On October 16, 2021, a 33-year-old Mikey Garcia (40-1, 30 KOs) and a 28-year-old Spanish boxer Sandor Martin (38-2, 13 KOs) met in the ring.
Garcia came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 7 months, and 17 days. Martin was on a 9-fight win streak with a 32% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 23 days.
Sandor Martin defeated Mikey Garcia via majority decision in the 10-round fight. Martin improves his record to 39-2, while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 40-2.
On March 16, 2019, a 31-year-old Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs) got a shot at the welterweight IBF title held by 29-year-old Errol Spence Jr. (24-0, 21 KOs).
Garcia came in to the fight on a 39-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 16 days. Spence Jr. was on a 24-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months.
Errol Spence Jr. defeated Mikey Garcia via unanimous decision and successfully defended his IBF welterweight title. Spence Jr. improves his record to 25-0, while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 39-1.