On July 28, 2018, the 27-year-old IBF lightweight champion, Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs), and the 30-year-old WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Easter Jr. came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 8 days. Garcia was on a 38-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Mikey Garcia defeated Robert Easter Jr. via unanimous decision and unifies the IBF and WBC lightweight titles. Garcia improves his record to 39-0, while Easter Jr. adds a loss to his record at 21-1.