Mikey Garcia boxing news
By Jeff Aranow: WBC World lightweight champion Mikey Garcia will be getting a purse of $1 million for his fight this Saturday night against IBF champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs). For his part, Easter Jr. is getting a purse of $500,000 for their fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Garcia should get more than $1 million if he faces IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr.
By Jim Dower: WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) and IBF champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs) made weight on Friday for their unification fight on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Garcia weighed in at 135 pounds. Easter Jr. weighed in a half pound less at 134 ½ lbs. During the face off, the 5’11” Easter Jr. towered over the 5’6” Mikey.
By Allan Fox: Errol Spence Jr. says he’ll be back inside the ring in December to defend his IBF welterweight title. The unbeaten Spence (24-0, 21 KOs) says a fight between him and lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (35-0, 30 KOs) can definitely happen.
Lightweight world champions Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter Jr. went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they enter the ring for a 135-pound title unification Saturday, July 28 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
By Dan Ambrose: Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs) says it’s going to be easy for him to defeat the undefeated Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) in their unification fight this Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Easter Jr. will have his IBF lightweight title on the line against WBC 135-pound champion Garcia in their fight on Showtime.
By Dan Ambrose: Errol Spence Jr. plans on attending this Saturday’s Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter Jr. lightweight unification fight this Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. WBC lightweight world champion Mikey, 30, has been talking about wanting to challenge the unbeaten Spence Jr. (24-0, 21 KOs) for his International Boxing Federation welterweight title if he defeats IBF 135-pound champion Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs) in their televised fight on Showtime this Saturday night on July 28.
By Mikey Garcia: I want to tell you guys about someone who’s meant a lot to me. This might sound funny, but he’s basically a mixture between the Godfather and a superhero. I say Godfather because he’s got this presence: always serious, all business … when he walks into a room, everybody goes quiet.
And I say superhero because many years ago he did something incredible. Something that sticks with me to this day.
By Jeff Aranow: WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia has unification fight this Saturday night against IBF champion Robert Easter Jr., but the match that he’s looking forward to is a title shot two weight classes above at welterweight champion against unbeaten IBF champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr.
By Jeff Aranow: WBC World lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) isn’t overlooking his opponent unbeaten IBF lightweight belt holder Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs) in their unification fight this Saturday night on July 28 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
