This Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) will take on IBF champion Robert Easter (21-0, 14 KOs) in a unification bout, with the winner laying claim to having half of the 135-pound division’s major titles.
A four-division champion who’s widely considered one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the world, Garcia has beaten the likes of Orlando Salido, Rocky Martinez, Juan Manuel Lopez, and Adrien Broner. He is the rightful overwhelming favorite to hand Easter his first loss. If there isn’t much drama to be expected inside the ring this weekend, then what the future holds for Garcia after Saturday night is the real storyline.