Danny Garcia warns Shawn Porter: ‘There’s something different inside of me’

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DANNY GARCIA and Shawn Porter will contest the vacant WBC welterweight world title on September 8 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

โ€œIโ€™m excited for this fight because Iโ€™m a world championship-level fighter and this gives me the chance to be back where Iโ€™ve been for so long. It doesnโ€™t matter who it is, Iโ€™m just happy to be back and fighting for the title,โ€ Garcia said. โ€œThereโ€™s no pressure on me, Iโ€™m just going to come to fight. We can dance if he wants, but I guarantee Iโ€™m coming to bang with him in the middle of the ring. I feel Iโ€™m the stronger puncher, have the faster hands and am the better all-around fighter.

โ€œI have to go in there and make adjustments and do what I do best. Iโ€™ll set the tempo and the pace and take it one round at a time.โ€

The WBC title was vacated by Keith Thurman, who has been recovering from injury since beating Garcia last year. โ€œThe loss against Keith Thurman hurt me for a little bit. I thought I finished the fight strong and won. At the end of the day though, I feel motivated again. I feel more motivated now than I did before the fight. Thereโ€™s something different inside of me,โ€ Garcia said.

But Porter had a warning for him. โ€œThis is a great opportunity to get the fight I wanted for my career. Iโ€™m thriving right now and youโ€™ll see it all on fight night,โ€ he said. โ€œIโ€™m a very difficult fighter to prepare for. You never know what youโ€™ll get with me. Iโ€™m used to being the underdog and I thrive on it. Iโ€™m the more intelligent fighter at the end of the day.

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โ€œI think for a long time, watching Danny do what he does and hearing him say what heโ€™d do to me, I got stirred up to the point where I really wanted this fight. I made that known after his fight against Brandon Rios and I think thatโ€™s why weโ€™re here right now.

โ€œThe belt is all I want. Winning a title is always special, but beating Danny Garcia for it will be icing on the cake. Heโ€™s been a top fighter for a long time and this win will help solidify me. Once I have the belt, the skyโ€™s the limit.โ€

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