“Farewell To Brooklyn” Exercise Quotes & Pictures

Former two-division world champion Danny “Swift” Garcia held a media exercise at world well-known Gleason’s Gymnasium on Thursday forward of his “FAREWELL TO BROOKLYN” occasion happening this Saturday, October 18 from Barclays Heart as he takes on Queen-native Danny “El Gallo” Gonzalez in the primary occasion of the Swift Promotions occasion.

The media exercise additionally featured a slew of undercard fighters together with undefeated Polish heavyweight Damian Knyba, who takes on Joey Dawejko in an eight-round matchup, Brooklyn’s personal Chris “Primetime” Colbert, who faces Blas Ezequiel Caro in an eight-round attraction, and Philly motion fighter Gabriel Rosado, who takes on veteran Vaughn Alexander in a brilliant middleweight bout.

The exercise additionally featured a younger rising stars within the Swift Promotions’ steady as Brooklyn’s Cristian Cangelosi, who faces Victoriano Antonio Santillan, stepped into the ring in entrance of the media in Brooklyn.

Tickets for the dwell occasion can be found NOW by way of Ticketmaster.com.

The jam-packed card will stream completely by way of MILLIONS.co with a pay-per-view broadcast starting at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT with twelve scheduled points of interest featured with buy of the occasion.

Here’s what the fighters needed to say Thursday from world well-known Gleason’s Gymnasium in Brooklyn:

DANNY GARCIA

“Camp has been nice. I really feel prepared. There have been no shortcuts. I handled this like a world title combat. I’ve accomplished the whole lot proper.

“I acquired right here due to the whole lot I went by way of as a child. I got here from nothing and that’s why I’ve the grit that I’ve proven in combat after combat.

“I simply need to be remembered as somebody who fought everybody and by no means backed down.

“Danny Gonzalez is somebody who’s been underneath the radar and deserves a shot. Some guys by no means get the chance and I believed he earned it.

“It makes me actually comfortable to present younger guys alternatives like this. To plenty of guys combating at Barclays Heart is a dream come true. Meaning the whole lot to me.”

DANNY GONZALEZ

“I’m simply excited to go. I’m calm. On Saturday the speaking is finished. We’re moving into there to harm one another, and I’m gonna damage him.

“I don’t assume it issues what his mentality is. When he loses, he’s gonna understand it’s time to spend time along with his household.

“That is the whole lot. This proves that tough work and consistency pays off. I’ve been grinding for 20 years and now I’m right here on the large stage.

“I’m in phenomenal form for this. He’s gonna be shocked with what he’s in there with. Velocity, power, measurement, energy, it’s gonna be the whole lot.

“I do know what I can do and I do know that I can beat him.”

DAMIAN KNYBA

“I’m actually excited to be combating in entrance of the Polish followers at Barclays Heart. There have been plenty of nice heavyweights like Adam Kownacki who’ve fought there and I stay up for preserving that custom going.

“I’m extraordinarily motivated. I’ve fought in huge arenas earlier than, so that is nothing new to me. I’m coming in right here mentally robust and able to do what I’ve to do.

“I’m very motivated to point out everybody that I’m the most effective. The Polish followers imply the world to me. I need to be at my greatest and make my nation proud.”

CHRIS COLBERT

“I’m feeling nice. I’m blessed to be right here on the large stage once more and on Saturday night time I simply must do what I do greatest.

“I’m gonna return all the way down to tremendous featherweight to get again to the highest. I’m really hungrier now than I used to be for my previous couple of fights. Proper now I’m ravenous. I’ve no selection however to go in there and wipe out the 130-pound division.

“I do know there’s much more that I’m leaving on the desk so far as my profession, and I can’t go away it there.

“I simply need to win. I’m not fearful about making an announcement.

GABRIEL ROSADO

“I really feel good to be right here in Brooklyn. That is really my favourite metropolis to combat in. The environment is superb and it’s near Philly.

“We’re doing the whole lot proper, that’s why my power is de facto good. We’ve had a fantastic coaching camp in Puerto Rico. It was scorching as hell and it was what we wanted.

“The center has to nonetheless be in it to combat. That’s one factor about me, I can all the time depend on my coronary heart and my will. No person is gonna take that away from me. There was really some extent in my profession the place I counted an excessive amount of on my will and slacked on my fundamentals. It’s these little issues that make a giant distinction.”

CRISTIAN CANGELOSI

“I’m seeking to placed on a very good present for all my Italians right here in Brooklyn. I’m feeling good and able to ship a knockout.

“I’ve a fantastic workforce that’s actually acquired me able to go. We’ve had a fantastic coaching camp with actually robust sparring. I’m gonna be at my greatest on Saturday night time.

“I need to be nice and present that I’m a future world champion.”