Mikey Garcia boxing news
By Chris Williams: Mikey Garcia saw weakness in Vasyl Lomachenko last Saturday night in his fight with Jorge Linares, and he’s now convinced that he’ll knock him out when they face each other. Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) came into his fight with WBA lightweight champion Linares (44-4, 27 KOs) with an aura of invincibility, but he looked very human throughout the fight, getting knocked down hard in the 6th, and taking countless hard head blows that bruised his face up.
By Chris Williams: For only the second time in his career, Vasyl Lomachenko looked vulnerable last Saturday night in beating Jorge Linares (44-4, 27 KOs) by a 10th round knockout to claim the WBA World lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Jim Dower: Former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik is picking WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia to defeat Vasyl Lomachenko if the two of them face each other in a unification fight this year.
By Chris Williams: Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank says newly crowned WBA World lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko will likely face WBO lightweight champion Ray Beltran next rather than WBC champion Mikey Garcia.
By Chris Williams: Jorge Linares (44-3, 27 KOs) is less worried about the threat Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) poses for him on Saturday night than what WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) poses to him when/if the two of them meet each other in the near future.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he’s going to look to place Vasyl Lomacheno in a unification fight against either WBO lightweight champion Ray Beltran or WBC champion Mikey Garcia if he beats Jorge Linares (44-3, 27 KOs) in their fight this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Lightweight world champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) is reportedly close to signing with Dana White and his new Zuffa Boxing promotions, according to Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports News. White is the president of the UFC. He’s branching into boxing to expand into another realm.
By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) and IBF 135 lb. champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs) have a fight in the works for July 28 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Council are saying WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) will face IBF champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs) next in a unification fight. Mikey, 30, recently vacated his IBF light welterweight title and decided to move back down to 135 to defend his WBC title.
By Dan Ambrose: After recently saying he would keep his IBF light welterweight title, Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) has suddenly changed his mind and has chosen instead to vacate the belt and move back down to lightweight to defend his WBC 135 lb. title, according to Dan Rafael.