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Errol Spence Jr. vs Mikey Garcia
Date | March 16, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | IBF welterweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Spence Jr. defeated Garcia by Unanimous decision (120–107, 120–108, 120–108) |
Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mickey was a professional boxing welterweight championship match contested between IBF champion Errol Spence Jr. and four division champion Mickey Garcia.[1] The event took place on March 16, 2019 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington , Texas.[2] Spence Jr. won the fight via Unanimous decision, with two scorecards reading 120–108, and the third 120–107 all for Spence jr.[3]
The fight
[edit]Spence completely outclassed and dominated Garcia, using his superior reach to constantly land jabs to the head and body from a distance, landing 108 over the course of the fight. Garcia tried to close the distance, but with Spence's weight and height advantage, he was able to completely dominate Garcia even in the pocket. In rounds 8 and 9, Spence landed over 100 punches in two rounds, with the majority being power shots, constantly using lead hooks and uppercuts on the increasing backing up Garcia. In total, Spence landed 345 punches to Garcia's 75. Garcia was unable to land double-digit punches in any of the twelve rounds.
In the end, Spence Jr. was given a Unanimous decision win on the official scorecards, with judge Glenn Feldman scoring it 120-107. And judges Alex Levine and Nelson Vasquez both having it 120–108. Spence Jr. won and Mickey Garcia was defeated for the first time in his professional career and Spence successfully defended his IBF title for the third time.
Television
[edit]The fight was telecast on Fox Sports pay per view in the United States, Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and via FITE TV on pay per view outside of North America.
Fight card
[edit]Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
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Welterweight | Errol Spence Jr. (c) | def. | Mikey Garcia (c) | UD | 12/12 | Note 1 | |
Super middleweight | David Benavidez | def. | J'Leon Love (c) | KO | 2/12 | 1:14 | |
Super bantamweight | Luis Nery | def. | McJoe Arroyo | RTD | 4/12 | 3:00 | |
Heavyweight | Chris Arreola | def. | Jean-Pierre Augustin | KO | 3/10 | 2:03 | |
Heavyweight | Charles Martin | def. | Gregory Corbin | DQ | 8/10 | 0:53 | |
Super bantamweight | Fernando Garcia | def. | Marlon Olea | KO | 5/8 | 2:50 | |
Light middleweight | Thomas Hill | def. | Limberth Ponce | SD | 6/6 | ||
Light welterweight | Amon Rashidi | def. | Gabriel Gutierrez | KO | 6/6 | 0:24 | |
lightweight | Luis Coria | def. | Omar Garcia | KO | 2/6 | 0:53 | |
Bantamweight | Aaron Morales | def. | Fernando Robles | UD | 6/6 | ||
Super flyweight | Robert Rodriguez | def. | Fernando Ibarra De Anda | UD | 4/4 | ||
Cruiserweight | Adrian Taylor | def. | William Deets | UD | 4/4 | [5] | |
Super middleweight | Burley Brooks | def. | Randy Mast | KO | 1/4 | 1:16 | |
Super featherweight | Jose Valenzuela | def. | Christian Velez | KO | 4/4 | 1:40 |
^Note 1 For IBF welterweight titles
See also
[edit]- Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán, another Welterweight champion putting their championship (Leonard) against a lightweight champion moving up in weight (Duran), a bit over 40 years to this fight's date.
References
[edit]- ^ "Errol Spence Jr. to face Shawn Porter in welterweight unification fight this September". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ "Fight Night SAT, SEP 28, 2019 9pm ET Eastern Time/ 6pm PT Pacific Time Staples Center, Los Angeles, California". premierboxingchampions.com. Premier Boxing Champions. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ^ "Errol Spence Jr. earns split decision win over Shawn Porter to unify welterweight titles". www.cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ^ "Spence-Porter Undercard Results". fightnews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ^ "Lindolfo Delgado vs. Jesus Zazueta Anaya". www.tapology.com. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
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