Garcia edges out Judah to retain WBC and WBA belts

NEW YORK. Danny Garcia won a hard-fought unanimous decision over veteran Zab Judah to retain his WBA Super, WBC and Ring Magazine light-welterweight titles.In the co-feature, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Peter Quillin outworked Fernando Guerrero to retain his WBO middleweight World Championship via a seventh round technical knockout.While both fighters started slow in a feeling-out process, Garcia began to gain momentum, visibly hurting Judah for the first time in the fifth.When the final bell rang, the two combatants embraced each other putting an end to their bitter pre-fight feud. Garcia was announced the victor and still champion in the third defence of his unified world titles by scores of 115-112, 114-112, 116-111.After the fight Garcia (26-0, 16 KO’s) praised Judah, saying, “It was a hell of a fight. I had to beat the Brooklyn guy in his hometown. I knew he had a lot of pride behind him and he was never going to give up. He is a crafty veteran with power.”Speaking on his performance, Judah (42-8, 29 KO’s) said, “It’s boxing and things happen. You win some, you lose some. Danny is a young, tough fighter. I was on my A-game tonight. I worked hard. I had a great training camp and we gave it our best shot.”When asked if this would be his last fight Judah emphatically responded, “You’re going to see me fight again. Why would I quit?”

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Garcia edges out Judah to retain WBC and WBA belts