Comments Thread For: Mikey Garcia Drops, Decisions Sergey Lipinets, Wins IBF Title

[BM dnobagaV]

No way. Better than Sor Rungvisai vs Estrada? I thought Wilder vs Ortiz was better, too.

Wilder-Ortiz was too slow and ugly early on, even if it picked up. It does have the ROTY easily though.
Estrada-Rungvisai didn't have the huge KD this fight did.

[Gillie]

Garcia is a mediocre fighter at 140. He should move to 135. But he'd lose to Loma easy at 135. Not sure what Garcia should do.

If Loma beats him, it will not be easy. That's for sure.

[chimichanga2]

If Loma beats him, it will not be easy. That's for sure.

Nah it'll be easy for Loma at 135. Garcia has to catch Loma with a fluke shot to win.

[hitking]

Mikey is an excellent fighter. But, he needs to cap his weight jumping at the 140lb division. He’s very good fundamentally. But his power is what makes him special. And above 135, he doesn’t have big time power. Lipinets basically walked through everything Mikey landed outside of a single shot. And Mikey was landing bombs. And because he didn’t really have to worry about Mikey’s power, he basically was able to walk Garcia down and make it an extremely difficult fight. Mikey needs to forget about Crawford and Spence(Errol would hurt Mikey really badly), take his butt back down to lightweight, and set his sights on a Lomachencko superfight. He’s probably an underdog in that one too, but at least it’s winnable. Tossing him in with Spence is in hindsight about like tossing Rigondeaux in with Lomachencko. Except instead of being embarrassed, he’s likely to get hurt. He matches up a little better against Crawford, but I think Bud KOs him as well.

[Eff Pandas]

Been told by team Valdez that he has a fractured jaw. He’s been taken away in a ambulance to the hospital. He will not be speaking at the post fight presser.

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[Gillie]

Agreed.

Very basic and repetitive. Not a pound for pound level talent IMO. He'd be embarrassed by Lomachenko, Crawford and the 147 guys. Not sure he dominates 140.

Good fighter but not special.

I cannot see anyone embarrassing Garcia. I would favor Crawford over him and possibly Loma as well but Mikey has the technical skills and ring acumen to be considered one of the top fighter's in the world.

[daggum]

If Loma beats him, it will not be easy. That's for sure.

i think so. loma has much faster reflexes then garcia and garcia will be reacting to everything he does which will put him out of position for loma to hit. besides the hail mary shot he doesnt have much chance. hes doing the right thing for his career. no point taking a big risk like that when you can make easy money and always have the fantasy possibility of beating a great like loma. not as good as actually doing it but hey you still got that money

[mcdonalds]

Nah it'll be easy for Loma at 135. Garcia has to catch Loma with a fluke shot to win.

Clinchachenko lost to mikey's leftovers and was hugging salido like his life depended on it.

[chimichanga2]

Clinchachenko lost to mikey's leftovers and was hugging salido like his life depended on it.

Salido was a ****** hittin him in the ballz. Yep I figured you support that kind of stuff.

[Dr.Cool]

I like Mikey but I just see a business man picking the weak, easier champions to add value to his name.. great way to get the fans and haters intrigued. There’s a reason why he’s with Haymon now

Lipinets was the top fighter at 140 according to TRBR, the most trusted, unbiased rankings there are. He was the ONLY champ at 140 before tonight. Literally.

Mikey moved up in weight, fought the best fighter at that weight, who was also much bigger than Mikey.

And yet, that is picking up easy belts. lol. The Haymon hate is real. Crawford is considered p4p mainly because of wins over Postol and Indongo. Lipinets is better than either of those two. Crawford also entered the ring at about 160 lbs. for those fights. Mikey entered the ring at 147 lbs.

A TR guy can no longer make 135, moves up, fights two opponents, like Lipinets, guys that are good, not great, but who had titles. The TR guy is praised as p4p. A Haymon fighter moves up from 135, even though 135 is his best weight, to win a title in a FOURTH division, against the top guy at 140, and he is a cherry picker.

Stop hating, and start appreciating fighters willing to dare to be great. I don't see Mikey having much success at 147, but he is obviously best suited for 135. Its just he wants the big names, the big fights, the big money. At least he is trying. Easter is a bum, and Linares is next. Unless Linares ******* out, which is very possible. The fight has already been ordered so we will find out if Linares really wants it or if he is just going to vacate his mandatory status, and duck Mikey.