Robert Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Robert Garcia has long grown used to working around the clock for the betterment of his vast stable of boxers. These days, the former 130-pound champ and now A-list trainer finds himself overseeing vastly different projects.
As pleased as they were with his performance against Jessie Vargas, Mikey Garcia’s brother and father still want him to move back down from the welterweight division to junior welterweight. Eleven months after suffering his first professional defeat, a lopsided points loss to Errol Spence Jr., Garcia’s second straight appearance in the 147-pound division went much better versus Vargas. Garcia overcame a slow start to knock down Vargas in the fifth round and won a 12-round unanimous decision February 29 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
The best advice that Robert Garcia can offer his clients for now, is simply to stay ready so that they don’t have to get ready. The former junior lightweight champion and current A-list trainer is doing his part to keep his vast stable up to date as the boxing schedule has been decimated in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Among his current roster, just one boxer remains in training camp—unbeaten, unified junior welterweight titlist Jose Carlos Ramirez, who for now is still slated to face Viktor Postol on May 9 in Fresno, California.
The three-time world champion Abner Mares patiently waits for the moment to return to the gym and finally execute his plan to get back into a professional ring, something he will do with the hand of the renowned coach Manny Robles, with whom he agreed to hire after parting ways with Robert Garcia.
Jose Ramirez and his team continue to prepare responsibly for any given scenario. The unbeaten, unified 140-pound titlist is one of the few athletes with a major fight on the current boxing schedule, despite the growing concern that his forthcoming title defense versus former champ Viktor Postol won’t see the light of day. The two are due to collide May 9 in Fresno, California—roughly an hour from his Avenal hometown—which for now is just outside the batch of events to have been postponed in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
boxing legends, world champions, celebrities and more shared their predictions for the highly anticipated rematch between unbeaten WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder and undefeated lineal champion Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury ahead of the historic, mega PPV event this Saturday, February 22 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
With fight week here and anticipation reaching a fever pitch, top fighters, legends and trainers shared their thoughts and predictions on this Saturday's welterweight title unification between IBF Champion Errol "The Truth" Spence Jr. and WBC Champion "Showtime" Shawn Porter that headlines a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
Robert Garcia has enjoyed more than his full share of honors both as a boxer and head trainer. He now has one more title to proudly add to his collection: Ambassador. The former 130-pound titlist and current A-list cornerman has appointed by adidas boxing as its ambassador, the company announced on Monday. The renowned trainer to more than a dozen former and current world champions—including pound-for-pound entrant and younger brother Mikey Garcia, and undefeated, unified 140-pound titlist Jose Carlos Ramirez—has granted his Robert Garcia Boxing Academy facility in Riverside, Calif. to serve as the testing gym for all adidas boxing equipment.
Between Mikey Garcia, Jose Ramirez and Vergil Ortiz Jr., trainer Robert Garcia has pay-per-view worthy fights at his gym in Riverside, Calif. once any combination of the three aforementioned stars start sparring against one another.
Mikey Garcia may be coming off the lowest point of his career after suffering his first loss to Errol Spence Jr., but the free agent boxing star could soon hit the highest pay day of his life. The former four-division champion has been weighing offers from the power-playing likes of Al Haymon, Bob Arum, Oscar De La Hoya and Eddie Hearn, his brother and trainer Robert Garcia told BoxingScene.com in an interview.