22 Facts About Mikey Garcia

1. Mikey Garcia gave a great fight, but I was the better fighter.

2. In round 3, Mikey Garcia knocked Easter down with a left hook to the head.

3. Mikey Garcia dropped Lipinets in round 7, en route to becoming a four-weight world champion via unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

4. Mikey Garcia commented on Twitter that the Cotto fight couldn't happen as Golden Boy Promotions required him signing an exclusive long-term contract with them in order to make the fight.

5. In early September 2017, Mikey Garcia took to social media and called out four-weight world champion Miguel Cotto for a fight in December, possibly being Cotto's final fight.

6. Mikey Garcia weighed in a career high 139.5 pounds and more than Broner, who weighed 138.7 pounds.

7. Mikey Garcia became a three-weight world champion with this knockout win.

8. Mikey Garcia stopped Zlaticanin in round three to win the title and give Zlaticanin his first professional defeat.

9. Mikey Garcia hit Rojas face-first with a left hand and dropping him with a right uppercut-left hook combination.

10. Mikey Garcia scored four knockdowns, before finishing Rojas in the 5th round via knockout.

11. Mikey Garcia cited difficultly in making the 130 pound limit, the main reason he vacated.

12. Mikey Garcia was due to make a mandatory defence against Interim champion Orlando Salido.

13. Mikey Garcia went into the fight with a 11-fight knockout streak.

14. On December 14, 2013 it was announced that Mikey Garcia would make his first title defense against mandatory challenger, 25 year old Mexican boxer Juan Carlos Burgos.

15. Mikey Garcia went down in the second round from a Martinez counter right hand.

16. In round 4, Mikey Garcia landed a left hook to Lopez, knocking him down again.

17. Mikey Garcia was scheduled to make his first title defense against Juan Manuel Lopez in Dallas on June 15, 2013.

18. Mikey Garcia knocked Salido down four times early on in the fight, building up a large lead on the scorecards.

19. Mikey Garcia turned pro in 2006 and signed with Bob Arum's Top Rank.

20. Mikey Garcia started his amateur career at the age of fourteen.

21. Mikey Garcia is trained by his father Eduardo and his brother, former world champion Robert Garcia.

22. Mikey Garcia has the lightweight belts of the World Boxing Council and the International.