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Broner, Davis, Easter, Spence Video Interview - Shawn Porter says he doesn't often make predictions. Maybe he should. Leading up to Saturday night's WBC welterweight championship fight against Danny Garcia, Porter vowed to win the title.
Mikey Garcia hasn’t just made strides as a ticket-seller. More viewers also tuned in to Garcia’s fight Saturday night than for his previous performance. Ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research indicated Garcia’s victory over Robert Easter Jr. attracted a peak audience of 725,000 for Showtime on Saturday night.
Compubox Garcia Easter Numbers - Mikey Garcia became the 10th lightweight champion to unify the division with a unanimous decision against Robert Easter Jr. Saturday on SHOWTIME, and immediately afterward set his sights on boxing's best, namely Errol Spence Jr.
LOS ANGELES – Robert Easter Jr. came away from his loss to Mikey Garcia with a healthy amount of respect for Garcia’s power. Easter just doesn’t think it’s comparable to the power possessed by Errol Spence Jr., Garcia’s probable opponent later this year. The former IBF lightweight champion sparred against Spence when they were amateurs and still remembers how hard Spence punches.
By Corey Erdman - It’s been said that you can’t find true ecstasy in sport until you succeed in a situation where failure was not just possible, but probable. Those are the situations Mikey Garcia has sought out his entire boxing career. Garcia added another belt to his collection on Saturday night, routing a much larger Rob...
Mikey Garcia, Easter Fight Photos Gallery - Dominating his lightweight-title unification with Robert Easter Jr. on Saturday before 12,560 at Staples Center, Garcia stripped Easter of his height and reach advantages and claimed a unanimous-decision victory. Judges scored the bout 116-111, 117-110 and 118-109.
Mikey Garcia unified the WBC and IBF lightweight titles late Saturday by overpowering Robert Easter in a battle of undefeated champions. The 30-year-old Garcia retained his WBC title and grabbed Easter's IBF belt with a unanimous decision victory at Staples Center arena in downtown Los Angeles.
Mikey Garcia became the 10th lightweight champion to unify the division with a unanimous decision against Robert Easter Jr. Saturday on SHOWTIME, and immediately afterward set his sights on boxing’s best, namely Errol Spence Jr.
By Keith Idec - LOS ANGELES – Robert Easter Jr. deemed Mikey Garcia overrated before their fight Saturday night. The former IBF lightweight champion might feel a little differently now. Garcia dropped him in the third round and soundly defeated Easter in a lightweight title unification fight that drew an announc...
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.