Mikey Garcia
Mikey Garcia | |
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Real name | Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez |
Rated at | |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
Reach | 68 in (173 cm) |
Nationality | American |
Born |
Ventura, California, U.S. | December 15, 1987
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 35 |
Wins | 35 |
Wins by KO | 29 |
Losses | 0 |
Medal record
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Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez (born December 15, 1987), best known as Mikey Garcia, is an American professional boxer.[1][2] He is a two-weight former world champion, having held the WBO and Ring magazine featherweight titles in 2013, and the WBO junior lightweight title from 2013 to 2014.[3] He is trained by his father Eduardo and his brother, former world champion Robert Garcia.[4][5][6]
Personal life
Early life and education
Miguel Angel's father, Eduardo, was an amateur boxer and trainer of world champion boxer Fernando Vargas at La Colonia Youth Boxing Club.[7] His older brother, Roberto was a professional boxer and a former IBF Super Featherweight Champion who lost his belt to the late Diego Corrales. His oldest brother, Daniel, was a boxer and trainer.[8] Miguel Angel graduate from Ventura County Police Academy.[9] He has been featured on ABC's show American Latino TV and he talked about balancing studies with the demands of boxing.[10]
Amateur career
Garcia started his amateur career at the age of fourteen. In 2003, he won a silver medal at the National Junior Olympic Championships in the 125 lb division. In 2004, he won a gold medal at the National Junior Golden Gloves Championships and a silver medal at the National Police Athletic League Championships, both in the 132 lb division. In 2005, he won a bronze medal at the National Golden Gloves Championships and a gold medal at the National Police Athletic League Championships, both in the 132 lb division.[11]
Amateur highlights
- 2003 National Junior Olympic Championships (Silver Medal, 125 lbs)
- 2004 National Junior Golden Gloves Championships (Gold Medal, 132 lbs)
- 2004 National Police Athletic League Championships (Silver Medal, 132 lbs)
- 2005 National Golden Gloves Championships (Bronze Medal, 132 lbs)
- 2005 National Police Athletic League Championships (Gold Medal, 132 lbs)
Professional career
Featherweight
Early career
García is known as a patient fighter with good punching power, a natural right-hander who likes to switch to southpaw during some of his fights. He turned pro in 2006 and signed with Bob Arum's Top Rank.[12] Garcia was undefeated in his first 20 professional fights, winning them all with 17 of them coming by way of knockout.
In April 2010, Miguel Ángel beat the veteran Tomas Villa by T.K.O. in the first round, to win the USBA Featherweight Championship.[13] He then beat Matt Remillard to win the WBO NABO Featherweight Championship. This would not only be the last boxing bout but also the last event Nick Charles would broadcast, Charles would die a few days later from cancer.[14]
In his next fight HBO asked García to turn down a world title shot against Billy Dib to fight on the undercard of Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik. After his win over Rafaël Guzmán, García sent his well wishes to Genaro Hernández who was struggling with cancer, Hernández would die a few days later.[15] Months later he beat Juan Carlos Martinez in under four rounds at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.[16]
WBO featherweight champion
García vs. Salido
Garcia's first major step up in competition came on January 19, 2013 against WBO Featherweight champion and Ring No. 1 ranked Featherweight, Orlando Salido. Garcia dominated the bout from the very beginning, keeping Salido at range with the jab. Garcia knocked Salido down four times early on in the fight, building up a large lead on the scorecards. During the 8th round, Salido accidentally clashed heads with Garcia, causing Garcia's nose to break. The fight was stopped between rounds, with the decision going to the scorecards. Garcia won a wide unanimous decision, to win his first world title.[17]
Garcia vs Lopez
Garcia was scheduled to make his first title defense against Juan Manuel Lopez in Dallas on June 15, 2013. Garcia failed to make 126 lb weight limit coming in two pounds overweight. He was stripped of the title. The fight went ahead after Garcia paid Lopez a penalty of $150,000 for missing weight. Garcia won the fight with a fourth round knockout.[18]
WBO junior lightweight champion
Garcia vs. Martinez
Garcia challenged Puerto Rican WBO junior lightweight champion Rocky Martinez for Martinez's title on November 9, 2013 in his first fight since failing to make weight and having to relinquish his featherweight title. Garcia went down in the second round from a Martinez counter right hand. Garcia, however, recovered and dominated the rest of the fight before knocking out Martinez with a left hook to the body in the eighth round. The victory meant Garcia is the 130 lbs WBO champion.[19]
Garcia vs. Burgos
On January 25, 2014, Garcia made his first title defense against mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Burgos at Madison Square Garden in New York City on HBO Boxing After Dark. After being staggered in the second round, Garcia took control of the fight and won close to every round for the remainder of the bout. At the end of the fight, Garcia won via unanimous decision (118-110, 118-110, 119-109), improving to 34-0. In the post fight interview, Garcia called out Yuriorkis Gamboa for a potential fight.[20]
Contract dispute
Garcia had been unhappy over his purses, which had been increasing to career-high six-figure levels fight after fight, sued Top Rank in 2014 to get out of the agreement, and the parties had been fighting it until 2016. Although in arbitration with his promoter, Garcia has expressed plans of returning to the ring under a new contract with Top Rank. On April 8, 2016, it was confirmed that Garcia and Top Rank, who where locked in a dispute over his promotional contract, had reached a settlement, according to Bob Arum. Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN.com. "All parties came to a mutual agreement, details of that agreement are a confidential matter. We all move on and do what we do." Although Garcia's Top Rank contract was up in August, they reached a deal and are in the process of putting it to paper.[21]
Return at light welterweight
Garcia vs. Rojas
Top Rank announced on June 28, 2016, after 2 and a half years off, Garcia would be returning to the boxing ring against former world featherweight titleholder Elio Rojas on July 30 on Showtime in a 10 round bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on the undercard of Santa-Cruz-Frampton. This would be a one-fight deal with promoter Lou DiBella and Showtime. They met at approximately 138 pounds. The weight had not been contractually hashed out, however Garcia plans to move down with the hopes of challenging for a world title in the 135-pound lightweight division.[22] Garcia scored four knockdowns, before finishing Rojas in the 5th round via knockout. Garcia hit Rojas face-first with a left hand and dropping him with a right uppercut-left hook combination. Rojas, who was only fighting for the second time in four years, beat the count, but referee Claudio waved it off at 2 minutes, 2 seconds.[23]
Lightweight
Garcia vs. Zlatičanin
Garcia announced he would be fighting at lightweight to challenge undefeated WBC champion Dejan Zlatičanin (22-0, 15 KOs). Zlatičanin claimed the vacant title by knocking out Franklin Mamani in June and also holds decision victories over the likes of Petr Petrov and former multiple weight world champion Ricky Burns. The fight would take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and again serve as a co-feature to the anticipated rematch between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz on January 28, 2017.[24]
Professional boxing record
Professional record summary | ||
35 fights | 35 wins | 0 losses |
By knockout | 29 | 0 |
By decision | 6 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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36 | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A | – (12) | Jan 28, 2017 | ![]() |
For WBC lightweight title |
35 | Win | 35–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10), 2:02 | Jul 30, 2016 | ![]() |
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34 | Win | 34–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Jan 25, 2014 | ![]() |
Retained WBO junior lightweight title |
33 | Win | 33–0 | ![]() |
KO | 8 (12), 0:56 | Nov 9, 2013 | ![]() |
Won WBO junior lightweight title |
32 | Win | 32–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (12), 1:34 | Jun 15, 2013 | ![]() |
Retained The Ring featherweight title |
31 | Win | 31–0 | ![]() |
TD | 9 (12), 0:01 | Jan 19, 2013 | ![]() |
Won WBO and The Ring featherweight titles; Unanimous TD after Garcia sustained a broken nose from an accidental head clash |
30 | Win | 30–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (10), 2:24 | Nov 10, 2012 | ![]() |
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29 | Win | 29–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10), 1:05 | Sep 1, 2012 | ![]() |
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28 | Win | 28–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10), 2:33 | Mar 10, 2012 | ![]() |
Retained NABF and WBO–NABO featherweight titles |
27 | Win | 27–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10), 2:40 | Oct 22, 2011 | ![]() |
Retained NABF featherweight title |
26 | Win | 26–0 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (12), 1:55 | Jun 4, 2011 | ![]() |
Retained NABF and WBO–NABO featherweight titles |
25 | Win | 25–0 | ![]() |
RTD | 10 (12), 3:00 | Mar 26, 2011 | ![]() |
Won NABF and WBO–NABO featherweight titles |
24 | Win | 24–0 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10), 1:30 | Dec 4, 2010 | ![]() |
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23 | Win | 23–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 11 (12), 1:09 | Aug 14, 2010 | ![]() |
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22 | Win | 22–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | May 8, 2010 | ![]() |
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21 | Win | 21–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (12), 1:07 | Apr 3, 2010 | ![]() |
Won vacant USBA featherweight title |
20 | Win | 20–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (8), 2:35 | Jan 30, 2010 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 19–0 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (8), 2:19 | Dec 19, 2009 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 18–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10), 0:40 | Aug 29, 2009 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10), 1:04 | May 16, 2009 | ![]() |
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16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
RTD | 5 (8), 3:00 | Feb 6, 2009 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Oct 31, 2008 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (8), 0:24 | Aug 2, 2008 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8), 1:14 | Jun 26, 2008 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5, 0:11 | May 17, 2008 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (6), 1:35 | Feb 16, 2008 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | Sep 20, 2007 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6), 2:23 | Jul 13, 2007 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6), 2:45 | May 25, 2007 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6), 2:30 | Apr 27, 2007 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:56 | Mar 9, 2007 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:51 | Jan 19, 2007 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1, 2:18 | Dec 8, 2006 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (4), 0:52 | Sep 29, 2006 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (4), 2:19 | Aug 12, 2006 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
UD | 4 | Jul 14, 2006 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
Titles in boxing
Regional titles | ||
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Vacant Title last held by Jose Hernandez |
USBA featherweight champion April 3, 2010 – May 2010 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Eric Hunter |
Preceded by Matt Remillard |
NABF featherweight champion March 26, 2011 – September 2012 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Ronny Rios |
WBO–NABO featherweight champion March 26, 2011 – September 2012 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Gamalier Rodriguez | |
World titles | ||
Preceded by Orlando Salido |
WBO featherweight champion January 19, 2013 – June 14, 2013 Stripped (title lost on the scales) |
Vacant Title next held by Orlando Salido |
Vacant Title last held by Manny Pacquiao |
The Ring featherweight champion January 19, 2013 – November 9, 2013 Vacated |
Vacant |
Preceded by Román Martínez |
WBO junior lightweight champion November 9, 2013 – October 15, 2014 Vacated |
Succeeded by Orlando Salido promoted from interim status |
Summit for brain health
In February 2014, Garcia along with Bernard Hopkins and a few other athletes attended a summit at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at the United States Capitol, in support of furthering research of preventing brain damage and other mental risk in competitive activity. The summit consisted of speeches about preventing brain damage and research to aid already suffering victims.[25]
Filmography
Television Series | |||
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Year | Series | Role | Notes |
2010 | American Latino TV | Himself | Documentary |
2013 | 2 Days: Mikey Garcia | Himself | Documentary |
2013 | 24/7:Pacquiao/Rios | Himself | Documentary |
2014 | All Access: Mayweather vs. Maidana | Himself | Documentary |
2014 | All Access: Mayweather vs. Maidana II | Himself | Documentary |
See also
References
- ↑ "Garcia grateful with Top Rank". Ringtv.com. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
- ↑ "Passion to Go with Garcia's Precision". MaxBoxing.com. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
- ↑ "Miguel Angel Garcia vs Tomas Villa". Fightwriter.com. 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ "Garcia dethrones Salido, becomes new Sheriff at 126 pounds". Ringtv.craveonline.com. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ "Eduardo Garcia profile". Boxrec.com. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ Iole, Kevin (2013-06-14). "Mikey Garcia's body 'shuts down,' he misses weight and drops his featherweight title at the scales". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ "Fernando Vargas". CNN. 1994-07-18.
- ↑ "Sub Lead - Breakout Year for 'Mikey' Garcia?". Max Boxing. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ Velin, Bob (2010-01-17). "Mikey Garcia goes from police academy to the prize ring". USA Today.
- ↑ "Miguel "Mikey" Garcia profile". Fightnews.com. 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ "Miguel Angel Garcia featured on ABC's American Latino TV". Vcstar.com. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ "Miguel Garcia - Fighters – Top Rank Boxing". Toprank.com. 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ "Mikey Garcia, Mike Alvarado Swift And Emphatic In Texas - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ "Boxing Announcer Nick Charles Calls His Final Fight - TVNewser". Mediabistro.com. 2011-03-28. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ Garcia to take on Beltran Jr. on Chavez / Zbik card. "Garcia to take on Beltran Jr. on Chavez / Zbik card | Boxing News - Boxing, UFC and MMA News, Fight Results, Schedule, Rankings, Videos and More". 15rounds.com. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ "Sub Lead - A Step Backward, a Step Forward for Garcia". Max Boxing. 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ Dan Rafael (January 20, 2013). "Garcia banged, but brutalizes Salido". ESPN.
- ↑ Eric Raskin (June 16, 2013). "Cool, calm, concussive: Garcia and Crawford stay perfect with KOs". HBO Boxing.
- ↑ Scott Christ (November 9, 2013). "Martinez vs Garcia results: Mikey Garcia adds 130 pound title with body shot KO". Bad Left Hook.
- ↑ Mazique, Brian. "Garcia Beats Burgos to Retain Belt". Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ↑ "Ex-titlist Garcia, Top Rank agree to settlement". Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ↑ "Garcia slated for ring return after 2½-year layoff". Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ↑ "Garcia demolishes Rojas in return to the ring". Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ↑ "Dejan Zlaticanin: I'm Fighting Mikey Garcia on January 28 - Boxing News". www.boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- ↑ "Study unites Golden Boy, Top Rank, MMA, U.S. Senators - Ring TV". 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
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