Robert Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
World class trainer Robert Garcia was one of the recent guests to appear on BoxingScene.com's official radio show, "The Boxing Lab". Garcia has a deep stable of fighters, including world champions Nonito Donaire and Brandon Rios.
BoxingScene.com's new audio show, Boxing Lab Radio, returns with another packed program. The show is hosted by BoxingScene correspondants Ernest Gabion, Luis Sandoval and Ryan Burton.
There truly is no love lost between boxing trainers and brothers Robert and Danny Garcia. The bitter rivalry has only intensified now that both their prized pupils Brandon Rios and Victor Ortiz have become successful World Champions in their early 20's.
On August 13th, trainer Robert Garcia had a vested interest in the bantamweight title showdown between former champion Joseph ‘King Kong’ Agbeko and newly-crowned IBF champion Abner Mares. In front of a raucous crowd inside of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mares pulled out a majority decision verdict over his rugged foe from Ghana but the fight wasn’t without its controversy.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his many minions are talking about big fights like a breakfast chef whipping up omelette after omelette.
Boxing is all about keeping pace and the thrill of an incredible win, while not necessarily short-lived, must be met with the reality that work is never done. And just as trainer Robert Garcia is soaking up the aftermath of his charge Brandon Rios’ electric win over Urbano Antillon last weekend in Carson, California, he has other fights on the horizon that will soon require his undivided attention.
It was a little less than a year ago when I got to know trainer Robert Garcia and one of his star pupils, Brandon Rios. Speaking after the final press conference inside of the Palms Casino in Las Vegas for their challenge of Anthony Peterson in September of last year, I couldn’t help but to appreciate the candid nature of each man and was intrigued by what their future together held.
Ernest Gabion catches up with trainer Robert Garcia to discuss Brandon Rios retaining his WBA lightweight title with a big technical knockout win over Urbano Antillon.
According to trainer Robert Garcia, a new agreement is close between Top Rank and WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire. Garcia tells Sal Rodriguez that Donaire might return in September or October to avoid being stripped of his two titles, if the new deal with Top Rank goes through. Donaire has been inactive since February's two round knockout of Fernando Montiel. Donaire was caught in the middle of a promotional tussle between Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, but a legal decision solidified Top Rank's position as holding a valid contract over Donaire.
They’re still not speaking directly to each other but estranged brothers and first class boxing trainers Robert Garcia and Danny Garcia are both happy about a recent thaw in the family feud which centers around welterweight champion Vicious Victor Ortiz.