Robert Garcia confirms Mikey Garcia ducked Lomachenko

[Boxing Logic]

Robert Garcia: Definitely. I think he’s a welterweight from now on. He’s already built his body to that division. Maybe 140 if a huge fight appeared at 140. But all the big fights are at 147 anyway, so I think it would be at 147, and eventually maybe even challenging for another title at 154. I know Mikey has that in mind and he’d probably move up to challenge another champion at 154. It’s obviously not in my mind right now, but eventually I know that’s what Mikey would want.

They're at the point where they're pretending Loma doesn't even exist as a way to excuse their ducking. These guys were in the exact same division, before that always just 1 division apart, being talked about fighting for years. Each had or was about to have 2 belts at 135. Now Team Mikey is talking like Loma doesn't even exist. "All the big fights are at 147. He might move to 154."

All the Mikey fans said it wasn't a duck because he would fight Loma after. How is he going to fight Loma after at 147 or 154? He could have fought Loma, won, then gotten twice as much money to fight Spence and move up to welterweight as the new face of boxing, #1 P4P, undisputed lightweight champ moving up. THAT'S a legacy. THAT is how you put your name next to Robert Duran. Instead, he chose to never fight Loma, chose to time things in the exact specific way to where he would never have to fight Loma or even be asked about fighting Loma again after this.

It's a straight duck. Mikey didn't want to fight the fast Gamboa, now he ducked the fast Loma. Seems Mikey knows he has trouble with speed and skill and chooses slower opponents like Spence on purpose. I'm guessing he will never fight Crawford but then again, Crawford was hurt badly even by little Gamboa, lost 4 straight rounds vs Gamboa, and obviously due to size would be favored to KO Loma if they fought but up until the KO came, he would likely lose every round to the more skilled smaller as fast but far more technical Loma.

So even Mikey fighting Crawford is not the same. It's almost as difficult because of the size, but Mikey is big too. It's not as difficult on the skill level and that's what Mikey seems to be afraid of. Plus Jose Benavidez with one good leg clipped Crawford good and stunned him a bit multiple times, so Mikey's puncher's chance would have a way better shot at landing vs Crawford than Loma, as Gamboa also proved multiple times. Even Horn caught Crawford a few times.

So I could see Mikey fighting Crawford for that reason, but I still don't expect it. He seems to know he's not good vs speed so he's fighting only the styles beneficial to him. Probably the real reason he left Arum. Man, the parallels between Mikey and Floyd in every way except skills are scary.

[Curt Henning]

yaaaa....sure....lol.....ill give it to you guys...you are creative..you have wild imaginations!

[BLASTER1]

They're at the point where they're pretending Loma doesn't even exist as a way to excuse their ducking. These guys were in the exact same division, before that always just 1 division apart, being talked about fighting for years. Each had or was about to have 2 belts at 135. Now Team Mikey is talking like Loma doesn't even exist. "All the big fights are at 147. He might move to 154."

All the Mikey fans said it wasn't a duck because he would fight Loma after. How is he going to fight Loma after at 147 or 154? He could have fought Loma, won, then gotten twice as much money to fight Spence and move up to welterweight as the new face of boxing, #1 P4P, undisputed lightweight champ moving up. THAT'S a legacy. THAT is how you put your name next to Robert Duran. Instead, he chose to never fight Loma, chose to time things in the exact specific way to where he would never have to fight Loma or even be asked about fighting Loma again after this.

It's a straight duck. Mikey didn't want to fight the fast Gamboa, now he ducked the fast Loma. Seems Mikey knows he has trouble with speed and skill and chooses slower opponents like Spence on purpose. I'm guessing he will never fight Crawford but then again, Crawford was hurt badly even by little Gamboa, lost 4 straight rounds vs Gamboa, and obviously due to size would be favored to KO Loma if they fought but up until the KO came, he would likely lose every round to the more skilled smaller as fast but far more technical Loma.

So even Mikey fighting Crawford is not the same. It's almost as difficult because of the size, but Mikey is big too. It's not as difficult on the skill level and that's what Mikey seems to be afraid of. Plus Jose Benavidez with one good leg clipped Crawford good and stunned him a bit multiple times, so Mikey's puncher's chance would have a way better shot at landing vs Crawford than Loma, as Gamboa also proved multiple times. Even Horn caught Crawford a few times.

So I could see Mikey fighting Crawford for that reason, but I still don't expect it. He seems to know he's not good vs speed so he's fighting only the styles beneficial to him. Probably the real reason he left Arum. Man, the parallels between Mikey and Floyd in every way except skills are scary.

I agree that he should have fought Loma before moving up.
Loma/Garcia would have been a huge fight to make both in terms of legacy and money.
I cannot think of any other reason as to why Garcia wouldn't want to make that fight first unless their had to have been something about the matrix style the he wanted no part of or he just wasn't willing to risk his 0 to a 50/50 fight or one that alot of people would expect him to win.
I'm with you is duck season for Mikey. Quack, quack.

[MDPopescu]

... the big money fights for Garcia are at 147... certainly...

[Outwest Exp 355]

Robert Garcia didn’t confirm a damn thing. I’m starting to think English is a second language for a lot of you guys.

[Jax teller]

Always got the impression that it's more of a refusal to do business with Bob again than fear of fighting Loma, these quotes don't prove much either way.

Mikey at 154 though? Crazy talk.

[Thuglife Nelo]

I agree that he should have fought Loma before moving up.
Loma/Garcia would have been a huge fight to make both in terms of legacy and money.
I cannot think of any other reason as to why Garcia wouldn't want to make that fight first unless their had to have been something about the matrix style the he wanted no part of or he just wasn't willing to risk his 0 to a 50/50 fight or one that alot of people would expect him to win.
I'm with you is duck season for Mikey. Quack, quack.

There are things in this sport that we talk about all the time, they're called ''offers.'' Did Bob Arum or Lomachenko ever confirm offers as they did when talking about Rigondeaux? Since when does Bob Arum not talk about monies?

Before talking about stylistic theory you might want to start with the very reason most fights don't happen like lowball offers or network conflicts. Aside from the fact that Arum doesn't like Garcia since he waited out his contract.

Start with facts instead of fanboyism.

[bluzi]

I agree that he should have fought Loma before moving up.
Loma/Garcia would have been a huge fight to make both in terms of legacy and money.
I cannot think of any other reason as to why Garcia wouldn't want to make that fight first unless their had to have been something about the matrix style the he wanted no part of or he just wasn't willing to risk his 0 to a 50/50 fight or one that alot of people would expect him to win.
I'm with you is duck season for Mikey. Quack, quack.

The guy is fighting the boogyman of the 147 division , a guy no one (aside from Crawford) is willing to say his name outloud in that division and you have the nerve to call him a duck ?! you are such a hater its unreal , give the man his props and STFU you deranged fanboy.

[SHOOTALLCLOWNS]

its pretty simple mikey is banking on the fact that some fans are dumb enough to buy into the built in excuse of size when he loses to spence. he has no excuse if he loses to loma and yes loma would beat him.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

No one believes Mikey ducked lomachenko lmfao Hell lomahenko on record saying he wasnt ready for Mikey yet, when mikey moved up. Its funny how lomachenko fans know lomacheko resume is a dud that they have to resort to fake ducks to build him up. lmfao Be proud of lomachenko he beating the pedraza of the world and hardly breaking a sweat lol.