Mikey Garcia, Devin Haney, and Daniel Jacobs discussed the highs and lows of their careers in the first episode of a new Matchroom Boxing YouTube show called ‘The Rounds’ with former World champion Chris Algieri.
Mikey Garcia, like every other boxer on the planet, is eager to get back in action once the whole coronavirus issue has been done and dusted.
Mikey Garcia (40-1, 30 KOs) is feeling confident after winning his first fight at 147 against veteran Jessie Vargas that he’s done enough to earn a world title shot against WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs).
The negotiations between Manny Pacquiao and Mikey Garcia are reportedly DYING for a July fight in Saudi Arabia. Mike Coppinger reporting that it’s not looking good for the Pacquiao-Garcia fight, which would have been shown on DAZN.
Teddy Atlas is predicting Manny Pacquiao will jump out to a quick early lead against Mikey Garcia in their potential fight this summer, and then he’ll struggle in the second half.
It’s only a matter of time before the next big fight is staged in Saudi Arabia. There is huge – as in elephantine huge – money to be earned by fighting there if you are a star fighter.
Rewind to March of last year, and Mikey Garcia didn’t look to have much of a future at 147 pounds. Having made the ‘dare to be great’ move of challenging welterweight champ Errol Spence 11 months back, Garcia was handed a one-sided beating, one that had fans and experts calling for Mikey to drop back down, either to 140 or even back to 135.
In the main event of a thrilling Matchroom Boxing USA fight card live on DAZN and in front of 11,019 passionate fans at the Dallas Cowboys headquarters, Mikey Garcia (40-1, 30 KOs) outlasted Jessie Vargas (29-3-2, 11 KOs) in an action-packed welterweight showdown on Saturday night.
Mikey Garcia (40-1, 30 KOs) got off to a slow start but then rallied to defeat the bigger former 2 division world champion Jessie Vargas (29-3-2, 11 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision to win the WBC Diamond welterweight title on Saturday night at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Former 4 division world champion Mikey Garcia (39-1, 30 KOs) isn’t troubled with being the much smaller fighter than Jessie Vargas (29-2-2, 11 KO) tonight in their fight at The Star in Frisco, Texas.