Dejan Zlaticanin vs. Mikey Garcia on Sat.

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By Dan Ambrose: #2 WBC Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs) has what could be the toughest fight of his career against WBC World lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-0, 15 KOs) this Saturday night on January 28 on Showtime Boxing from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mikey, 29, has only faced a couple of difficult opponents in his career against Orlando Salido and Roman Martinez.

We don’t know how the Salido fight would have gone because Mikey bowed out of the fight in the 8th after suffering a nose injury. Salido was starting to get to Mikey, and it looked like it was starting to turn around for him.

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Espinoza wants Adrien Broner vs. Mikey Garcia

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By Dan Ambrose: Showtime boss Stephen Espinoza is hoping that a fight between former four division world champion Adrien Broner and lightweight contender Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs) can take place in the future once Mikey moves up to the 140lb division. Espinoza thinks it would be a great fight if Broner and Mikey were to face each other.

There’s likely a lot that could happen before they meet up. Broner fights next on February 11 against light welterweight contender Adrian Granados (18-4-2, 12 KOs) on Showtime Boxing. There’s no telling if Broner will win that fight, because he’s too hard predict what you’re going to get out him.

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Mikey Garcia vs. Dejan Zlaticanin on January 28

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By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs) will be challenging World Boxing Council lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-0, 15 KOs) on the undercard of the Carl Frampton vs. Leo Santa Cruz rematch on January 28 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This will be the soon to be 29-year-old Garcia’s second fight of his comeback. Mikey came off of a two and a half year layoff last July in stopping former two-time WBC featherweight champion Elio Rojas in the 5th round after knocking him down four times in the fight.

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Mikey Garcia wants title shot against Flanagan or Zlaticanin

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By Dan Ambrose: Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs) looked sensational in his fight last month against Elio Rojas in stopping him in the 5th round last month on July 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Former two division world champion Garcia, 28, is now looking to get a title shot against WBC lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin or WBO champion Terry Flanagan straightaway if possible.

If either of those fights could be put together, it would Garcia an excellent chance of winning a world title before the end of the year. The World Boxing Council gave Garcia a big helping hand this week with them ranking him at No.2 at lightweight with their organization. What this means is that Mikey will soon be getting a title shot against Zlaticanin even if he choose to steer around him to avoid what could be a very difficult fight.

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Mikey Garcia back on track

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On Saturday night, July 30, 2016, twenty-eight year old professional boxer Mikey Garcia returned to the ring at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, after a two and a half year layoff due to a contract dispute with his former promotional company, Top Rank. On the Showtime televised broadcast, Garcia knocked down former WBC World Featherweight Champion Elio Rojas four times, before referee Eddie Claudio called an end to the fight at 2:02 of Round 5. Following Saturday’s TKO win, Garcia’s record improved to 35-0, with 29 KOs, while Rojas’ record dropped to 24-3, with 14 KOs. Garcia-Rojas was scheduled for ten rounds in the junior welterweight division as the co-main event on the fight card promoted by DiBella Entertainment, in association with Cyclone Promotions, and presented by Premier Boxing Champions. In the main event, Carl Frampton won the WBA Super World Featherweight Title by defeating Leon Santa Cruz by majority decision.

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Mikey Garcia vs. Elio Rojas punch stats

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(Photo credit: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Eric Baldwin: In the best performance from last Saturday night’s Barclays Center card in Brooklyn, New York, former two division world title holder Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs) beat a very good fighter in Elio Rojas (24-3, 14 KOs) by a 5th round knockout. Rojas, 33, was down twice in the 3th and 5th, but he put up a good fight despite losing.

The final punch stats saw Garcia land 53 of 126 shots for a high connect percentage of 42 percent, according to CompuBox. Rojas landed 47 of 168 punches for a 28 percent connect percentage.

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Mikey Garcia vs. Elio Rojas results

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(Photo credit: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: Making his first appearance in almost three years, former two division belt holder Mikey Garcia (35-0, 29 KOs) stopped former WBC World featherweight champion Elio Rojas (24-3, 14 KOs) in the 5th round on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Mikey Garcia faces Elio Rojas tonight

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(Photo credit Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: After 2 ½ years out of the ring, Mikey Garcia will be fighting tonight against Elio Rojas at the Barclays center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia, 28, is starting his career over after a long period of time outside of the ring. Garcia-Rojas will be on the undercard of the Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton fight card on Showtime Boxing.

This fight is a long ways away from the potential fights that Garcia could have had with his old promoters at Top Rank. Had Garcia stayed with them, he likely would have already fought Manny Pacquiao and gotten a big payday from that fight.

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Purses: Santa Cruz $1M, Frampton $500K

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(Photo credit Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) will be getting $1 million purse on Saturday night for his title defense against Irish fighter Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Frampton, who is coming all the way from Northern Ireland for the fight, will be getting half as much as Santa Cruz at $500,000.

It’s not bad money for Frampton, but I’m betting that he’s thinking of the much bigger paydays he can receive in the future if he beats Santa Cruz to win his WBA belt.

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Mikey Garcia faces Elio Rojas this Saturday on Showtime

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(Photo credit: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: After two and a half years outside of the ring, former two division world champion Mikey Garcia (34-0, 28 KOs) will finally be back in action this Saturday night against light welterweight Elio Rojas (24-2, 14 KOs) in a 10 round fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Garcia-Rojas fight will be taking place on the Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton card.

Mikey, 28, last fought in January 2014 in beating Juan Carlos Burgos by a 12 round unanimous decision. At the time, Mikey was the WBO World super featherweight champion. Burgos hasn’t fought since either.

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