Mickey Garcia defeated Robert Easter, became "King of Light" and challenged Errol Spence

American Mikey Garcia won by unanimous decision his compatriot Robert Easter, who fell in the third round, and unified the lightweight titles of the World Boxing Council (WBC) and the International Federation (IBF).

The judges gave ratings of 118-109, 117-110 and 116-111 for Garcia in a bout followed by 12,560 people at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Garcia was credited with a fight that marked the tenth time that the lightweight title is unified in history and the first since the Mexican Juan Manuel Márquez beat the Texan Juan Díaz in 2009.

At the end of the bout, Garcia said that he has eyes on the welterweight later this year to challenge world champion Errol Spence.

Garcia won world titles in featherweight, lightweight and junior lightweight. In February, he beat Sergey Lipinets for a welterweight title to join legendary Philippine Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez by winning 126 world titles. , 130, 135 and 140 pounds.

But Garcia left this title to return lightly for the chance of unification against Easter, who made his fourth defense.

Garcia made the first defense of the title he had won 18 months ago by beating Dejan Zlaticanin with a third-round knockout in 2017. According to blow statistics, Garcia has achieved 176 of 555 hits (32 percent)) and Easter connected 129 of 507 (25 percent).

Easter showed his fighting tactics on the first ring when he wanted to take advantage of his greater reach and his attacks on the body. But Garcia (39-0, 30), 30, used speed and short boxing to punish Easter, 27, with a 21-1, 14 KO mark.

With this tactic, in the third round, he linked a combination of jab, right hand and left hook to send Easter to the canvas with only a few seconds left of this round.

As the fight progressed, Easter ceased to be energetic and Garcia overtook him in the attack. In the tenth round, Garcia again endangered Easter with shots to the head and sent him to the ropes.

In the latest assaults, the same dynamic was observed with Garcia relentlessly punishing Easter, who was just trying to get out of the penalty box.
The win allows Garcia to study the field to move to the junior welterweight division and deal with Spence.