Danny Gonzalez recognizes his supposed role in Danny Garcia’s final fight at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night.

The comparatively unknown Gonzalez is the guy Garcia chose to help make him look good in what could be the last appearance of a career in which the Philadelphia native won world titles in two weight classes. DraftKings lists Garcia as almost a 6-1 favorite over Gonzalez, who views their 10-round junior middleweight match as an opportunity to change his life.

“I think he’s overlooking me 110 percent,” Gonzalez told The Ring. “I think this is gonna be a meme, where cherry-picking goes wrong.”

Gonzalez (22-4-1, 7 KOs) mentioned “cherry-picking” because Garcia (37-4, 21 KOs) endured criticism early in his career for taking fights against overmatched opponents. One of those instances occurred at Barclays Center in August 2014, when Garcia dropped a huge underdog, Rod Salka, three times and knocked him out in the second round.

If that’s the type of fight Garcia anticipates Saturday night, Gonzalez assured that the former junior welterweight and welterweight champ is in for a rude awakening.

“He picked the wrong guy,” Gonzalez said. “I’m motivated. I put in the work. I don’t work [another job]. This is all I do. I’m obsessed.”

Gonzalez, 35, has won back-to-back bouts after suffering successive points defeats to Petros Ananyan and Paulo Galdino in competitive fights in October 2021 and May 2022, respectively. He’ll fight for the first time Saturday night since he easily out-pointed Michael Anderson last October 12 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

As confident as he is, Gonzalez realizes he has never beaten anyone as accomplished as Garcia.

“You beat Danny Garcia, you become a legend,” Gonzalez said. “He’s only been defeated by four world champions. Basically, the stock raises. I’ll be able to get a big fight, maybe a world title shot. I’ll become a major player in the game. A win over Danny Garcia, you know, the world knows who I am.”

Garcia, 37, will end an even longer layoff than Gonzalez in a pay-per-view main event that’ll be streamed by MILLIONS.co ($39.99; 6 p.m. ET; 3 p.m. PT).

He hasn’t fought since WBA middleweight champ Erislandy Lara became the first opponent to stop Garcia inside the distance in September 2024 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Garcia – who previously dropped decisions to former welterweight champs Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter and Errol Spence Jr. – declined to answer the bell for the 10th round of his 12-round, 160-pound title fight against Lara (31-3-3, 19 KOs). Cuba’s Lara led by the same score, 88-82, on all three cards after knocking Garcia to the canvas in the ninth round on the Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga undercard.

“You know how boxing is,” Gonzalez said. “You’re only as good as your last win, so they’re definitely gonna play more off of the Lara fight. I’m pretty sure he wants to leave with a win and he’s motivated, but I don’t think it’s about what he does and what’s going on with him. It’s more about me doing what I’ve gotta do. And as long as I do what I gotta do and don’t make mistakes, I’m gonna end up winning this fight.”

Garcia will fight for the 10th time at Barclays Center, where he lost close decisions to Thurman and Porter since the home arena of the NBA’s Nets opened 13 years ago. Gonzalez grew up in the Woodhaven section of nearby Queens, but he lives in Brooklyn, only approximately one mile from Barclays Center.

“I’m just a fat kid from Woodhaven, Queens, that just stayed working hard, consistent, and 20 years later I’m in a big fight,” Gonzalez said. “I’ve done a lot in the sport and I’ve still got a lot to do. I wanna show people that hard work pays off. … Get your money on FanDuel. I’m gonna shock the world.”