WBC
lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (36-0 30 KOs) have plans in moving up weight
by the end of 2017 or early of 2018 in
pursue of capturing fourth division title (junior welterweight).
Garcia collected
his 3rd divisional belt after dispatching Dejan Zlaticanin via 3rd
round knockout last January.
In moving
up, there’s a possibility that Garcia could meet junior welterweight top contender
Terrence Crawford (30-0 21 KOs) who currently holds WBO and WBC belts.
When Garcia was
asked about the chance of facing Crawford, he sees no problem about it, he’s
into it.
"Of course [I would
want fight him], he is the man in that division. If at any point I decide to
make the leap [to 140-pounds] and he is there - I am
interested. He's a fighter with good reach, height, changes his
guard, so it would be a good fight. I see a lot of studying in the first
half [of the contest], but the second half would have more action in the
fight," – Mickey Garcia
The two fighters had met
during their amateur days and Garcia recalls the clash.
"I remember he was
up like 3 or 4 points in the first round right away and after that, he just ran
around the whole time...we made a mistake of following him...he very easily
outpointed me...amateurs is one thing compared to the pros," - Mickey
Garcia
Mikey Garcia is focused in collecting
more world titles and not on beating Floyd Mayweather’s unbeaten record 49-0.
"No [that's not a focus for me]. My goal is not to achieve a
certain number of victories in order to retire. My objective is to add world
titles and then go up to another division and start again by adding
more titles, and continue doing this for as far as I can," - Mickey Garcia
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