Mikey Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
With the heavyweight bout between WBC titlist Deontay Wilder and challenger Tyson Fury on the horizon for the fall - it could push back the proposed match-up between IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence and four division beltholder Mikey Garcia. The bottom line is that for Showtime it just may not be feasible to have two pay-per-events so close together before the close of 2018.
Ray Beltran is determined to throw a spanner in the works for Vasyl Lomachenko's plans to face Mikey Garcia. Lomachenko is set to return from shoulder surgery in December, with his manager confirming that the winner of Beltran v Jose Pedraza will be his likely opponent.
Former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. believes Mikey Garcia has a much better shot to overcome Vasyl Lomachanko than he does Errol Spence. Garcia, who captured world titles in four weight divisions and currently holds the WBC world title at 135-pounds, is eager to move up by twelve pounds to challenge Spence for his IBF welterweight title.
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WBC, IBF lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs) is far more interested in a showdown with IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence than a possible clash with Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs).
WBC, IBF lightweight world champion Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs) is already gearing up and focused on a potential showdown with IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence at year's end. Garcia - who captured world titles at 126, 130, 135 and 140 - is eager to win a fifth divisional title - against Spence (24-0, 21 KOs).
Former welterweight champion Andre Berto is very interested in a potential fight between IBF welterweight king Errol Spence and current WBC, IBF lightweight champion Mikey Garcia. In the last few weeks, Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs) has made it clear that he's willing to move up by two full weight divisions, to the welterweight limit of 147-pounds, to challenge Spence (24-0, 21 KOs).
WBC lightweight world champion Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs) is very confident that he will upset the odds by moving up to the welterweight division, by twelve pounds, to challenge IBF champion Errol Spence (24-0, 21 KOs). Garcia captured world titles at featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight and junior welterweight.
Richard Commey (26-2, 23 KOs), of Accra, Ghana, now fighting out of Brooklyn, NY, faces battle-tested Mexican veteran Yardley Cruz (24-10, 14 KOs), of Los Mochis, Mexico, in an eight-round clash on Saturday, August 4, at NYCB LIVE, home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
LOS ANGELES – Mikey Garcia figures Errol Spence Jr. considers him too small to be a legitimate threat. That was Garcia’s explanation when asked during a post-fight press conference Saturday night why Spence said he was “licking [his] chops” in anticipation of a fight against Garcia. If that’s how Spence truly feels, Garcia isn’t offended.