Mikey Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Mikey Garcia was more than willing to jump up two more weight classes to challenge Miguel Cotto. Garcia was not willing, however, to sign a multi-fight agreement with Cotto’s promoter just to get in the ring with the Puerto Rican legend. The unbeaten WBC lightweight champion issued a series of Tweets on Monday to address why he turned down a proposed 154-pound fight against Cotto on December 2 at Madison Square Garden.
A lot can happen in just a couple of months. At the last update, Andre Ward was coming off his best win in years, Roman Gonzalez was coming off a controversial first defeat. They stood atop the list with longtime bantamweight titlist Shinsuke Yamanaka crashing the top ten on the eve of his defense against Luis Nery. Since then, Ward has retired, Gonzalez was knocked out for the first clear loss of his career, and Yamanaka was stopped in his first defeat only for Nery to test positive for PEDs after the fight.
Ismael Salas, head trainer for WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares is in London training David Haye for the rematch against Tony Bellew scheduled for December 17, from the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich. BoxingScene.com/RingsideFightingNews.com spoke briefly with the veteran Cuban coach about the possibility that a fight between Linares and Mikey Garcia could take place in the coming months.
At their ongoing convention in Baku, the World Boxing Council has ordered a mandatory fight between WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) and WBC Diamond lightweight champion Jorge Linares (43-3, 27 KOs). In his last fight, Garcia moved up to the junior welterweight in July to win a dominating twelve round decision over former four division champion Adrien Broner.
INGLEWOOD - Jorge Linares is still a great fighter. He proved that again Saturday night in defeating a young, strong challenger in Luke Campbell. Linares was able to win the last two rounds to defeat Campbell by split decision over 12 rounds before an announced, but boisterous crowd of 4,125 at The Forum.
WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (37-0, 33 KOs) is still looking for the biggest opportunity possible in the next few months. In July, Garcia jumped up to the junior welterweight division and dominated four division champion Adrien Broner over twelve rounds at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) has made some noise on social media regarding his interest in facing WBO junior middleweight titlist, Miguel Cotto. Cotto had been hoping to face the winner of last week's middleweight bout between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez. Because that bout went to a draw, they are more interested in a rematch - possibly in May of 2018 - which rules both out for Cotto this year.
Former three division champion Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) says he is still very interested in moving up to the junior middleweight division for a showdown with Puerto Rican superstar Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs). Cotto, a four division champion, is hoping to stage the final fight of his career in December.
A few days ago, Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) took to social media and called for a fight with Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs). Mikey's trainer and older brother, Robert Garcia, says his younger brother is up for the bout. So is there any legs to the possibility of Garcia facing Cotto in the upcoming months?
A few days ago, more than a handful of eyebrows were raised when Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) took to social media and called for a fight with Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs). Garcia, who holds the WBC lightweight title, moved up to 140-pounds in July to win a twelve round unanimous decision over Adrien Broner, who fought as high as 147-pounds.