Mikey Garcia (left). Picture by Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxing USA
If Mikey Garcia’s boxing profession is full, he’s going out unceremoniously.
Garcia knowledgeable the world late Sunday night that he was sick main as much as his March 2019 title bout in opposition to present unified welterweight titleholder Errol Spence Jr., who landed a career-high 345 punches en path to a shutout 12-round unanimous choice over the beforehand unbeaten fighter.
The 33-year-old posted a medical doc from MedSpring Pressing Care, in Dallas, revealing that he was battling a sore throat and a 101.9-degree fever simply days earlier than he stepped into the ring in opposition to Spence.
“No excuses however simply an FYI, a win over a sick light-weight [shouldn’t] be your greatest victory,” he acknowledged on Instagram.
Spence’s most important victory is definitely Shawn Porter, whom the undefeated Texan floored within the eleventh spherical and defeated through break up choice to unify two 147-pound titles in an action-packed pay-per-view predominant occasion at Staples Heart, in Los Angeles, in September 2019.
Nevertheless Garcia appears to imagine he was Spence’s greatest conqueror. He pumped his fist within the air after each spherical, which might point out to some folks that exact fighter was profitable or, on the very least, was doing stable work. In actuality, Garcia didn’t do a lot in any respect.
What’s very intriguing is that main as much as the Spence battle, the criticism from a lot of the boxing world was that Garcia was not a real welterweight, “a blown-up light-weight.” And Garcia, who has now misplaced two of his final three fights, has seemingly admitted that he was by no means a real 147-pounder in his personal eyes. He was additionally outpointed by Sandor Martin in a serious upset final month in a 145-pound catchweight predominant occasion on DAZN.
Sandor Martin (proper) on the assault versus Mikey Garcia. Picture by Melina Pizano/Matchroom Boxing
It could’t be each. Both Garcia caught a vicious chilly in each fights or maybe he reached his ceiling at 140 kilos. Wanting again at his efficiency in opposition to Sergey Lipinets again in March 2018, there have been indicators that, sure, that is in all probability the place the practice stops.
Whereas Garcia did ground Lipinets within the seventh spherical, he did maintain some harm at factors within the battle from a comparatively unproven man. The scorecards had been a little bit broad from my recollection and I believed 115-112 was a suitable tally.
What’s unacceptable is that Garcia is making excuses for a loss that occurred near 1,000 days in the past. Excuses are usually frowned upon a day after a battle, an hour after a battle, and many others. However two years down the street?
Garcia (40-2, 30 KOs) has had a high-quality profession. He’s a four-division titlist and there’s no disgrace that he got here up brief in vying for a title in a fifth weight division. However no matter respect he gained for surviving in opposition to Spence has passed by the wayside with a really lame excuse.
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