Mikey Garcia vs Jessie Vargas

[imp]

Why didn’t he face Loma at the time?

[Alpha]

Had an emergency and had to go.

I had it 8-4 Vargas (+ KD for Garcia).

115-112 Vargas.

[Master]

Garcia eyes Pacquiao after beating Vargas

Mikey Garcia wants to fight Manny Pacquiao after a unanimous-decision win over Jessie Vargas in Texas on Saturday.

Garcia was awarded the bout 116-111, 116-111 and 114-113 after controlling the second half of the fight – for the WBC diamond welterweight title – at the Ford Center at The Star.

The American, back at welterweight after the first loss of his professional career against Errol Spence Jr. last year, knocked down Vargas in the fifth round.

Garcia is eyeing either a bout with Pacquiao or a rematch with Spence, who holds the WBC and IBF welterweight titles.

"I have great options," he told DAZN.



"I'm ready to get back in with the best, I would love to get an opportunity to fight Manny Pacquiao, I want a rematch against Errol Spence.

"It would be a tremendous fight, I'm a little bit better now at this weight class."

Pacquiao, 41, last fought in July last year, beating Keith Thurman to claim the WBC welterweight title.

Meanwhile, Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez claimed the WBA super-flyweight title with a ninth-round TKO of Khalid Yafai in Texas.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/gar...060803995.html

[greynotsoold]

Bam Rodriguez won by tko8 on the undercard.

[Baal]

My scorecard

Mikey Garcia 114
Jessie Vargas 113
Garcia still has good power and timing at this weight but he needs to throw more often

Harris shows a wonderful heart and can only improve from this experience

[powerpuncher]

Despite this performance, I still think that IF Mikey can get a Pacquiao fight, that he wins. I say this because Pacquiao isn’t long like his last two opponents. Pacquiao also has problems with people who time time and counter him which is exactly what Mikey does well.

I can’t see any other reasoning for Mikey to stay at welterweight other than hoping for a Pacquiao fight. He can’t beat top guys there. He’s not big enough.