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Sergey Lipinets suspects Mikey Garcia accepted their fight because Garcia felt confident once he and his team took a close look at Lipinets’ last bout. Lipinets thinks they noticed him getting hit a lot by Akihiro Kondo and were encouraged by his inability to knock out the Japanese contender. The Kazakhstan native believes, however, that Garcia and others have underrated Kondo’s toughness.
WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (37-0) insists that the delay in his IBF super lightweight championship fight against Sergey Lipinets will have no effect on his performance. The fight was originally scheduled for February 10th but had to be rescheduled for March 10th when Lipinets injured his hand. Garcia said that he didn't every stop training and just scaled it down a bit so that he would peak at the right time.
Garcia, Lipinets Weigh-In Photos Gallery - Unbeaten three-division world champion Mikey Garcia and IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Sergey Lipinets made weight ahead of their bout on Saturday, March 10 live on SHOWTIME from Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio.
There wasn’t a significant size difference between Sergey Lipinets and Mikey Garcia as they stood face-to-face Friday afternoon in San Antonio. Moments earlier, both boxers made weight for their 12-round fight for Lipinets’ IBF junior welterweight title Saturday night at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio.
Garcia, Lipinets Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Unbeaten three-division world champion Mikey Garcia and IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Sergey Lipinets went face to face Thursday at the final press conference before they square-off Saturday, March 10 live on SHOWTIME from Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio.
Sergey Lipinets was pleasantly surprised when Mikey Garcia agreed to fight him. The newly crowned IBF junior welterweight champion campaigned for a big fight after he won that title November 4. He just didn’t expect it to come against Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs), who admits he is probably better off fighting at lightweight, five pounds lower than the 140-pound limit at which he’ll challenge Lipinets (13-0, 10 KOs) on Saturday night in San Antonio.
Three division world champion Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) believes his upcoming opponent, IBF junior welterweight champion Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 KOs), is being underestimated by a lot of critics. The two boxers will collide on Saturday night at the Freeman Coliseum in Dallas, Texas. The contest will be televised by Showtime.
Garcia, Lipinets Workouts Photos - Unbeaten three division world champion Mikey Garcia and IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Sergey Lipinets kicked off fight week in San Antonio Wednesday by participating in media workouts at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy before they enter the ring Saturday, March 10 live on SHOWTIME (10:15 p.m. ET/PT) from Freeman Coliseum.
Boxing ace Mikey Garcia will attempt to become a four-weight world champion when he faces unbeaten 140-pound titleholder Sergey Lipinets exclusively live on BoxNation this Saturday night. 30-year-old Garcia, with a record of 37 fights unbeaten with 30 KOs, is regarded amongst the best pound-for-pound fighters around and will be looking to add Lipinets IBF light-welterweight crown to his collection.
Sergey Lipinets was surprised Mikey Garcia beat Adrien Broner, especially so easily. Garcia was a sizeable favorite over Broner, even though Garcia moved up from the lightweight limit of 135 pounds to box Broner in a 12-round, 140-pound fight. Lipinets still expected Broner to win their non-title fight July 29 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.