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Kiko Martínez will enter Saturday's WBA featherweight world title fight against Leo Santa Cruz without the aid of his usual trainer Gabriel Sarmiento. The pair, who had based the majority of their training camp in the Canary Islands were prepared for this eventuality given Sarmiento's previous legal issues.
It's been over two years since former two-time world champion Mikey Garcia last fought. Since defeating Juan Carlos Burgos on January 25th, 2014 at the Theater of Madison Square Garden, he's been embroiled in a lawsuit with Top Rank which has sidelined him and derailed the momentum on what had been a successful career.
According to trainer Robert Garcia, former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is training very hard for a potential return in April against WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack. Two tentative dates being mentioned are April 16th and April 30th.
For the first time in his career, former world champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) finds himself in the underdog role. Not just any underdog role, Khan is a huge underdog in his upcoming fight with WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs).
Veteran trainer Robert Garca talks about Brandon Rios, Saul Alvarez vs. Amir Khan, Gradovich vs. Oscar Valdez, and more.
One door closes and another door opens. BoxingScene.com recently reported that former champion Brandon Rios parted ways with his longtime trainer Robert Garcia. It didn't take long for Garcia to pick up a new client. Former three division champion Abner Mares has decided to hire Garcia after parting ways with trainer Clemente Medina.
Robert Garcia is set to train Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for his next fight. They had their first fight over the summer and Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) once again battled weight and struggled to a ten round verdict over Marco Reyes in El Paso, Texas.
In the immediate wake of his ninth round stoppage at the hands of WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley on November 7th at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Brandon Rios announced his retirement from boxing.
Former IBF world featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich, 29-years-old, is in Spain with with his head trainer Robert Garcia as their are putting the finishing touches on their preparation for the upcoming fight on January 9 in Picanya (Province of Valencia, Spain). The opponent for Gradovich will be 28-year-old Mexican contender Jesus Galicia. Gradvoch and Garcia arrived in Spain on Sunday.
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) is confident trainer Robert Garcia will get him to a world title. The Mexican star made several changes in 2015. He was trained by Joe Goossen when ge suffered his first knockout loss on April 18 against top light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara of Poland. He then broke away from Goossen following the loss. He then hired Garcia and returned in July to get a decision win over Marco "Dorado" Reyes, but suffered a serious injury to his left hand that required surgery and put him on the bench for the remainder of the year.