Garcia vs Lara

When is Garcia vs Lara?

Danny Garcia could potentially square off against Erislandy Lara in Spring 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The fight would be scheduled for 12 rounds at a catchweight of 155 lb (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

The contest would be for the WBA middleweight championship of the world.

Garcia vs Lara stats

Danny Garcia would step into the ring with a record of 37 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Erislandy Lara would make his way to the ring with a record of 29 wins, 3 loses and 3 draws, with 17 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggest Lara would have a slight advantage in power over Garcia, with a 59% knock out percentage over Garcia's 57%.

Danny Garcia is the younger man by 5 years, at 35 years old.

Lara has 5-inch reach advantage.

Danny Garcia fights out of the orthodox stance, while Erislandy Lara is a southpaw.

Garcia is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 months earlier than Lara, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He has fought 48 more professional rounds, 282 to Lara's 234.

Danny Garcia goes into the fight ranked number 6 by the WBA at middleweight.

Erislandy Lara is currently ranked number 4 by the RING in the 160lb division.

Garcia vs Lara form

Garcia has beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight, he defeated Jose Benavidez on 30th July 2022 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Errol Spence Jr on 5th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight and IBF World Welterweight championship fight at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ivan Redkach on 25th January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

Before that, he had beat Adrian Granados on 20th April 2019 by knockout in the 7th round at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California.

He had lost to Shawn Porter on 8th September 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.

Lara has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight, he won against Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan on 28th May 2022 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA World Middleweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Thomas Lamanna on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their WBA World Middleweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, California.

Going into that contest, he had beat Greg Vendetti on 29th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Welterweight championship fight at Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California.

Before that, he had defeated Ramon Alvarez on 31st August 2019 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA World Super Welterweight championship fight at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota.

He had drawn with Brian Carlos Castano on 2nd March 2019 by split draw in their WBA World Super Welterweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Erislandy Lara has been fighting more than Danny Garcia.

Danny Garcia last fought 1 year, 6 months and 2 days ago, while Erislandy Lara's last outing was 1 year, 8 months and 4 days ago.

Garcia's last 5 fights have come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 24 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 55 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 11 rounds on average.

Lara's last 5 fights have come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 30 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 11 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 7 rounds on average.

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