Garcia vs. Easter

Garcia-Easter Showtime Tripleheader Peaked at 725K Viewers

Mikey Garcia hasn’t just made strides as a ticket-seller. More viewers also tuned in to Garcia’s fight Saturday night than for his previous performance. Ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research indicated Garcia’s victory over Robert Easter...

Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter - CompuBox Inside The Numbers

Compubox Garcia Easter Numbers - Mikey Garcia became the 10th lightweight champion to unify the division with a unanimous decision against Robert Easter Jr. Saturday on SHOWTIME, and immediately afterward set his sights on boxing's best, namely Errol...

Mikey Garcia's Greatest Attribute is His Ambition

By Corey Erdman - It’s been said that you can’t find true ecstasy in sport until you succeed in a situation where failure was not just possible, but probable. Those are the situations Mikey Garcia has sought out his entire boxing career. Garcia added...

Photos: Mikey Garcia Drops, Overpowers Robert Easter To Unify

Mikey Garcia, Easter Fight Photos Gallery - Dominating his lightweight-title unification with Robert Easter Jr. on Saturday before 12,560 at Staples Center, Garcia stripped Easter of his height and reach advantages and claimed a unanimous-decision vi...

Robert Easter: I Couldn't Find My Timing, Let My Right Hand Go

Mikey Garcia unified the WBC and IBF lightweight titles late Saturday by overpowering Robert Easter in a battle of undefeated champions. The 30-year-old Garcia retained his WBC title and grabbed Easter's IBF belt with a unanimous decision victory at...

Mikey Garcia: Spence is The Toughest at 147 - So I Want Him!

Mikey Garcia became the 10th lightweight champion to unify the division with a unanimous decision against Robert Easter Jr. Saturday on SHOWTIME, and immediately afterward set his sights on boxing’s best, namely Errol Spence Jr.

Mikey Garcia Drops, Defeats Robert Easter To Unify IBF, WBC Belts

By Keith Idec - LOS ANGELES – Robert Easter Jr. deemed Mikey Garcia overrated before their fight Saturday night. The former IBF lightweight champion might feel a little differently now. Garcia dropped him in the third round and soundly defeated Easte...

Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter - LIVE BoxingScene Scorecard

Lightweight world champions Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter Jr. went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they enter the ring for a 135-pound title unification Saturday, July 28 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Lo...

Mikey Garcia-Robert Easter: Stats & Stakes

It might not be the best fight one could ask for at lightweight but, for now, it’s the best we’re going to get and that’s plenty. Mikey Garcia returned from over two years off and picked up where he left off. He might even be better. He’s won four st...

Trainer: Easter Must Use Height, Reach Better Versus Garcia

LOS ANGELES – Kevin Cunningham didn’t divulge too much about Robert Easter Jr.’s game plan for his fight against Mikey Garcia. But what’s obvious to Cunningham, Easter’s new trainer, and most others who’ve watched Easter’s last few fights is that the...

Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter - CompuBox Historical Review

The selective Mikey Garcia avg'd 49.4 thrown per round (10 less than the wgt. class avg.) and landed 44.6% of his power shots. He amassed a +9.5 plus/minus rating, landing 31.4% of his punches to just 21.9% for his opponents.

Trainer Still Surprised Robert Easter Can Make Lightweight Limit

LOS ANGELES – Kevin Cunningham still can’t figure out how Robert Easter Jr. does it. Cunningham told Easter before he even turned pro that he shouldn’t attempt to fight at the lightweight limit. There was no way, Cunningham figured, that the 5-feet-1...

Mikey Garcia: Winner of Easter Fight is Boxing's Best Lightweight

LOS ANGELES – Mikey Garcia didn’t mention Vasiliy Lomachenko’s name Thursday, but Garcia still delivered an unmistakable message. Garcia believes that by beating Robert Easter Jr. on Saturday night he’ll establish himself as boxing’s best lightweight...

krikya360.com's Television Picks of The Week - July 28

This weekend, the WBC lightweight titlist Garcia (38-0, 30 KO) is a prohibitive favorite after some recent struggles by the IBF titlist Easter (21-0, 14 KO). Perceptually, while Easter is a good, solid fighter, Garcia is seen as one of a handful of t...

Easter: I Told Garcia The 'Talking is Done, Time To Settle This!'

On Saturday night inside Staples Center in Los Angeles, Toledo native Robert Easter Jr. takes part in the biggest fight of his life. He will step in the ring with one of boxer's pound-for-pound best, Mikey Garcia, in a unification fight. Easter (21-0...