Former two division world champion Danny Garcia landed a career high 153 body punches on Jose Benavidez, Jr. Garcia landed double digit body punches in every round except the first round, where he landed 9. Benavidez only landed 12 body punches, averaging 1 per round. Garcia landed 52% of his power punches, and 62 more jabs than Benavidez.
Barclays Center, Brooklyn – In a junior middleweight clash, former two-division world champion Danny Garcia (37-3, 21 KOs) made his debut at 154-pounds with a dominant twelve round majority decision win over Jose Benavidez (27-2-1, 18 KOs).
The scores were an absurd 114-114, and tallies of 116-112 and 117-111 for Garcia.
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