Does this Mikey Garcia statistic surprise you?

[QueensburyRules]

Mikey Garcia is a four division champion who has 41 professional fights.

So is it surprising to know that he’s only defended a world championship twice in his entire career?

It shocked me when I realized that. But yes, his only two title defenses came against Juan Carlos Burgos in 2014 and Robert Easter in 2018.

- -U been takin' smarty pants PEDs again?

[Citizen Koba]

Worth noting that in Roldys top 20 of the decade where he compares fighters based on their performances against top 10 fighters Mikey came in at #5 overall which really ain't too shabby whichever way you look at it.

If I'm counting right Mikeys got 10 world title fights (of which 2 were for vacant titles) and won 9 of em which ain't anything to sniff at. Way I see it there ain't intrinsically more or less credit in fighting for a title than defending it, its more to do with the quality of the opponent faced.