Mikey Garcia v Juan Carlos Burgos: Exclusive Ringside Coverage and Full Undercard Results

mikey77By Sevak Sarkisian-Ringside: Alberto Machado of San Juan Puerto Rico improves to (6-0-0 4KO’s) by stopping Nuwan Jayakody in round #2 who drops to 2-4-1 with 2KO’s. (Feather weights)
Super middleweight prospect Jesse Hart who improves to (12-0 10KO’s) won a hard fought unanimous decision against the durable and experienced Derrick Findley who drops to (20-12-1 13KO’s).
Lightweight prospect from Puerto Rico Felix Vardejo improves to (10-0 7KO’s) by stopping Lauro Alcantar from Mexico in 21 seconds of the 1rst round. Alcantar drops to (8-1 1KO’s).
Sean Monaghan from long beach New York improves to (19-0 12KO’s) due to and injury sustained to Matt Vanda’s bicep. Vanda was unable to continue after 1rst round and drops to (45-16 24KO’s). Light heavyweights

Televised Undercard

10 round heavyweight bout

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Gamboa: They were booing at the Garden and I wasn’t the one being booed

By Dan Ambrose: WBA interim lightweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa was at hand last night to witness WBO super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia’s poor performance in putting the Madison Square Garden fans asleep with his dull 12 round unanimous decision victory over challenger Juan Carlos Burgos (34-2-2, 20 KO’s) in New York.

Gamboa said on his social media site “There is booing in the garden and they not booing me. I am here so they going to have to bring the Marines. I am stepping into that ring. Just so you know, I want to go up. They don’t let me. I think I am going to fight Burgos instead.”

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Mikey Garcia willing to negotiate fight with Yuriorkis Gamboa

mikey55By Chris Williams: Getting booed from start to finish, WBO super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia (34-0, 28 KO’s) did what he had to do for him to beat Juan Carlos Burgos (30-2-2, 20 KO’s) tonight by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Madison Square Garden Theater, in New York, New York, USA. There weren’t any knockdowns in the fight, but Mikey almost went down in the 2nd round when he was hit by a left hook that he never saw coming from Burgos.

Like always, Mikey showed good power with both hands, and he probably would have scored a stoppage if he had pushed hard for it in the 2nd half of the fight. But Mikey looked like he didn’t want to take any chances of getting caught with something while going for the knockout.

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Garcia beats Burgos; Jennings stops Szpilka

mikey5656By Dan Ambrose: WBO super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia (34-0, 28 KO’s) defeated #1 WBO challenger Juan Carlos Burgos (30-2-2, 20 KO’s) by a boring 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden Theater, in New York, New York, USA. The final judges scores were 118-110, 118-110, 119-109. Mikey was booed in many of the rounds for his timid way of fighting, and it was sad to see him failing to impress the crowd.

It’s going to be interesting to see what the executives at HBO say about putting Mikey’s fights on their network in the future. If they feel that Guillermo Rigondeaux has a non-crowd pleasing style, then you have to wonder what they feel about Mikey after tonight. I think Rigondeaux is a lot more entertaining to watch than what we saw from Mikey in this fight.

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Mikey Garcia looks thin and small at weigh-in for Burgos fight

garcia8888(Photo credit: Carlos Baeza/Thompson Boxing) By Dan Ambrose: In looking at how thin and small-boned WBO super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KO’s) appeared at the weigh-in on Friday for his fight on Saturday night against Juan Carlos Burgos (30-1-2, 20 KO’s), Top Rank promoter Bob Arum needs to re-think the idea of having Mikey move up to the 140 lb. division to face Manny Pacquiao or any of the top guys in that weight class.

Mikey doesn’t have the build to fight Pacquiao, and I don’t see him being able to move up in weight successfully by September or any time.

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Mikey Garcia must impress against Burgos on Saturday to keep moving forward

garcia515By Chris Williams: WBO super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KO’s) will be defending his title on Saturday night against #1 WBO Juan Carlos Burgos (30-1-2, 20 KO’s) in what shapes of to be a mismatch at the Madison Square Garden Theater, in New York, New York, USA. It’s definitely not a good sign that Burgos has fought to two straight 12 round draws in his last couple of fights, and with one of the draws coming against Roman Martinez.

Roman’s the guy that Mikey just destroyed in 8 rounds last November. HBO agreed to show the Mikey vs. Burgos fight knowing that Burgos hasn’t won a fight since 2012, and that’s more than a little disappointing for the boxing fans that’ll be watching it thinking it’ll be a competitive fight. Having Mikey fight an over-matched opponent is one thing, but then sticking it in the main event on HBO is really disappointing.

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Mikey Garcia: Pacquiao’s power isn’t what it used to be

ORANGE, Calif. (Jan. 21, 2014) – Two-time world title challenger and current No. 1 contender

Juan Carlos Burgos (30-1-2, 20 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico looks to unseat undefeated WBO Junior Lightweight champion and 2013 Fighter of the Year nominee Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KOs) on Saturday, Jan. 25. The fight will be televised live from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, on HBO Boxing After Dark® beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT.

The event is promoted by Top Rank, in association with Banner Promotions, Thompson Boxing Promotions, Gary Shaw Productions, Warriors Boxing Promotions, Madison Square Garden and Tecate.

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Mikey Garcia vs. Juan Carlos Burgos next Saturday

garcia55By Dan Ambrose: Next Saturday night WBO super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KO’s) will be making his first and likely his last title defense against Juan Carlos Burgos (30-1-2, 20 KO’s) at Madison Square Garden in New York. The idea here is for Mikey to move up to lightweight and get in a fight or two and then move to light welterweight in September to possibly get a fight with Manny Pacquiao if it looks like he’ll be leaving Top Rank’s stable at the end of the year.

Mikey’s has said he’d like to unify titles at super featherweight and lightweight, but clearly if he bothers to do this then he could be closing the door on him getting a shot against Pacquiao if he chooses to leave Top Rank. Mikey has to move quickly to move up to 140 just in case Pacquiao decides he won’t re-sign with Top Rank.

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Burgos expects to take Mikey Garcia’s WBO strap on Jan. 25th

ORANGE, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2014) – In what might be his toughest challenge to date, super featherweight Juan Carlos Burgos (30-1-2, 20 KOs) aims to capture his first world title against undefeated and current WBO champion Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KOs) on Saturday, Jan. 25, from The Theater at Madison Square Garden televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark (9:45 p.m. ET/PT).

“It’s go time for me,” Burgos said. “I had two, tough draws in 2013 that I felt I deservedly won and in order for me to put those experiences behind me, I have to take that title away from Mikey.”

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Mikey Garcia v Juan Carlos Burgos: WBO Super Featherweight World Title on Jan. 25th at MSG

garcia7867By Sevak Sarkisian: Current WBO Super Featherweight world champion Mikey Garcia (33-0-28KO’s) will be defending his title against Juan Carlos Burgos(30-1-2-20KO’s) on January 25th at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout will be televised live on HBO.

Mikey Garcia is currently one of the sports brightest and accomplished young stars. As most fans already know, he is from a boxing family and is very well schooled in the art of the sweet science. He has very good technique, punching power and most importantly a high boxing IQ. Although Garcia has one of the highest knockout percentages in the sport, he is a very patient fighter and studies his opponents very well.

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