Boxer Danny Garcia reveals he has six toes
Friday 10 April 2015 13:29, UK
Danny Garcia has revealed he has six toes on his right foot as he prepares to tackle Lamont Peterson in New York this weekend.
Unbeaten Garcia, who defeated Amir Khan in four rounds three years ago, revealed the unusual physical quirk ahead of his meeting with his fellow world champion in Brooklyn on Saturday night.
Garcia (29-0 17KOs) is the current WBC and WBA super world light-welterweight champion and even though Peterson holds the IBF belt, this fight is a non-title catchweight contest made at 143lbs.
Garcia told the TMZ website: “'That's why I'm never off balance and I've never been down.”
Regarding the fight itself he added: "It's a big fight and it's the fight that the fans wanted. We're going to give the fans a great night of boxing.
"I'm ready for whatever Peterson brings. If he tries to box then I'm going to go with that and if he wants to fight, I'll be ready. I'm not going to go in and just try to knock his head off, I'm going to be Danny Garcia.
"We have common opponents like [Amir] Khan and [Lucas Martin] Matthysse and we've had different results. They say styles make fights so those results don't matter. Well, my style is to kick his butt.
"I'd love to be fighting on the biggest stage in boxing against the Mayweather and Pacquiaos, but for now it's just about taking it one fight at a time, this is history in the making.
"A lot of things have changed for me in the last few years, everybody knows me now. A lot of people look at you different now but it doesn't make my head bigger, it just motivates me to work hard."
Peterson (33-2-1 17KOs) edged past Khan by way of a split decision back in 2011 and was beaten inside three rounds by Matthysse, who in turn lost out on points to Garcia.
He said: "I'll give Peterson credit for putting the gloves on," he said. "He thinks it's going to be an easy night for him. He sees himself already on top of the mountain. It's not going to happen like that, we're going to ruin his party.”
