- The American boxer appeared to have been bitten on the shoulder in the eighth round and was told to "f--- him up" by his angry father Angel Garcia when receiving instruction on his stool at the end of the round.
- Garcia took heed of his father's advice as he went on to batter and easily outpoint Redkach after 12 rounds of action, the ESPN reporter Dan Rafael said .
- Garcia is now in the running for a massive 2020 fight against Manny Pacquiao or Errol Spence.
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Danny Garcia was fighting Ivan Redkach on Saturday and had to defend himself against a bite.
An American boxer's father screamed "f--- him up for that!" when the opponent appeared to bite his son on the shoulder in the middle of a fight.
It all went down at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn during Showtime Boxing's main event bout between prominent Philadelphian fighter Danny Garcia and the Ukrainian southpaw Ivan Redkach on Saturday.
After 12 rounds, ShoStats indicated that while Garcia was only able to land 22 of his 226 jabs thrown (10%), he hit Redkach with 173 of his 342 attempted power punches (51%). Overall, he out-landed Redkach by two punches to one.
Data analyst firm Compubox tweeted that Redkach's "most effective work may have been the bite he inflicted on Swift [Garcia] in round 8."
Between rounds, and when the Showtime broadcast was filming Danny Garcia's corner, the fighter's father and trainer Danny Garcia could be heard saying, "f--- him up, f--- him up for that."
The instruction was also heard by Saturday Night Boxing writer Adam Abramowitz .
Garcia took heed of his father's advice, as, according to the ESPN reporter Dan Rafael , he had battered and "easily out-pointed the overmatched underdog Redkach," earning a unanimous decision verdict of 118-110, 117-111, and 117-111 on the judges' scorecards.
Rafael added that Garcia's next fight "likely will be a big one" against either Manny Pacquiao or Errol Spence, both of whom feature prominently in Business Insider's list of the best 15 boxers in the world right now.
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