On July 28, 2018, Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs), the lightweight WBC champion, and the lightweight IBF champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Mikey Garcia is coming in to the fight on a 38-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Sergey Lipinets, 4 months and 18 days ago. Robert Easter Jr. is on a 21-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Javier Fortuna, 6 months and 8 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Mikey Garcia at 99-1 winning odds. Robert Easter Jr. really doesn't have much to present against Garcia.
Mikey Garcia defeated Robert Easter Jr. via unanimous decision and unifies the WBC and IBF lightweight titles. Garcia improves his record to 39-0, while Easter Jr. adds a loss to his record at 21-1.