Danny Garcia had been scheduled to face Errol Spence on Jan. 25 but that fight was scraped after Spence’s horrific car accident in October. He has also been rumored to be a candidate to face Manny Pacquiao.
Instead, the former two-division titleholder will face Ivan Redkach on Jan. 25 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Oh well, you gotta keep busy.
Garcia (35-2, 21 KOs) last fought in April, when he stopped Adrian Granados in seven rounds in April. That followed a frustrating year-and-a-half period in which he went 1-2, losing competitive decisions to Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter.
The Redkach fight is obviously meant to keep him in position for a big fight whenever – and against whomever – something comes together.
Garcia was interviewed during the Jermall Charlo-Dennis Hogan card on Showtime.
“First of all, thank God Spence is doing good,” he said. “I hear that he’s recovering well. I was really looking forward to fighting him but maybe he could be next after January 25. Pac-Man (Manny Pacquiao) or Spence, that’s who we want. 2020 is going to be a big year for me.”
Redkach (23-4-1, 18 KOs) is coming off arguably the highest-profile win of his career, a sixth-round knockout of an faded Devon Alexander in June.
The Los Angeles-based Ukrainian has lost his biggest fights and is 5-4-1 in his last 10 fights, although he has won three straight going into the Garcia fight.