Danny Garcia vs. Erik Morales 2 is set for October 20.
By: Anthony L. Gonzalez
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has reported to BoxingScene.com that Danny Garcia (24-0, 15KOs) will defend his WBA/WBC junior welterweight titles against former champ Erik Morales (52-8, 36KOs) for a second time on October 20th at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The rematch will be on Showtime. Some of the undercard will be featured on Showtime Extreme.
Erik Morales had pre fight gall bladder surgery and is claiming that this hindered his performance in his loss against Morales. Morales also came to the fight two pounds over weight and appeared out of shape in his loss to Garcia. But it was a pretty close fight and Morales gassed out in the championship rounds costing him the victory.
“When he gave the opportunity to Danny, it was not the mandatory, so when he gave him the opportunity he wanted to make sure that if things didn’t go his way that he would have the opportunity back, and that’s what this is,” Schaefer told BoxingScene.com.
“Never underestimate Erik Morales. Everyone underestimated him against [Marcos] Maidana and you saw what happened. This is a huge, huge opportunity for Erik Morales – like it was a huge opportunity for Danny Garcia when Erik gave him the opportunity. We had discussed [the rematch] with Erik, when Danny was fighting with Khan. Erik wanted to go immediately in a rematch with Danny, but he was cool with giving Danny the opportunity to fight Amir Khan. But now he said ‘look if you’re going to put Danny in with someone else, that’s not right.’ And I agree with him. In boxing it is about opportunities and Erik Morales is certainly a fighter who certainly deserves that opportunity and someone who we know will deliver a very exciting fight,” Schaefer said
“The first fight was a terrific fight. Morales, he had issues, he had surgery. He feels confident, and that’s why he was pushing for the rematch, [because he believes] that this time he will beat Danny Garcia. It’s going to be his opportunity. I know one thing for sure, given the way that both guys fight, that’s its going to be another one of those toe to toe battles that we love to do. Morales really, really wants it and Danny Garcia is a very exciting fighter. You put those two together and it’s going to be an exciting night and the kind of night that Brooklyn boxing deserves.”
“With Erik Morales you have the Mexican element. With Danny Garcia, from Philadelphia, you have the Puerto Rican element. With Paulie Malignaggi and Peter Quillin, and Danny Jacobs you have the Brooklyn contingent. You have Eddie Gomez, one of those young terrific fighters from the New York area, from the Bronx. It’s looks like we’re going to have Dmitry Salita on there as well, so we’re going to have the Jewish angle. I think what it’s going to show that night, is the diversity of Brooklyn and the diversity of greater New York and it’s going to be a terrific night of boxing,” Schaefer said.
Golden Boy is putting together a stacked undercard with several fighters from the New York City area including WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (31-4, 7 KOs),Peter Quillin (27-0, 20 KOs),Danny Jacobs (22-1, 19 KOs), Dmitriy Salita (33-1-1, 17 KOs), and Eddie Gomez (9-0, 6 KOs). The undercard is not yet complete. Check back with Real Combat Media and we let you know when the undercard matches are set.
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