Danny Garcia (5-0, 5 KO) fought Julio Gamboa in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Gamboa via 6th round unanimous decision. He is now on a six-fight winning streak.
On April 19, 2008, a 20-year old Danny Garcia (4-0, 4 KO) fought Guadalupe Díaz in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Díaz via 1st round TKO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On March 15, 2008, a 19-year old Danny Garcia (3-0, 3 KO) fought Charles Wade in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Wade via 1st round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On January 11, 2008, a 19-year old Danny Garcia (2-0, 2 KO) fought Marlo Cortéz in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Cortéz via 2nd round KO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On December 8, 2007, a 19-year old Danny Garcia (1-0, 1 KO) fought Jesús Villareal in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Villareal via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On November 17, 2007, a 19-year old Danny Garcia successfully debuted against Mike Denby. He defeated Denby via 1st round KO.
Garcia has knocked out 21 of his 40 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 52.5%. Of his total 37 wins, 21 of them have been via KO (56.8%).