
Mikey Garcia Defeats Robert Easter to Unify IBF & WBC Titles
The crowd was electric as hometown champion Mikey Garcia walked to the ring. It’s been seven years since Garcia has fought in Los Angeles and he put on a show for the fans.

The crowd was electric as hometown champion Mikey Garcia walked to the ring. It’s been seven years since Garcia has fought in Los Angeles and he put on a show for the fans.
On Saturday, July 28, 2018, Cuban Heavyweight slugger, Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz and former title challenger Razvan Cojanu, met in a scheduled 10-round bout.
On Saturday, July 28, 2018, Lightweight world champions Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs), who owns the WBC strap, and Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs), who has the IBF title, go toe-to-toe in a 135-pound title unification bout live on Showtime from Staples Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Lightweight world champions Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter Jr. went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they enter the ring for a 135-pound title unification Saturday, July 28 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Showtime Sports will provide a live stream of the weigh in for Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) vs. and Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs) which takes place Saturday.
Former world champions Peter Quillin and Luis Collazo were joined by WBA Women's Super Middleweight Champion Alicia Napoleon at a media luncheon in Manhattan Thursday to discuss their respective showdowns taking place Saturday, August 4.
Former super lightweight champion Sergey Lipinets will battle Erick Bone in a 147-pound 10-round showdown live in primetime on FOX and FOX Deportes Saturday, August 4 from NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter joined an international media conference call to discuss their upcoming fight.
Watch the full interview with WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder as he talks about how the negotiations for a unified title fight with British Champ Anthony Joshua fell apart.
Rising contender Ladarius Miller (16-1, 5 KOs) will face Dennis Galarza (16-3, 9 KOs) a 10-round lightweight match that headlines Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce Friday, August 3 from Sam's Town in Las Vegas.
Former 147-pound world champions Andre Berto (31-5, 24 KOs)and Devon Alexander (27-4-1, 14 KOs)will battle in a 12-round showdown that headlines a stacked night of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes live in prime time on Saturday, August 4 from NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Cuban heavyweight slugger Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz returns to action to face former world title challenger Razvan Cojanu in a 10-round bout on Saturday, July 28 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder sat down for an exclusive video interview with Brendan Schaub for the SHOWTIME Sports digital talk show BELOW THE BELT.
In the televised co-feature, Danny Roman defended his WBA Super Bantamweight World Championship with a unanimous decision over previously undefeated Moises Flores in a 12-round fight that was scored 116-112, 118-110, 120-108.
Rising star and IBF Welterweight champion, Errol "The Truth" Spence Jr. (24-0, 21 KOs) opened up the doors of The Star in Frisco, Texas to provide his hometown fans with the second defense of his title against undefeated Mexican fighter, Carlos Ocampo (22-1, 13 KOs).