What do you think of Mikey Garcia, and why?

I've seen mikey train and spar in the Gym, and he kept sharp with top notch sparring so the ring rust doesn't apply to mikey in this situation and he certainly didn't show any rust in his last outing versus Rojas imo.

That said Dejan is no Rojas. He's a pretty good fighter with good boxing skills and could fight on the outside if he chooses because he carry's the ability to do so, but he likes to come foward and put some pressure on you and get right in your grill to get his combinations off. And more importantly, he's a southpaw.

But if Dejan comes in aggressive like I think he will, because he's been quoted saying he's going to go for the knockout, so if he chooses to go down that Avenue with a guy like Mikey he's going to get knocked out. Mikey is one of the best counter punchers in the game and to try to impose your will and size on mikey those are dangerous risks in itself.

My pick is: Mikey TKO11. I just think Mikey is a better fighter all around, and will set up his shots nicely, while baiting Dejan to over commit and ultimately get stopped late. Don't be surprised to see multiple knockdowns in this fight!

 

I'd like to add, that Dejan has a chance. He's the natural lightweight and will be the Toughest fight Mikey has been in since Martinez and Burgess and I'll go further and say Dejan actually is the toughest fight of his career! Dejan will have his moments. It's going to be a good one and I can't wait!! WARRRR MIKEY!

 

Who the hell is he ?

 

Agree with Drenlou.....toughest fight of Mikeys career, but IMHO, Mikey is an elite and has a complete game.
Yeah, it seems he can get careless looking for fireworks, but he can also be a wiz on D when he needs to be, and in this fight he's gonna need to use his jab and footwork to maintain distance, and size to smother Zlet on the inside and his check hook to catch him coming in not throwing.

 

If Zlets chin is iron, it's going to the cards, close fight one way or the other and robbery will be tossed about between the EE/RU crowd and the Mex/AA demo.
Sadly, as an American, I hope Mikey wins clearly and not like Ward did getting the biggest gift of an elites career. Even bigger than May v Castillo 1.

 

This whole card could be a victim of multiple robberies, it's in Vegas after-all under Bob Bennett's criminal supervision.
Have these dumb promoters not learned yet not to stage fights in that corrupt ****hole?

 

Talented fight, highly mismanaged.

 

Agreed with everything except Ward-Kovalev and Floyd Castillo. Lol..

 

I like Mike. Think he is a well-rounded boxer-puncher who has the talent to become a really great fighter. The layoff didn't help but I think he still has the potential to be great.

 

I think Mikey wins a UD. He's a good fighter and is technically a level above Dejan IMHO. I think his defense is good enough to stop himself getting KO'ed by Dejan.

 

I actually went and watched some Dejans fight kid can fight no doubt. Mikey is levels above him. Dejan can win but if his gameplay is to be aggressive I just don't see it going well

 

Tough kid with pedigree, skills and pop who looked dominant at 126, but grew out of the division. He won't suddenly become ordinary at 135, but he won't be steamrolling guys either. He'll probably be looking to string together a few wins and set up a cash out fight/s.

 

I know nothing literally about the opponent, doesn't stop me from thinking Mikey all the way