Andreas HaleOct 19, 2025, 06:52 AM

CloseAndreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z’s Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film “Bridges” in 2024.

Former two-division world champion Danny Garcia capped his “Farewell to Brooklyn” card with a vicious fourth-round knockout of Danny Gonzalez on Saturday at the Barclays Center in New York.

Garcia (38-4, 22 KOs) landed his trademark left hook to finish an overmatched Gonzalez (22-5-1, 7 KOs) 45 seconds into the fourth round of their scheduled 10-round fight at 154 pounds. Gonzalez crumbled to the canvas with his ankle folding awkwardly beneath him. He attempted to beat the count but fell back down as referee Harvey Dock ended the fight.

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Garcia, 37, was the first fighter to headline a boxing event at Barclays Center in 2012, when he knocked out Mexican legend Erik Morales with a left hook in the fourth round. Thirteen years later, Garcia landed the same punch in the same round against a different Mexican opponent in the main event of his “Farewell to Brooklyn” card, which he promoted under his Swift Promotions banner.

Garcia improved to 8-2 at Barclays, and although he had his final fight in Brooklyn, Garcia said there’s a “high chance” that his boxing career will continue.

Garcia set the tone early, hurting Gonzalez in the opening minute of the fight. Garcia’s activity put Gonzalez on the defensive as he tried to stave off the blows.

Danny Garcia scored a fourth-round knockout in what he has said was his final fight in Brooklyn, but added there is a “high chance” that his boxing career will continue. Photo by Ishika Samant/Getty Images

“I noticed I hurt him, but for some reason, my timing fell a little bit off,” Garcia said. “So, I’m like, ‘OK, let me just settle down for the next couple rounds and work behind my jab, and then when he stops moving his feet, I can try to catch him.'”

Gonzalez, who fought for the first time above welterweight, had no answers for Garcia and was caught flush when Garcia set his feet and fired a left hook that landed squarely on his chin to end the fight.

“I already knew what he was trying to do,” Garcia said. “Everybody thinks I’m flat-footed. They could just box around me like it’s easy, but when you’re in there with me, it’s a whole different ballgame.”

Garcia rebounded after suffering a stoppage loss to current WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara in September 2024.