Is Mikey Garcia ruining his career at 147 and missing out on 140?

No big money fights at 140.

147 is good for his legacy if he can beat any of the Top 5 and it would make him lots of money.

 

I want him to fight Taylor, Loma and Prograis at 140, but he's making more money and getting much bigger fights at 147. Hardly ruining his career.

 

i don’t like seeing him bloated fighting at 147lbs.

I also didn’t like him shelving himself in the prime of his career for 2 years... In order to get out of the Arum Top Rank $lave deal.

Now that he is calling the shots on his own career he is making much more money & fighting less.

We don’t like it but hard to fault the man.
His life , his business & right About now ... bidness is booming for Mikey!

 

Mikey is a diva. Crawford, Bradley, and Lomachenko have all expressed that Arum is the best promoter. All 3 re-signed w/ Arum.

 

147 has more names, and also he probably likes to eat a little more. But 140 would be better. He would have more power and do better. I remember how much harder Oscar Delahoya punched for 140 than at 147.

 

Mikey has plenty of power at 147. Never seen Vargas hurt like that. Not by Pac or Josesito or Bradley.

 

135 is where he really had a shot at building something (with a view to potentially asserting himself at 140 after that), if he hadn't packed on pounds in pursuit of welter money. I get it to an extent, but I feel it was a short-sighted decision.

His legacy, if he has one, is one of non-commitment and haphazardness. It lacks clear definition, a mess of fights with some familiar guys with little in the way of high stakes beyond a cheque here and a cheque there.

 

Bradley, Crawford & Lomachenko.

Are good & possibly great fighters.

But as far as being business oriented they are not say ...
Pacquiao, De la Hoya & Mayweather.
All great fighters & great business men who all left Arum for better business opportunities.

call them divas if you will. I’m sure Arum does.

but I’d rather be in Paquiao’s, de la hoya’s & Mayweather positions then Bradley’s Crawford’s & Lomachenko’s position.

& Im pretty sure Mikey Garcia feels the same way.

 

Hey!!! must be the money!!! if he gets a fight with Manny he makes more in 1 night than fighting 4 other guys at 140

 

If he intends to stay at Welter he could at least put some muscle on, instead of coming in flabby.

 

Mikey should be at 140. As has already been pointed out, he doesn't belong at the elite level of 147. Also, he does a lot of things well but isn't really great at any one thing. So moving up was a curious move.

There are more competitive fights at 140 that he could be involved in and win at the top level. Thus far he isn't ruining his career but another couple bad showings against the likes of a Manny or Crawford and that will about do it because he'll lose that luster.

Although Spence is a true welter... one would think Mikey could've made it more of a fight given the praise he receives for his technical ability. He looked in over his head though and that has to be taken into account.

 

I'll let his career play out before making that assumption...

 

he did look in over his head.
But to be fair to the man it was his 1st fight at that weight.
& he was taking on pretty much the consensus beast of the division ... that all but Kell brook had avoided at the time.