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GUTSY. Mikey Garcia (right) dominates Robert Easter and then shouts boldly "the most feared" Errol Spence. Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea / Getty Images / AFP
LOS ANGELES, USA – American boxer Mikey Garcia unified late light WBC and IBF titles Saturday, July 28 dominating Robert Easter in a Battle
Garcia, 30, retained his WBC title and grabbed the IBF Easter belt with a unanimous victory at the Staples Center arena in downtown Los Angeles.
"It's a great achievement, now we're back," Garcia said. "I prepared for the best, he gave me a good fight but I controlled the bulk of the fight and did what I had to do to win."
Garcia took control of the fight on the 3rd lap with a left hook on the chin. It was just the second time in his career that Easter was overthrown.
"We wanted to get this right hand, it was a perfect punch to the chin," he said.
Easter recovered from the knockdown but was unable to launch a sustained attack outside his jab. , and was almost knocked down again in the 9th round.
Garcia is now 5-0 with two knockouts since returning from a 30-month exile from the sport due to a battle with the Top Rank sponsor.
The 3 judges scored 118-109, 117-110 and 116-111 while Garcia improved to 39-0 after this fight which marks a return to the lightweight division. He won a junior welterweight belt in February but had to leave to face Easter.
Garcia immediately threw the glove at Errol Spence saying in the ring that for his next fight, he wants to go up to the welterweight division to fight for Spence's IBF belt.
"He is the most feared man"
The 27-year-old Easter player suffered the first defeat of his career, falling to 21-1, with 14 knockouts. He was making his 4th title defense of the vacant belt that he won in 2016.
The long Easter, which had a 20-centimeter (8-inch) advantage, stuck to his game plan and hung there at the final bell. – Rappler.com
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