The Philadelphia welterweight Danny "Swift" Garcia doesn’t do anything spectacular, though he doesn’t do anything foolish, either. His punches are thrown the way they’re supposed to be. His defense is airtight. His movement is economical.
And his demeanor is always steady—even in front of a tongue-wagging fighter with blinding, fluorescent green hair like Ivan Redkach.
It didn’t matter.
Garcia walked through Redkach as if the Ukrainian southpaw wasn’t there Saturday night at Barclays Center on Showtime Championship Boxing, winning an easy 12-round unanimous decision.
Judges Tony Paolillo (118-110), Glenn Feldman (117-111) and Don Trella (117-111) confirmed it for Garcia.
“I thought the referee was gonna stop it because I felt like I was punishing him,” Garcia said. “He’s a tough guy, he hung in there, I wanted to get the KO, but I didn’t get it. I feel like I boxed smart, and I feel like that’s what I needed after this layoff. I really wanted the knockout bad, but I’ll accept this.
“I’m not gonna lie, I felt good, but I didn’t feel my best. I did lose a lot of weight for this fight, so maybe that played a factor. From a long layoff, and just losing so much weight. I lost about 25 pounds in eight weeks.”
