Mikey Garcia (boxer)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Cortez.
Mikey Garcia

García in 2014
Statistics
Real name Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez
Nickname(s) Mikey
Rated at Featherweight
Super featherweight
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Reach 70 in (178 cm)
Nationality American
Born (1987-12-15) December 15, 1987
Ventura, California, U.S.
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 34
Wins 34
Wins by KO 28
Losses 0

Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez (born December 15, 1987), best known as Mikey Garcia, is a former Mexican-American professional boxer.[1][2]

He is a former WBO and The Ring magazine featherweight champion, as well as a former WBO super featherweight champion.[3]

He was trained by his father Eduardo Garcia and his brother, former world champion Roberto Garcia.[4][5][6]

Early life and education

His 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 García 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 is the former trainer of boxer Victor Ortíz.[8]

Miguel Angel is a graduate of the Ventura County Police Academy.[9] He's also been featured on ABC's show American Latino TV and he talked about balancing studies with the demands of boxing.[10]

Amateur career

Miguel started his amateur career at the age of fourteen and has a win over the current Ring Magazine, WBC and WBA (Super) Light Welterweight Champion, Danny Garcia. 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

Professional career

Featherweight

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]

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]

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]

Super Featherweight

Garcia vs. Martinez

Garcia challenged Puerto Rican WBO Super featherweight 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, improving to 34-0. In the post fight interview, Garcia called out Yuriorkis Gamboa for a potential fight.

Future plans

Although in arbitration with his promoter, Garcia has expressed plans of returning to the ring under a new contract with Top Rank. On October 15, 2014, Garcia announced that he will vacate his WBO Super Featherweight title, and move up to the Super Lightweight division.

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.

Professional record

34 fights, 34 wins (28 knockouts), 0 losses
Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
Win 34–0 Mexico Juan Carlos Burgos UD 12 2014-01-25 United States Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Retained WBO super featherweight title
Win 33–0 Puerto Rico Roman Martinez KO 8 (12), 0:56 2013-11-09 United States American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas Won WBO super featherweight title
Win 32–0 Puerto Rico Juan Manuel Lopez TKO 4 (12), 1:34 2013-06-15 United States American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas Retained The Ring featherweight title
Lost WBO featherweight title for failing to make weight
Win 31–0 Mexico Orlando Salido TD 8 (12) 2013-01-19 United States Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Won WBO and The Ring featherweight titles
Win 30–0 Argentina Jonathan Victor Barros TKO 8 (10), 2:24 2012-11-10 United States Wynn Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 29–0 Colombia Mauricio Pastrana KO 2 (10), 1:05 2012-09-01 Mexico Arena TKT Box Tour, Los Mochis, Sinaloa
Win 28–0 Philippines Bernabe Concepcion TKO 7 (10), 2:33 2012-03-10Puerto Rico Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan
Win 27–0 Mexico Juan Carlos Martinez TKO 4 (10), 2:40 2011-10-22United States Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Retained NABF featherweight title
Win 26–0 Mexico Rafaël Guzmán KO 4 (12), 1:55 2011-06-04 United States Staples Center, Los Angeles, California Retained NABF and NABO featherweight titles
Win 25–0 United States Matt Remillard RTD 10 (12), 3:002011-03-26United States Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey Won NABF and NABO featherweight titles
Win 24–0 Cameroon Olivier Lontchi KO 5 (10), 1:302010-12-04United States Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Win 23–0 United States Cornelius Lock TKO 11 (12), 1:09 2010-08-14 United States Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, Texas
Win 22–0 Mexico Pedro Navarrete UD 8 2010-05-08Mexico Plaza Monumental, Aguascalientes
Win 21–0 Mexico Tomas Villa TKO 1 (12), 1:07 2010-04-03 United States American Bank Center. Corpus Christi, Texas Won USBA featherweight title
Win 20–0 Mexico Arturo Gomez TKO 5 (8), 2:35 2010-01-30 United States Restaurante Arroyo, Distrito Federal
Win 19–0 Colombia Yogli Herrera KO 3 (8), 2:19 2009-12-19 United States Beeghly Center, Youngstown, Ohio
Win 18–0 United States Carlos Rivera TKO 7 (10), 0:40 2009-08-29 United States QuikTrip Park, Grand Prairie, Texas
Win 17–0 Kenya Anthony Napunyi TKO 3 (10), 1:04 2009-05-16 United States Buffalo Bill's Star Arena, Primm, Nevada
Win 16–0 Puerto Rico Lucian Gonzalez RTD 5 (8), 3:00 2009-02-06 United States Maywood Activity Center, Maywood, California
Win 15–0 Colombia Walter Estrada UD 8 2008-10-31 United States Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 14–0 Mexico Jose Hernandez TKO 8 (8), 0:24 2008-08-02 United States Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 13–0 South Korea Jae-Sung Lee TKO 4 (8), 1:14 2008-06-26United States Orleans Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 12–0 Mexico Robinson Castellanos TKO 5 (?), 0:11 2008-05-17 Mexico Plaza Monumental, Aguascalientes
Win 11–0 Cuba Jorge Ruiz TKO 5 (6), 1:35 2008-02-16 United States MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 10–0 Mexico Manuel Sarabia UD 6 2007-09-20 United States Sagebrush Cantina, Calabasas, California
Win 9–0 United States Reggie Sanders KO 3 (6), 2:23 2007-07-13 United States Congress Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
Win 8–0 United States Carlos Zambrano TKO 2 (6), 2:45 2007-05-25 United States Isleta Casino, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Win 7–0 United States Steve Trumble TKO 2 (6), 2:30 2007-04-27 United States Grand Plaza Hotel, Houston, Texas
Win 6–0 Mexico Gabriel Rangel TKO 2 (4), 1:56 2007-03-09 United States Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas
Win 5–0 United States Frankie Martinez TKO 2 (4), 1:51 2007-01-19 United States Dodge Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
Win 4–0 United States Baladan Trevizo KO 1 (?), 2:18 2006-12-08 United States Florentine Gardens, El Monte, California
Win 3–0 United States Mario Franco KO 2 (4), 0:52 2006-09-29 United States Performing Arts Center, Oxnard, California
Win 2–0 United States Andrew Gannigan KO 1 (4), 2:19 2006-08-12 United States Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 1–0 Mexico Herrera Mendoza UD 4 2006-07-14 United States Quiet Cannon in Montebello, California Professional Debut

Titles in boxing

Major World Titles:

The Ring/Lineal Championship Titles:

Regional/International Titles:

Filmography

Television Series
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

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  2. "Passion to Go with Garcia's Precision". MaxBoxing.com. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  3. "Miguel Angel Garcia vs Tomas Villa". Fightwriter.com. 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  4. "Garcia dethrones Salido, becomes new Sheriff at 126 pounds". Ringtv.craveonline.com. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  5. "Eduardo Garcia profile". Boxrec.com. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  6. 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.
  7. "Fernando Vargas". CNN. 1994-07-18.
  8. "Sub Lead - Breakout Year for 'Mikey' Garcia?". Max Boxing. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  9. Velin, Bob (2010-01-17). "Mikey Garcia goes from police academy to the prize ring". USA Today.
  10. "Miguel "Mikey" Garcia profile". Fightnews.com. 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  11. "Miguel Angel Garcia featured on ABC's American Latino TV". Vcstar.com. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  12. "Miguel Garcia - Fighters – Top Rank Boxing". Toprank.com. 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  13. "Mikey Garcia, Mike Alvarado Swift And Emphatic In Texas - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  14. "Boxing Announcer Nick Charles Calls His Final Fight - TVNewser". Mediabistro.com. 2011-03-28. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  15. 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.
  16. "Sub Lead - A Step Backward, a Step Forward for Garcia". Max Boxing. 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  17. Dan Rafael (January 20, 2013). "Garcia banged, but brutalizes Salido". ESPN.
  18. Eric Raskin (June 16, 2013). "Cool, calm, concussive: Garcia and Crawford stay perfect with KOs". HBO Boxing.
  19. Scott Christ (November 9, 2013). "Martinez vs Garcia results: Mikey Garcia adds 130 pound title with body shot KO". Bad Left Hook.

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Achievements
Preceded by
Orlando Salido
WBO Featherweight Champion
January 19, 2013 June 14, 2013
Stripped
Vacant
Title next held by
Orlando Salido
Preceded by
Manny Pacquiao
Vacated
The Ring Featherweight Champion
January 19, 2013 November 09, 2013
Incumbent
Preceded by
Roman Martinez
WBO Super Featherweight Champion
November 09, 2013 October 15, 2014
Vacated
Succeeded by
Orlando Salido
Interim champ promoted
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