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Welterweight Champion Danny Garcia Returns Home for a Liacouras Center Title Defense Bout


  Undefeated welterweight boxing champion and current world title-holder Danny “Swift” Garcia returns home to Philadelphia on Saturday, November 12th for a title-defense bout against challenger Samuel Vargas at Temple University’s Liacouras Center. The event will be televised on Spike’s Premier Boxing Champions series.

Joe Tarlecky/ King's Promotions / Premier Boxing Champions

Joe Tarlecky/ King’s Promotions / Premier Boxing Champions

   According to ESPN’s Dan Rafael, Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) has not fought in Philadelphia since 2010 and will be fighting here for only the fourth time in his professional career, which began in 2007. In January of this year, he won the welterweight title belt formerly held by Floyd Mayweather in a contest against Robert Guerrero, winning by unanimous decision – 116-112 on all three scorecards.

   Garcia’s boxing heritage runs deep, with his father raising him from an early age to be a champion prizefighter. He began training at Harrowgate Boxing Club at Jasper and Venango Streets when he was only ten years old. Through this training, Garcia has succeeded in every subdivision he’s competed in, previously holding the WBA and WBC light welterweight titles before moving up to WBC welterweight last year.

  In an effort to give back to his hometown, Garcia is partnering with Philabundance. Together, they hosted a canned food drive and fan meet and greet in advance of the bout this past Friday at the the Xfinity Store on Aramingo Avenue. The food drive is continuing up to the fight, with canned foods being accepted at DSG Boxing Gym (3731 Jasper Street) and the Liacouras Center itself. In addition, $10 of every ticket sold will be donated to Philabundance, which will provide 20 meals per ticket for people in need, according to the organization.

   Coverage of the fight begins on Spike at 9PM and tickets can be purchased at LiacourasCenter.com/events.

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