Mikey Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Dejan Zlaticanin announced on social media that he's scheduled to defend his World Boxing Council lightweight title against former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia on January 28th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The fight is now back on pace, after the World Boxing Council gave their blessing to Montenegrin Dejan Zlaticanin to make an optional defense of the WBC lightweight world title. There are ongoing talks for Zlaticanin to make a year-end world title defense against former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia.
According to former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia, the negotiations have continued for a fight with Dejan Zlaticanin, who holds the lightweight title of the World Boxing Council.
After a two-and-a-half year layoff, Mikey Garcia returned to the ring on July 30th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn by stopping Elio Rojas in five rounds. There was talk that Garcia (35-0, 29 KO's) would return in the early fall.
Former two division world champion Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29KOs) was shocked to read reports that a deal was reached to fight World Boxing Council lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-0, 15KOs) on October 15th.
Former two division world champion Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29KOs) would love the opportunity to avenge his amateur defeat to Terence Crawford (29-0, 20KOs), who currently holds the WBC/WBO junior welterweight world titles.
On July 30th at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York, former two division world champion Mikey Garcia made his return to the ring - after a layoff of more than two years - by stopping Elio Rojas in five rounds to raise his record to 35-0 (29 KO's).
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. - On Tuesday, August 10, 2016, Riverside Police Officers teamed up with undefeated, former two-time WBO World Boxing Champion, Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs), to hand out one hundred backpacks and various school supplies to kids in the Casa Blanca neighborhood.
New York - Last Saturday night at the Barclays Center, former two division world champion Mikey Garcia (35-0, 28 KO's) made his successful return after a two and a half year struggle with his former promoter. Now a free agent, Mikey threw his name back in the mix for potential suitors.
New York - Former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi played two roles last Saturday night. To begin his night, he was a fighter. Making a return to his hometown arena in the Barclays Center to defend his Brooklyn title against fellow Brooklynite Gabriel Bracero - Malignaggi boxed his way to a ten round decision win.