Mikey Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
NEW YORK – Jorge Linares is the lightweight Mikey Garcia wants to fight most. Garcia is not so sure the feeling is mutual, though Linares doesn’t think Garcia will even return to the 135-pound division. Garcia, who defeated Adrien Broner by unanimous decision in their 12-round, 140-pound fight Saturday night, disputed Linares’ contention.
Vasyl Lomachenko wasn’t overly impressed by Mikey Garcia on Saturday night. The WBO super featherweight champion watched Garcia out-box Adrien Broner, but nothing he saw would make him think twice about moving up from 130 pounds to 135 to face Garcia. Ukraine’s Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) discussed Garcia on Monday during a conference call to promote his WBO super featherweight title defense against Colombia’s Miguel Marriaga (25-2, 21 KOs) on Saturday night at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles (ESPN).
If Mikey Garcia genuinely wants to fight Vasyl Lomachenko, Top Rank president Todd duBoef promised Monday that Garcia’s former promoter would welcome negotiations.
NEW YORK – If Mikey Garcia cannot get the fights he wants at lightweight or super lightweight, he hasn’t ruled out facing an elite welterweight. The unbeaten WBC lightweight champion confirmed following his convincing victory Adrien Broner on Saturday night at Barclays Center that he’d consider challenging WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith Thurman in a 147-pound showdown. Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs, 1 NC) is recovering from elbow surgery three months ago and isn’t expected to fight again until early in 2018.
By Corey Erdman - The great irony of Adrien Broner is that as transparent as he's been throughout his career, a lot of his popularity has been rooted in illusion. No fighter in the world has allowed fans into their personal life over the years quite like Broner has. Even in a day and age in which there are a handful of report...
Mike Stafford, trainer of former four division world champion Adrien Broner (33-3, 24 KOs), believes his fighter started way too late in Saturday's loss to Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Broner was outworked and lost the majority of the rounds in the twelve round decision battle -with scores of 117-111 and 116-112 twice.
Robert Garcia, brother and head trainer of three division world champion Mikey Garcia, does not believe Vasyl Lomachenko will agree to a fight. According to Robert, Lomachenko's next fight tells the story - on whether or not the two-time Olympic gold medal winner would come up to the lightweight limit of 135-pounds to face Mikey for his WBC world title.
Leonard Ellerbe Video Interview - Three-division world champion Mikey Garcia kept his undefeated record intact with a dominant 12-round performance against four-division world champion Adrien Broner in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, Saturday on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®.
NEW YORK – Mikey Garcia felt completely comfortable fighting at 140 pounds Saturday night. He conceded, though, that he might not be as big a puncher at super lightweight as he was when he fought at 126, 130 and 135 pounds. Adrien Broner took Garcia’s strongest shots well during their 12-round fight Saturday night, but Broner out-weighed Garcia in the ring and has displayed a reliable chin during his nine-year pro career.
NEW YORK – Mikey Garcia would love to test his skills against Vasyl Lomachenko. A Garcia-Lomachenko matchup is one of the best bouts that can be made, but Garcia isn’t sure if Lomachenko is genuinely interested in fighting him. Garcia is the bigger man and a proven puncher at higher weights, which is among the reasons Garcia doesn’t know if that fight actually will be made.