Danny Garcia Thinks Terence Crawford Fight Makes Sense With A Win

Danny Garcia believes he could secure a fight with Terence Crawford with a win over Erislandy Lara on Sept. 14.

Garcia is set to challenge Lara for the WBA middleweight title and he is confident that with a win, he is in line for a big fight next time out.

“You never know. That makes perfect sense,” Garcia told BoxingScene on Monday of the matchup with Crawford. “If we fought, he’d be going for his fifth title in a weight division and I’d be going for my fourth title in a different weight class. I gotta get through Lara first. But it would be a great matchup and it makes sense for both of us.”

Crawford is coming off a win over Israil Madrimov in a fight that Garcia didn’t think was all that close.

“Definitely a competitive fight but I had Crawford winning because the other guy wasn’t busy,” Garcia said. “He wasn’t throwing a lot of punches. He was the champion but Crawford was the name. The other guy did good, but he wasn’t active enough.”

Although Danny Garcia thinks he could get a big fight against Terence Crawford with a win in September, he also isn’t ruling out that being the final fight of his career.

“This may be my last fight unless they call me with something that makes sense,” Garcia said. “Winning a title in a third weight division would be legendary. But I’m a fighter, so I’m not thinking about that right now.”

Danny Garcia is 37-3 as a pro and is coming off a majority decision win over Jose Benavidez Jr. to return to the win column after a decision loss to Errol Spence Jr. Garcia has notable wins over Ivan Redkach, Brandon Rios, Zab Judah, and Samuel Vargas among others.