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The main character of our video today is the remarkable Mikey Garcia.
American professional boxer Mikey Garcia was born as Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez, on December 15,
1987 in Oxnard, California. He is regarded as a boxer-puncher with solid foundations,
a powerful punching arsenal, and versatility. Garcia has competed as a featherweight, super
featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight and has held multiple world
championships. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's sixth best active welterweight by
BoxRec, eighth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and tenth by The Ring.
Garcia was born to Mexican parents Eduardo and Virginia Garcia. His father was an amateur boxer
and trainer of world champion boxer Fernando Vargas at La Colonia Youth Boxing Club.
His older brother, Roberto was a professional boxer and a former IBF
Super Featherweight Champion. His oldest brother, Daniel, was a boxer and trainer.
Mikey Garcia has confirmed that his parents brought him up in what he described as a
gang-related neighborhood, and revealed that his two parents worked as strawberry pickers.
Mikey Garcia is a family man and he is married to Fatima Garcia.
They met when they were both students at Pacifica High School many years ago.
The couple has three children: two sons and a daughter.
Garcia started his amateur career at a tender age of fourteen years. He won numerous medals at the
National Junior Olympic Championships, National Junior Golden Gloves Championships and National
Police Athletic League Championships. Garcia described as a patient boxer having good punching
power, a natural right-handed boxer who loves switching to southpaw during most of the fights.
Mikey turned professional in 2006 and signed with Bob Arum's Top Rank.
He was undefeated in his first 20 professional fights with 17 of them coming by way of knockout.
Described by The Ring as one of the best active boxers, pound-for-pound boxers,
Mikey Garcia has participated in 41 fights so far and won 40. It is impressive that he has won 30
of them by knockout. Garcia has held multiple world championships in four weight classes,
including the lineal junior welterweight title from 2018 to 2020; previously he held the WBO and
Ring magazine featherweight titles in 2013, the WBO junior lightweight title from 2013 to 2014,
the WBC and IBF lightweight titles between 2017 and 2019, and the IBF junior welterweight title
in 2018. He has also challenged Errol Spence Jr. for the IBF welterweight title in March 2019
and suffered the first loss in his entire career. On February 29, 2020, Garcia returned to the
ring after a layoff of almost a year, dropped his opponent Jessie Vargas in the fifth round
and earned a unanimous decision victory. In his post-fight interview, Garcia stated his intentions
to continue fighting in the welterweight division, saying, "I would love to fight
against Manny Pacquiao, or a rematch with Errol Spence. I’m better now at this weight class."
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Garcia has a net worth of $4 million as of 2021.
His primary source of income is his boxing fights.
The boxer's value could rise in the future depending on his next move and opponent.
In 2019, the boxer splashed around $450,000 on an impressive black Lamborghini Aventador 2016
supercar. With a powerful V12 outmuscles most supercar rivals and a top speed of 217 mph,
the Aventador is one of the fastest Lamborghinis out there.
Since he grew up in a neighborhood known for its gang activities, the younger Mikey wanted
to become a police officer. He attended Pacifica High School, which he graduated from in 2006,
before later transferring to the Ventura County Police Academy. Although he graduated,
he did not serve as a police officer because he decided to get into the ring instead.
More than a week to go before the big fight against Errol Spence,
Mikey Garcia and trainer-brother Robert have been shaken by the deaths of two members of
their promotional family and a drive-by shooting that left a stablemate paralyzed. “It’s very
unfortunate, very sad,” Mikey Garcia told, "These tragedies have given us another push to go out and
perform and do good for our three close friends." In February 2014, Garcia, along with Bernard
Hopkins and a few other such athletes, attended a summit at the Lou Ruvo Center for
Brain Health at the United States Capitol, in support of furthering the research of
preventing brain damage and other mental risks in competitive activity. The summit consisted of
speeches about preventing brain damage and research to aid already suffering victims.
Recently on August 8, 2021, the boxer appeared at Moreno Valley College for the Leela Project, to
meet and give away 2,500 free backpacks and school supplies for students of any ages. The project is
about educating and empowering underrepresented youth, and because of the coronavirus pandemic,
the giveaway was held as a drive-thru event. So how do you think about him? Leave a comment
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