The first 2-division world boxer Daniel Garcia is back and has now officially announced his return to boxing and has been promoted to the 154-pound super midweight campaign. Garcia will appear at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on July 30 to play Jose Benavidez Jr. (27-1-1, 18KO) on a PBC live broadcast, ESPN reported.
Jose Benavidez Jr. is the older brother of 168-pound superweight david Benavidez, and jose benavidez Jr. has outstanding amateur boxing experience compared to his younger brother, but to this day, his professional achievements are far less than his brother's, at least never touched the world championship.
Jose Benavidez Jr. has only completed one game in the last four years since being knocked out by Terrance Crawford in the last leg in October 2018, which has had a serious impact on his career. It is understood that Jose Benavidez Jr. has been plagued by a knee injury for many years, which is one of the main reasons why he is away from the field.
Jose Benavidez Jr.'s last match was last November, when he competed against Argentine nameless boxer Francisco Torres (17-3, 5KO), only to win with controversial points, and most boxing fans felt that Torres had won, while believing that Jose Benavidez Jr. had been scrapped. José Benavidez Jr. is understandably poor against Torres, as any boxer who doesn't play for so long would be very slack.
Garcia now has a professional record of 36 wins and 3 losses, 21 KO opponents, and his last match was in December 2020, losing to the returning boxing World Errol Spence. The clash with Jose Benavidez Jr. will be Garcia's first match in 19 months.
Garcia's choice to return to boxing is good, and in the past time he has always sat on the sidelines and seemed to be doing nothing. Garcia has weighed at 147 pounds in the middleweight since 2014, yet at this level, he's never been as tough as the 140 pounds ultralight.
In January 2016, Garcia beat "Ghost" Robert Guerrero to win the WBC sub-middleweight championship, but soon lost to Keith Thurman. In 2018, Garcia lost to Sean Porter again, in short, he almost lost in the 147-pound showdown with the master, Garcia knew that it was very difficult to rise at his level, so he chose to rise to 154 pounds this time.
Previously, Garcia said he wanted to challenge the 154-pound undisputed champion Jimmel Charlo, but unfortunately this qualification was not available for the time being, and Garcia needed to win 1-2 wins before he could arouse Charlo's interest. At the same time, Garcia must hurry up, because the two big men of the 147 pounds, Spence and Crawford, are likely to rise to 154 pounds, and if the two of them qualify to challenge Charlo faster than Garcia, it will be too difficult for Garcia to regain the world championship, he has lost to Spence, who would think that Crawford will be defeated?
Before the promotion to 154 pounds, Garcia had expressed his willingness to challenge Crawford, but unfortunately failed to reach an agreement, it is estimated that Crawford's offer is too low, in short, now willing to play 154 pounds Garcia, the difficulty is still quite huge, he must work hard to move forward, and strive to usher in unexpected moments.