Danny Garcia said he will eventually move up to 154 pounds in pursuit of a world title in a third weight class. Not yet, though. He has more he wants to accomplish at 147.
Garcia was tentatively scheduled to fight titleholder Errol Spence Jr. on January 25 but Spence’s horrific car accident in October forced him to change plans. He ended up easily outpointing Ivan Redkach on that date at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs) still wants Spence, who holds two belts, but he has a long list of options that appeal to him.
“Yes, that’s what we want,” Garcia said on The PBC Podcast. “We want [Spence] … or Manny Pacquiao or a rematch with Keith Thurman or Shawn Porter or even Mikey Garcia. That would be a big fight. … Any of those fights could be next for me.”
And if it’s Spence?
“I feel it’s a great style for me,” Garcia said. “Porter hit him a lot. I’ve seen things in the Mikey Garcia fight that I could definitely take advantage of and defeat him.”
Garcia, 32, doesn’t expect to fight all the rivals he mentioned. He plans to fight two more times at 147, winning another welterweight title in the process, and then move up to junior middleweight.
“I definitely want to become a champion in a third division,” he said. “… It’s always been my goal to win titles at 140, 147 and 154. … I feel like I have two more big fights left at this weight class, at 147, against either a Pacquiao or a Spence and I would want to rematch Thurman or Porter and get that victory. Then there’s nothing more for me to do at 147.
“I want to win another welterweight title. I need to get one big win at 147. And then I want to win at title at 154. I feel like my legacy will be complete after that.”