Mikey Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Former two division world champion Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs) waged a two-year legal battle with former promoter Top Rank - while he attempted to break his contractual agreement with them.
On January 28th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, WBC lightweight world champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-0, 15 KOs) will be making his first title defense against former two-division titlist Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs).
Dejan Zlaticanin Video Interview - LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Carl Frampton and former three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz went face-to-face in Los Angeles Thursday along with lightweight world champion Dejan Zlaticanin and undefeated former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia in advance of their respective showdowns Saturday, January 28 in a Premier Boxing Champions event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME. Video by Showtime.
Mikey Garcia Video Interview - LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Carl Frampton and former three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz went face-to-face in Los Angeles Thursday along with lightweight world champion Dejan Zlaticanin and undefeated former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia in advance of their respective showdowns Saturday, January 28 in a Premier Boxing Champions event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME. Video by Showtime.
LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Carl Frampton and former three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz went face-to-face in Los Angeles Thursday along with lightweight world champion Dejan Zlaticanin and undefeated former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia in advance of their respective showdowns Saturday, January 28 in a Premier Boxing Champions event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME.
Mikey Garcia hopes lightweight championship unification fights await him if he wins the WBC world 135-pound championship from Dejan Zlaticanin. If Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs) defeats Zlaticanin (22-0, 15 KOs) on January 28 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and cannot secure fights against other lightweight title-holders, he would like to move up to 140 pounds to challenge Terence Crawford.
LAS VEGAS - A SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader will feature lightweight world champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-0, 15 KOs) making his first title defense against fan favorite and former two-division titlist Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs). The Premier Boxing Champions event takes place on Saturday, Jan. 28 live on SHOWTIME from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
SHOWTIME Sports will present seven marquee boxing matches pitting top-10 rated champions in the prime of their careers against fellow top-10 rated challengers over four consecutive months beginning in December. The schedule, which is the second robust boxing programming announcement from SHOWTIME in 2016, was announced today by Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports. The lineup includes two long-awaited championship matchups, Jesus Cuellar vs. Abner Mares and Jermall Charlo vs. Julian Williams; the can’t-miss featherweight rematch between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz, and a welterweight unification blockbuster between undefeated champions Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia. All four of these anticipated bouts will be presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions.
In 2017, WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares (41-3, 27KOs) is expecting to continue building his legacy by facing the best fighters in the division.
On Saturday night, January 28, 2017, twenty-eight year old professional boxer Mikey Garcia (Moreno Valley, CA by way of Oxnard, CA/pro record: 35-0-0, with 29 KOs) returns to the ring at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, against WBC Lightweight Champion, Dejan Zlaticanin (Podgorica, Montenegro/pro record: 22-0-0, with 15 KOs).