Mikey Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) is convinced that he's got the right style and the right skills to overcome the long odds in a potential fight with IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence. Garcia takes part in his first unification this coming Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Garcia, Easter Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Lightweight world champions Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter Jr. went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they enter the ring for a 135-pound title unification Saturday, July 28 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Garcia, Easter Live Stream - SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streams of official fight week events in advance of this Saturday’s 135-pound unification showdown between WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) and IBF Lightweight World Champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs). The three-fight telecast airs live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
Robert Easter Jr. realizes he didn’t look particularly good in his last fight. Easter also is convinced that subpar performance was more a reflection of him than Javier Fortuna. Had he fought the way he should’ve fought Fortuna by using his five-inch height advantage and an even longer reach edge, Easter believes he would’ve won their 12-round fight convincingly.
Luis Ortiz, Robert Easter Training Photos Gallery - Robert Easter Jr. participated in a media workout to kick off fight week in Los Angeles Wednesday as he nears his 135-pound title unification showdown against WBC champion Mikey Garcia this Saturday, July 28 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) is days away from the first unification fight of his career. On Saturday, he collides with undefeated IBF champion Robert Easter (21-0, 14 KOs) in a Showtime televised main event from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The feeling within Robert Easter Jr.’s camp is that Mikey Garcia is looking past the unbeaten IBF lightweight champion. Garcia has openly discussed possible future fights against lightweight champ Vasiliy Lomachenko and welterweight champions Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford during the buildup toward his lightweight title unification fight versus Easter. According to Garcia, that doesn’t mean he isn’t taking Easter seriously.
SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streaming of undercard fights and analysis on the network’s social platforms in advance of this Saturday’s Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter Jr. Lightweight World Championship Unification. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN, the fifth digital presentation of live boxing in 2018, will stream on the SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook page beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT preceding the evening’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® tripleheader live on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
This coming Saturday night, Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) will collide with Robert Easter (21-0, 14 KOs) in an IBF, WBC lightweight unification at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Showtime will televise the contest as the headline bout of a tripleheader.
Robert Easter Jr. didn’t hesitate. When asked if he thinks Mikey Garcia is overrated, Easter quickly replied, “Of course.” Garcia has a spot in the top 10 on every credible pound-for-pound list, but Easter doesn’t pay much attention to those lists, nor what fans and media think his upcoming opponent.