After his highlight reel KO of Brandon Rios, Danny Garcia is once again a player at welterweight

After his highlight reel KO of Brandon Rios, Danny Garcia is once again a player at welterweight

Last night in Las Vegas, former WBC welterweight champ Danny Garcia iced a game (if faded) Brandon Rios in fine, highlight reel fashion. The ninth-round KO “Swift” scored is arguably the most impressive, certainly most eye-catching, fight termination of his since his destruction of another faded former champ in Erik Morales, who Garcia KO’d in 2012 (forget the hatchet job Garcia did on the hopelessly over-matched Rod Salka in 2014).

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Results: Danny Garcia stops Brandon Rios

Results: Danny Garcia stops Brandon Rios

In a predictable outcome, former 2 division world champion Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia (34-1, 20 KOs) stopped a very slow and faded former WBA lightweight champion Brandon ‘Bam Bam’ Rios (34-4-1, 25 KOs) in a 9th round knockout at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Garcia, 29, landed a right hand to the head of Rios in the 9th that put him down flat on his back.

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Danny Garcia and Brandon Rios final press conference videos, quotes

Danny Garcia and Brandon Rios final press conference videos, quotes

Two-division world champion Danny Garcia and former world champion Brandon Rios faced off Thursday at the final press conference for their WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator this Saturday, February 17live on SHOWTIME from Mandalay Bay Events Center, and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

Garcia, who returns for his first bout since a unification showdown with Keith Thurman, promised to put on a show, while a confident Rios assured he was 100 percent prepared for what he deemed a “make or break” fight.

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