Robert Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Robert Garcia, the reigning Trainer of the Year and cornerman of former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios, stopped short of saying a deal between his fighter and Yuriorkis Gamboa was complete, but did not rule it out, either.
Several media outlets have named Robert Garcia their Trainer of the Year, and with good cause.
Robert Garcia agrees with veteran trainer Kenny Adams - former champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero would be a tougher opponent than Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, in terms of styles, for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. With no Manny Pacquiao fight in sight, Mayweather is looking for a new challenge on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Alvarez, according to most, is the leading candidate to get the fight. Guerrero, after weeks of campaigning, has been ruled out.
Nonito Donaire’s trainer, Robert Garcia, spoke to BoxingScene.com regarding his fighter’s first camp as a junior featherweight, as well as a possible matchup with newly crowned WBA 122-pound champ Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba.
Last week, trainer Robert Garcia was spotted in Las Vegas, Nevada, overseeing the duties of one of his star pupils, Nonito Donaire.
Sports Illustrated “Trainer of the Year” Robert Garcia says both he and WBO super bantamweight title contender Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire need to be worried about former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr whom Donaire fights for the vacant 122 pound title at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas on February 4.
For the next month it looks like trainer Robert Garcia will be dividing his time between his bases in Oxnard, California and the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Garcia will be working with former lightweight champion Brandon Rios while at home and while in Vegas his duties will be tied to champion Nonito Donaire, who is eyeing a February 4th HBO showcase against Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. for the vacant WBO junior featherweight title.
Ryan Burton catches up with trainer Robert Garcia to discuss Nonito Donaire's upcoming rise in weight to face Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title.
Last week the boxing world was up in arms with the announcement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. being sentenced to 90 days in jail for his involvement in a September 2010 domestic violence case with his former fiancé’ Josie Harris and two of his children.
Celebrated cornerman Robert Garcia has had a 2011 to remember. With both Nonito Donaire and Brandon Rios in the running for Fighter of the Year, and Garcia himself a frontrunner for Trainer of the Year, he has evolved from former world champion to one of the elite minds and motivators in the sport.