By Chris Williams: Last night, WBO super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia (34-0, 28 KO’s) fought for what will likely be the last time at 130 in beating Juan Carlos Burgos (34-2-2, 20 KO’s) by 12 round unanimous decision at MSG, in New York. With that victory, Mikey could be one fight away from a big money mega-fight against Manny Pacquiao in September of 2014.
Mikey will likely be back in the ring in the Summer in a fight at lightweight against possibly Yuiorkis Gamboa, if he doesn’t price himself out of the fight by asking for more than what Top Rank is willing to pay him to be the B side.
Last night when asked by HBO how he’d fight Pacquiao, Mikey said “I find my distance, find my range, timing. Timing beats speed and I have all those skills and when I fight someone like them, I’ll prepare for them.”