Mikey Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Within a week of his improbable triumph that dethroned southpaw Marvin Hagler as 160-pound champion on April 6, 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard overcame a potentially devastating setback during a sparring session.
WBA lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko said that he's not in the sport for business, but for entering the history books as one of the greatest. With this in mind, the Ukrainian boxer confirmed that should he beat Jose Pedraza on December 8 in New York, he would love nothing more than measuring himself against Mikey Garcia, whom he cataloged as one of the best fighters of the moment.
New York- Although he may not be what he once was, Manny Pacquiao is still a major name in the sport of boxing. When the news broke that Pacquiao would be aligning himself with Al Haymon and Premier Boxing Champions, the chatter throughout the industry were many of the possible matchup at 147 with the Haymon stable - which may eventually lead to a rematch with Floyd Mayweather somewhere down the line.
Now that Mikey Garcia is firmly committed to moving up two divisions to challenge Errol Spence Jr., he has relinquished another IBF title. Garcia gave up the IBF’s lightweight championship Tuesday and his handlers canceled a purse bid scheduled for noon for his mandatory defense versus Richard Commey. Lou DiBella, Commey’s promoter, also confirmed to BoxingScene.com that the IBF is expected to order a Commey-Isa Chaniev fight for its vacant lightweight title.
Robert Garcia, the older brother and head trainer of Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs), has revealed that his brother sees a fatal flaw in the fighting style of IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence (24-0, 21 KOs). Garcia, who owns the WBC, IBF titles at the lightweight limit of 135, is ready to jump up by two weight divisions to challenge Spence at 147-pounds.
Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell is planning to stay as busy as possible. He has no intention to sit around and wait for a mandatory world title shot at WBC, IBF lightweight champion Mikey Garcia. Last month, Campbell earned his mandatory crack with a twelve round unanimous decision in his revenge rematch with Yvan Mendy as part of the Anthony Joshua-Alexander Povetkin undercard at Wembley in London.
By Tris Dixon - SO the saying goes, “A good big guy will always beat a good little guy.” It is a pretty well tried and tested statement but not always wholly accurate. Yet it is a line worth heeding should you go by the name of Mikey Garcia and if you’ve been downing the brave juice several litres at a time. Garcia seems to b...
Negotiations are progressing for Errol Spence Jr. and Mikey Garcia to meet in a welterweight title fight early next year. A source has confirmed to BoxingScene.com that Spence likely will defend his IBF 147-pound championship against Garcia at some point in February. Showtime would distribute their pay-per-view event, and February 16 and February 23 are two potential dates for Spence-Garcia to take place.
On December 8th, WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko attempts to unify his title versus WBO belt-holder Jose Pedraza, at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. If Lomachenko should come out victorious as expected, the fight that will be clamored for in 2019 will be a showdown versus WBC/IBF champion Mikey Garcia.
LAS VEGAS - World class trainer Robert Garcia was in Sin City this past week and picked up two victories on the Ryota Murata-Rob Brant undercard. His fighters, Joseph Adorno and Esquiva Falcao, both notched wide decision wins.