Danny Garcia’s campaign for a world title in a third different weight class made an auspicious launch on Saturday night as he cruised to a dominant majority-decision win over José Benavidez Jr in his super welterweight debut at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
The 34-year-old from North Philadelphia, a former unified champion at 140lbs who also won the WBC’s version of the title at 147lbs, made easy work of his taller, longer opponent, winning by scores of 116-112, 117-111 and (absurdly, in ringside judge Waleska Roldan’s view) 114-114.
