Will Mikey Garcia unify or become lineal champ @ 135

[therealpugilist]

The only guy I see giving him.trouble is easter Jr. More because of size, length and power but he is kinda green

[g27region]

He's a fat scalp that needs to be sacrificed to Crawford or Lomachenko

[PK3434]

Being unified champion is less about talent and more about how cooperative your manager/promoter is, as well as your acceptance of paying a bunch of different sanctioning fees.

[therealpugilist]

He's a fat scalp that needs to be sacrificed to Crawford or Lomachenko

He does but he needs to clear up '35

[therealpugilist]

Being unified champion is less about talent and more about how cooperative your manager/promoter is, as well as your acceptance of paying a bunch of different sanctioning fees.

He expressed the desire to. He definitely has the talent but as you said politics doe

[boliodogs]

He can become the lineal champion. He can not unify the title. There are 17 weight classes in boxing. Only two champions hold 3 of the 4 belts. Ward, who you love so much, and GGG who you hate so much. No champion holds all 4 belts. That means his chances of holding all 4 belts at the same time are about zero in 17. I am a long time boxing fan and I can't remember a time when a boxer held all 4 belts at the same time. Can you remember any boxer who held all 4 belts at the same time in any of the 17 weight classes? Seriously.

[Scipio2009]

The only guy I see giving him.trouble is easter Jr. More because of size, length and power but he is kinda green

I don't think Mikey Garcia stays at 135lbs for long enough to unify the belts there; he's got a WBC mandatory coming due, Oscar and Haymon don't really do business (so he's going to need Crolla to win), the WBo has it's own mandatory situation to square away, and then there's the IBF belt, with it's own mandatory to work through.

You're looking at maybe 5 fights being needed for Mikey to unify the belts.

Mikey has maybe 3 fights, imo, left at 135lbs, before he settles in for a long career at 140lbs (only going up to 147lbs during the tail-end of his run), where I see him taking the shot at unifying the division.

[therealpugilist]

I don't think Mikey Garcia stays at 135lbs for long enough to unify the belts there; he's got a WBC mandatory coming due, Oscar and Haymon don't really do business (so he's going to need Crolla to win), the WBo has it's own mandatory situation to square away, and then there's the IBF belt, with it's own mandatory to work through.

You're looking at maybe 5 fights being needed for Mikey to unify the belts.

Mikey has maybe 3 fights, imo, left at 135lbs, before he settles in for a long career at 140lbs (only going up to 147lbs during the tail-end of his run), where I see him taking the shot at unifying the division.

he is too small for 147 and would get trounced....140 is his ceiling imo

[HanzGruber]

I don't think Mikey Garcia stays at 135lbs for long enough to unify the belts there; he's got a WBC mandatory coming due, Oscar and Haymon don't really do business (so he's going to need Crolla to win), the WBo has it's own mandatory situation to square away, and then there's the IBF belt, with it's own mandatory to work through.

You're looking at maybe 5 fights being needed for Mikey to unify the belts.

Mikey has maybe 3 fights, imo, left at 135lbs, before he settles in for a long career at 140lbs (only going up to 147lbs during the tail-end of his run), where I see him taking the shot at unifying the division.

he could fight easter at the end of the year

[therealpugilist]

he could fight easter at the end of the year

that's gonna end in a ko either way...id love to see that one