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Robert Easter Jr.: Mikey Garcia is on my hit list

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By Dan Ambrose: IBF World lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. (19-0, 14 KOs) put on a punching display last Friday night in beating contender Luis Cruz (22-5-1, 16 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. Easter Jr. gave the 31-year-old Cruz a methodical beating in knocking him down twice and winning by the scores 119-106 118-107 ad 117-108.

After the fight, Easter Jr. said that he has WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) and WBO champion Terry Flanagan on his hit list. Easter Jr. says he wants all the superstars in the lightweight division. There are really no superstars in the division other than Mikey. Flanagan and WBA champion Jorge Linares are both flawed champions that have a lot of holes in their games. You can’t call Flanagan and Linares superstars.

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Luke Campbell would do well against Mikey Garcia says Hearn

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By Scott Gilfoid: #4 WBC Luke Campbell (15-1, 12 KOs) has the style to do well against WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs), according to British promoter Eddie Hearn. Campbell, 5’9”, wants to fight for a world title, but he’s now faced with the reality where Garcia could soon by holding the WBA and WBC lightweight titles, as he’s likely going to be fighting the winner of the March 25 fight between Anthony Crolla and WBA champion Jorge Linares.

If Campbell wants to fight for a world title, he’s going to need to likely go through Garcia or go in another dangerous direction against the 5’11” IBF champion Robert Easter Jr. That’s a bad match-up for Campbell.

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Mikey Garcia willing to fight in UK against Crolla

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By Scott Gilfoid: If Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) emerges as the winner of his rematch against WBA World lightweight champion Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) on March 25, then WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KO) says he’s willing to go over to the UK and fight Crolla in a unification match.

Mikey doesn’t care that he would be the visiting fighter. He’s still willing to take the fight with the 30-year-old Crolla in the UK. However, Mikey has a realistic outlook on whether he’ll actually get a chance at fighting Crolla.

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Mikey Garcia needs some adjustment to fight top southpaw contenders

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By Matthias Predonzan: Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia is now definitely back on track to become a top list – lb for lb- fighter, after the brilliant performance he put together in his fight against the Montenegrin puncher Dejan Zlaticanin.

If on one side Mikey’s brother Robert was right, saying that the new Lightweight World Champion was stronger and faster than ever in the new weight class and the two and half years long forced inactivity were not a problem – because Mikey actually never stopped training and sparring – on the other hand it is hard to completely agree with these statements because the level of his opponent was not at elite one.

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Mikey Garcia could face Linares-Crolla winner

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By Jeff Aranow: A unification fight appears to be in the works for WBC World lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) against the winner of next month’s rematch between WBA World lightweight champion Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) and Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.

Not only is Linares the WBA champion, he’s also the World Boxing Council Champion in Recess, which enables him to get a crack at Mikey if he wants the fight.

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Crawford’s trainer ready for Mikey Garcia

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By Dan Ambrose: Brian McIntyre, the trainer for WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (30-0, 21 KOs), says they’re ready for unbeaten Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) whenever he decides to move up to the 140lb division. That could be very soon, because Mikey says he wants to unify all the titles in the 135lb division first before moving up in weight.

Last Saturday night, Garcia defeated WBC World lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-1, 15 KOs) by a 3rd round knockout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Garcia, 29, knocked Zlaticanin unconscious with a right hand to the head in the 3rd.

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Mikey Garcia vs. Dejan Zlaticanin – Results

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By Dan Ambrose:Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) destroyed WBC World lightweight champion Dejan Zkaticanin (22-1, 15 KOs) by a 3rd round knockout to become a fourth division world champion at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. In round 3, Mikey, 29, hurt Zlaticanin with a right uppercut followed by a left to the back of the head and then a right to the head that knocked him clean out. Zlaticanin collapsed to the canvas on his back and laid there for a long time before they were able to revive him.

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Purses: Frampton $1M, Santa Cruz $900K

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By Jim Dower: Carl Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs) will be receiving a purse of $1 million for his title defense against former three division world champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-1-1, 18 KOs) tonight. Santa Cruz will be getting just a little bit less at $900,000, according to Dan Rafael. However, Frampton will almost surely make a lot more from the UK money that brings in. Frampton is very popular in the UK.

This is a good fight. The last time Santa Cruz and Frampton fought in 2016, they had the boxing fans sitting at the edge of their seats with the way the two traded shots. Frampton fought with a lot of energy, and was able to beat Santa Cruz at his own game.

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Mikey Garcia ready to take a big step in boxing

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By Matthias Predonzan:  Just a few hours from the fight against WBC Lightweight World Champion, Dejan Zlaticanin, Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia is on the verge to regain his spot in the elite level of professional boxing at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

His past promotional issues that kept him away from fighting for more than two years were, similarly to Andre Ward, risking compromising the fighter career and equally important, risking to deprive the sport of boxing of one of his best assets.

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Chavez Jr. could beat Canelo says Mikey Garcia

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By Dan Ambrose: Mikey Garcia believes that former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) has a good chance of beating Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) on May 6 if he chooses to train hard for the fight. Mikey thinks that Canelo doesn’t use his size advantages in his fights the way he should. He says that Canelo tries to box instead of using his size.

For this fight, Canelo won’t have a size advantage. He’ll be facing a fighter that likely will outweigh him on the night of their fight on HBO PPV. We don’t know how much Canelo weighs for his fights because he stopped being weighed. If Canelo rehydrates into the 180s, then it’s possible that he and Chavez Jr. could be around the same weight for their catch-weight fight at 164.5lbs.

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