By Keith Idec

After a month of reflection, Danny Garcia wants an immediate rematch with Keith Thurman.

Garcia discussed his feelings on the March 4 welterweight title fight Thurman won by split decision during a Premier Boxing Champions “Toe-To-Toe Tuesdays” telecast Tuesday night from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

“I want the rematch,” Garcia told FS1 blow-by-blow announcer Brian Custer during a break at ringside. “I wanna get my title back. I wanna be back where I belong, you know, on top of the game because, you know, I’m a superstar fighter, I’m a world champion. I’ve been a champion for five, six years in a row in the sport of boxing. And I want the rematch. But if not, whoever. Anyone in the welterweight division. Big fights.”

Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs, 1 NC), of Clearwater, Florida, won Garcia’s WBC world welterweight title and retained his WBA world 147-pound championship by winning on two of three judges’ scorecards last month in a fight CBS televised in prime time from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. John McKaie (116-112) and Joe Pasquale (115-113) scored the 12-round fight for Thurman.

The third judge, Kevin Morgan, scored it 115-113 for Philadelphia’s Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs).

“I felt like I did enough to win the fight because the official scorecards were even going into the 11th and 12th rounds,” Garcia said. “And I though all he did was move the last two rounds. He didn’t throw no punches. I thought I did enough to close the show in the last two rounds. And the two judges didn’t give me those last two rounds, and that’s how the fight went his way.”

Garcia actually was already down through 10 rounds on the two cards on which he ultimately lost.

Pasquale had Thurman ahead 97-93 through 10 rounds, but gave the 11th and 12th rounds to Garcia to finish with a 115-113 score for Thurman. McKaie also had Thurman in front through 10 rounds (96-94), yet he gave the 11th and 12th rounds to Thurman, who won 116-112 on his scorecard.

Garcia was ahead 96-94 after 10 rounds on Morgan’s scorecard. Morgan scored the 11th round for Thurman and the 12th round for Garcia, who won 115-113 on Morgan’s card.

In hindsight, Garcia wishes he had done more early in the fight, so that he didn’t need to come from behind on the scorecards.

“I knew he was gonna try to box and move,” Garcia said. “I would’ve tried to probably start off faster, start off more aggressive. But I felt like I fought a smart fight. I felt like I closed the show like a true champion. And basically the fight went how it went.”

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.