On September 14, 2024, a 36-year-old Danny Garcia (37-3, 21 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBA (Regular) title held by 41-year-old Erislandy Lara (30-3-3, 18 KOs).
Garcia came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 years, 1 month, and 15 days. Lara was on a 5-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 15 days.
The challenger refused to continue the fight in the 9th round, and Erislandy Lara is crowned the new middleweight world champion. Lara improves his record to 31-3-3 (19 KOs), while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 37-4.
On December 5, 2020, a 32-year-old Danny Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs) got a shot at the welterweight WBC and IBF title held by 30-year-old Errol Spence Jr. (26-0, 21 KOs).
Garcia came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 10 days. Spence Jr. was on a 26-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 2 months, and 7 days.
Errol Spence Jr. defeated Danny García via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC and IBF welterweight titles. Spence Jr. improves his record to 27-0, while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 36-3.
On September 8, 2018, 30-year-old Danny Garcia (34-1, 20 KOs) and 30-year-old Shawn Porter (28-2-1, 17 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC welterweight title.
Garcia came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 22 days. Porter was on a 2-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 4 days.
Shawn Porter defeated Danny García via unanimous decision . Porter improves his record to 29-2-1, while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 34-2.
On March 4, 2017, the 28-year-old WBC welterweight champion, Danny Garcia (33-0, 19 KOs), and the 28-year-old WBA (Super) welterweight champion Keith Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Garcia came in to the fight on a 33-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days. Thurman was on a 27-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 7 days.
Keith Thurman defeated Danny García via split decision and unifies the WBC and WBA (Super) welterweight titles. Thurman improves his record to 28-0, while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 33-1.