Mikey Garcia vs Miguel Beltran Jr Serves as Zbik vs Chavez Co-Feature on HBO
by Scott Christ on May 19, 2011 6:50 PM EDT
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Top Rank has officially announced that their June 4 HBO date has a co-feature, as rising featherweight star Mikey Garcia will face Miguel Beltran Jr before Julio Cesar Chavez's shot at Sebastian Zbik.
Garcia (25-0, 21 KO) will be on HBO for a second straight fight. In his last bout, he dominated Matt Remillard before stopping him after 10 rounds. The younger brother of trainer Robert Garcia, Mikey has become one of the top rising stars under the Top Rank banner, with a TV-friendly style and plenty of between the bells charisma. He's also fighting out of one of the top stables in the U.S. these days, alongside Nonito Donaire, Brandon Rios, and Antonio Margarito.
Beltran (24-1, 17 KO) is a 21-year-old Mexican prospect who was knocked out in the 10th round last year by Joksan Hernandez. His best win is a 10-round split decision in December 2009 over Mickey Roman.
The off-television undercard for the show is packed. Featured fights will include Julio Cesar Miranda vs Brian Viloria; Vanes Martirosyan vs Saul Roman; and fights with Tom Zbikowski and Christy Martin. A proposed fight with Rafael Marquez is off, as Marquez may be moving back to 122 pounds to face Toshiaki Nishioka.
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Mikey Garcia lives in Riverside, not Oxnard
Max Kellerman gave out this same bit of misinformation the last time Garcia was on HBO. He has been living and training in Riverside for awhile now…
I’m not sure what you’re correcting here as I didn’t say anything about where he lives.
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by Scott Christ on May 19, 2011 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
my correction
I’m correcting your statement that he fights out of the same stable as Rios, Donaire, and Margarito. How is he in the same stable if he lives and trains in Riverside?
All I mean is they have the same trainer. Robert Garcia’s stable of fighters.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 19, 2011 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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