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He's been ripped for being on the winning side of close decisions in fights with Mauricio Herrera and Lamont Peterson, for not fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. and for taking on the unheralded Rod Salka. Garcia is puzzled by it, but he's as low key as his father and trainer, Angel, is outspoken. In the sport of boxing, you're going to have your critics no matter what you do, so you might as well ignore them and focus on training hard and fighting to win,” Garcia said.