When a then-10-year-old Danny Garcia stepped into Philadelphia’s Harrowgate Boxing Club for the first time, he wanted to emulate his boxing hero, Carlos Ortiz. With his father, Angel, in his corner, he took rapid strides and soon earned national championships, and it wasn’t long before he made his pro-debut in 2007. The fans still remember his debut, when he took the boxing world by scoring a knockout on his debut. It was a theme that got associated with him, and the American boxer soon developed a penchant for knockouts.

While Garcia, now 36, is a shadow of his former self, he is still a force to be reckoned with. We look at the most devastating top-5 knockouts of his career, which made him a household name and helped him earn multiple world championships.

#5 Danny Garcia vs. Enrique Colin, 2009: KO in 2 (10)

It was the first time that a young Garcia was fighting for a title, and despite the pressure of a bigger stage, he was relentless in his approach. He had shown flashes of brilliance in his past fights and was riding high on confidence because of a two-fight KO streak. ‘Swift’ was catching his opponent, Enrique Colin, off guard and lacking in defensive acumen, as he was able to land his staple right hooks as counters.

The big moment came in the second round when Colin was in the middle of throwing his uppercut, but before he could land his punch, Garcia hit him with a brutal yet swift right on the chin, dropping Colin in a free fall, face flat on the canvas. This won him the WBC Youth Intercontinental title, and he announced himself to the boxing world in style.

#4 Paulie Malignaggi, 2015: TKO in round 9 (12)

Fast-forward, 6 years later and Garcia is still undefeated and already earned laurels and accolades in the welterweight divisions. But he was coming in with some mixed performances and took this fight against Paulie Malignaggi at a new division. He mixed well his combinations, pushed forward, and used jabs to set up his big right hooks. The former two-division champion’s heavy-handed punches did substantial damage to Malignaggi’s face, even dropping him in the rounds.

Garcia only built on it and used body punches to add to Malignaggi’s pain and suffering. The match-ending sequence came in the ninth round, when a left-right tumbled Malignaggi, and he was trying to escape Garcia’s onslaught only to find himself on the ropes. Garcia then loaded another, chopping left and right without any resistance from Malignaggi, and the referee jumped in to stop the action. He had seen enough.

#3 Danny Garcia vs. Erik Morales II, 2012: KO in round 4 (12)

Rematches have a different flavor for the fans and the boxers. In their first encounter, Garcia had defeated Érik Morales by a decision. This time, he was ready to take it to the next level. It seemed as if he had Morales figured out down to every small movement. He let his hands go, targeted the body, and then followed up with powerful rights hooks. Morales was barely seeing out the rounds, but not for long.

In the fourth round, the Philadelphia native landed some left jabs and followed them with a right. It was a four-punch combination, which pushed Morales to the ropes. As Morales tried to land a few punches of his own, he was caught by one of Garcia’s brutal left hooks, making him fall on the ropes in a free fall, as he struggled to get back to his feet. He sat on the floor, clinching the rope with one hand. The referee immediately gestured to stop the fight, handing Garcia a victory to remember for ages.

#2 Amir Khan, 2012: TKO in round 4 (12)

Sandwiched between the two encounters with Morales is one of the most famous of Garcia’s victories inside the ring, and it couldn’t be more assertive. The writing was on the wall for Amir Khan when his temple got buzzed with a huge counter-left and he went down in round 3. He barely made it through the round and the next round was almost a repeat of what the fans saw. The 37-3 record holder chased him around the ring and kept on unleashing his signature right hook.

However, it wasn’t long before he caught the British fighter with a left-right one-two, dropping him to the floor on his back. The referee inspected him, and, despite the cry of “I’m okay” from Khan, he stopped the fight.

#1 Danny Garcia vs. Brandon Rios, 2018: TKO in round 9 (12)

If there was one complete performance by Garcia, it’s this. He completely outclassed and annihilated Brandon Rios, where the gulf between the skills and power of the two was too obvious. The orthodox boxer walked unscathed and countered everything that Rios threw at him. While Rios kept coming for him with forward pressure, he also kept on eating Garcia’s overhand rights. Garcia used his left jabs to push him back and then threw body shots, following it with a hook to the head.

Those hooks did a number on Rios, and when mixed with combinations, they rocked him. The heavy blows took a toll on him throughout the fight. Garcia tested him with a light jab and, after finding a hole in Rios’ defense, launched a hard right cross. The visuals of Rios with his hands spread, and his back on the mat evoked awe from everyone in the audience. It was the fifth time that Rios had gone down and the referee didn’t take long to call off the fight.

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