Roberto Garcia Cortez (born January 29, 1975), best known as Robert Garcia, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2001, and held the IBF junior lightweight title from 1998 to 1999. As part of the evening’s events, a drawing for an autographed pair if boxing gloves signed by Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquaio will be held between fights. 223k Followers, 271 Following, 92 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Sean garcia (@lilrushgee) It’s going to be way bigger than boxing, and we’re going to do it together.”. Now my fighters are happy because they know they are going to go home to their wives and kids.”. BELLATOR MMA makes its highly anticipated debut on SHOWTIME, as Two-division champ Patricio Pitbull defends his featherweight title in a rematch with Emmanuel Sanchez in a World Grand Prix bout. For Garcia the toll of lengthy camps and isolation proved to be a weight he couldn’t carry anymore. “For this fight, I want to throw all of the fancy stuff out of the window and knock this guy out,” said Sean. All rights reserved. While Garcia is hoping to land a big money bout against IBF welterweight titleholder Errol Spence, most boxing experts believe the jump up to 147 pounds would be too much for the diminutive Garcia who began his career at featherweight. “Boxing is there, and I’m ready to fight. He fondly remembers watching Mike Tyson fights with his father on closed circuit. That’s all there is to it. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. I just want to keep fighting big fights against other prospects [like Raymond Ford] who they think can’t be beaten. LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 04: Mikey Garcia (R) connects with Rafael Guzman of Mexico during featherweight bout at Staples Center on June 4, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Boxing was indeed was what all the Garcia’s had known. We’re going to win together. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. We’ll see where life takes us,” said Ryan. BROTHERS GUIDE TOP FIGHTERS Robert Garcia has been pulling double-duty in preparing Rios (30-0-1, 22 KOs) for his junior welterweight debut opposite Mike Alvarado (33-0, 23 KOs), as well as IBF and WBO titleholder Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18 KOs) for a junior featherweight defense against Japan’s Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KOs). In 1997 he took on hard-hitting Arturo Gatti for the IBF Super Featherweight Title but was TKO'd in the 5th. That’s up to eight months you’re away from home.”. “I always wanted to become a cop, just like I wanted to become a boxer. “Between my brother and my dad they have a lot of world champions so they really know what they’re doing. He started travelling to the bouts and started enjoying everything that he’d missed out on in his career. ©2021 FOX News Network, LLC. One of his fighters is many people’s favorite for the Fighter of the Year award Nonito Donaire. For Mikey Garcia, boxing came much later in life than for his older brother. Boxing: Miller High School freshman Troi Garcia prepares for USA Boxing tournament. He can be reached on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube at @ManoukAkopyan, via email at manouk[dot]akopyan[at]gmail.com or on www.ManoukAkopyan.com. We’re doing something different. A better welterweight target for Garcia would be Pacquiao who also began his career in a much lower weight class. For some this journey that’s based on dedication and hard work is often a lonely one, spent in far off training camps away from loved ones. What an exciting start to 2021. ©2021 FOX News Network, LLC. For the first time in their young professional careers, brothers Ryan and Sean Garcia will be fighting on the same card. For Mikey Garcia, Saturday night will be the culmination of the long hard journey that all boxers have to take. He’s explosive. "We are making history in boxing and we want to continue to make history for Nicaragua." “I’m going to see how boxing goes and keep riding the wave and keep training. Roberto Garcia Cortez (born January 29, 1975), finest generally known as Robert Garcia, is an American former skilled boxer who competed from 1992 to 2001, and held the IBF junior light-weight title from 1998 to 1999.He has since labored as a boxing coach, and was voted Trainer of the Year by The Ring journal in 2011, and by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 2012. This year he’s favorite to be crowned Boxing Writers Association of America Trainer of the Year, the same award that’s been dominated by Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach for many years. It was a chance visit at age 14 to a gym to see his cousin box in an amaetur show that finally got him hooked. “Sean loves boxing, there is no question about it,” Henry Garcia told BoxingScene.com in an interview. “For the last part of camp I did not see my wife and kids for three weeks except on the weekends. As of January 2021, he is ranked as the world's third best active lightweight by The Ring magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, fourth by … Robert Garcia trained now-WBC lightweight titleholder Brandon Rios at the same time until Rios and Ortiz developed an adversarial relationship, prompting Ortiz to leave Robert Garcia for Danny Garcia. He’s also a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and MMA Journalists Association. I don’t know if I’m going to take it as far as Ryan,” Sean Garcia told BoxingScene.com in an interview. Quesada is the brother of Sean and Ryan’s mother Lisa. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) (2011 Getty Images). Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) is one of the most hyped prospects in boxing and tonight, he takes on former Olympic champion Luke Campbell (20-3, … or redistributed. “You’re not supposed to be around family you’re not supposed to be around friends. I did not even want to hit my opponent. Discovering that one of the kids at the gym did not have an opponent and egged on by Robert and his father, Mikey got in the ring with no training other than fighting his cousins in the backyard.

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