Mikey Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Four-division champion Mikey Garcia will be “difficult” en route to “winning a decision” in his 147-pound debut against IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr., whom he’ll face in a clash of unbeatens on March 16 at The Dallas Cowboys’ Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View.
Four division champion Mikey Garcia’s giving up height (5-foot-9 ½-to-5-foot-6) and reach (72-inches-to-68) entering his March 16 clash of unbeaten and 147-pound debut against IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr., yet insists he will will neutralize “The Truth” in his quest for a third defense and 12th straight knockout victory at The Dallas Cowboys’ Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View.
Four-division champion Mikey Garcia and IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence are “making sure that everybody knows that we’re clean fighters” by being randomly drug-tested by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) over a 10-week period in advance of their 147-pound clash on March 16 at The Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View, said Garcia.
New York - With a big pay-per-view fight upcoming against Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KO’s) in March, Errol Spence (24-0, 21 KO’s) has already started preparing for his showdown. He was on hand to see his stalemate Jermell Charlo lose his title to Tony Harrison last weekend. The two share the same trainer in Derrick James.
Over the first week of mid-December training, Mikey Garcia ached physically from every muscle and body part perhaps like never before from a grueling routine he hadn't before experienced. “My body was in pain last week during my first week here, my legs, my stomach, my shoulders, everything was hurting,” said Garcia , 31, during an interview with BoxingScene.com on December 28.
Left-handed IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence is after his fourth defense and 12th straight stoppage victory against Mikey Garcia, who will be making his 147-pound debut in pursuit of a fifth crown in as many divisions on March 16 at The Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View.
IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence and four-division champion Mikey Garcia could be randomly drug-tested by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) over a 10-week period beginning on January 5 in advance of their 147-pound clash on March 16 at The Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View, according to Garcia's strength and conditioning guru Victor Conte.
Four-division champion Mikey Garcia “is going to be stronger, faster, quicker and…better” for his 147-pound debut and pursuit of a fifth crown in as many divisions against left-handed IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence on March 16 at The Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View.
Corner man Robert Garcia is training five fighters in as many championship bouts spanning 49 days from January 26-through-March 16, with three of them being underdog challengers. On January 26, Josesito Lopez (36-7-1, 19 KOs) takes on WBA “super” welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, as Premiere Boxing Champions returns to FOX (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.).
WBA “super” welterweight champion Keith Thurman compares the first four months of 147-pound action in 2019 to “a good book” to be taken “chapter by chapter,” adding, “My getting back into the ring is the start of the first chapter for me.”