On Saturday, January 19th in New York inside of Madison Square Garden, two of boxing’s rising stars moved forward with contrastingly different victories. In the HBO tripleheader’s main event, unbeaten contender Mikey Garcia (31-0, 26 KO's) moved i...
Navigating the minefield from pro debut to first major title for a blue chip talent isn’t easy. On Saturday night, the expert handling of Mikey Garcia culminated with a four-knockdown WBO title victory. Mission accomplished. The future might j...
By Jake Donovan - It was going to take a special performance for any of the fighters to separate themselves from the rest of the pack on HBO’s live tripleheader. Mikey Garcia was well on his way to delivering in spades, before a headbutt left him...
Featherweight Orlando Salido feels he was not given a full fight versus Mikey Garcia last night in New York City. Following the match, Salido who went to Roosevelt Hospital for a check up, and tests revealed that he suffered a broken nose. The former...
The Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York - Mikey Garcia (31-0, 26 KOs) captured the WBO featherweight crown by unseating Orlando “Siri” Salido (39-12-2, 27 KOs) with an eight round technical decision. Salido went down four time in the fight. The...
NEW YORK — Mikey Garcia would’ve fought through a broken nose early Sunday morning, but he wasn’t required to do so. Garcia instead won the WBO featherweight title from Orlando Salido by technical decision in The Theater at Madison Square Garden,...
NEW YORK — Orlando Salido reluctantly posed alongside Mikey Garcia for a picture after the final press conference Thursday to promote their fight Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Garcia never thought twice about boxing Salid...
Nothing comes easy for professional prizefighters. Grueling training camps. Early morning runs. Aches and pains that may or may not go away. One would think that undefeated featherweight Miguel Angel Garcia would have it better than other fighters...
Mikey Garcia could’ve pursued a shot at a less formidable featherweight champion than Orlando Salido. The unbeaten contender from Oxnard, Calif., wants to be acknowledged, however, as the 126-pound champion in boxing, a distinction defeating Salid...
The weights are in for HBO's big tripleheader from Madison Square Garden's The Theatre in New York City. In the main event, Orlando Salido (39-11-2, 27KO) defends the WBO featherweight title against Mikey Garcia (30-0, 26KO). Gennady Golovkin (24-0,...