Mickey Garcia: The most avoided fighter on earth?

I believe Mikey Garcia is the most avoided fighter on the planet. The only boxer who can arguably make that same claim to fame is one Errol Spence. Now I’ll tell you why both of those statements are bullet-proof.

Spence was the most avoided fighter alive, but that was before Mikey Garcia thoroughly spanked Adrien Broner. Garcia sonned Broner so badly and easily that it resulted in a litany of ’name’ fighters to suddenly experience the instantaneous shrinkage of their scrotum. In layman’s terms: they suddenly lost their balls.

Exhibit #1: Vasyl Lomachenko. Loma has been lauded by the shills at HBO, most notably Max Kellerman and Jim Lampley, as the number one pound-for-pound champion in all of pro boxing. To be certain, Loma is a gifted athlete, much more gifted as an athlete than as a pro fighter, his footwork and reflexes are superb, and his variety of punches and combinations gained by accomplishing positions allowing for a superior attack angle appears at times to be uncanny. His defense is sweet and his jab consistent. Unfortunately, for Loma, Kellerman, and Lampley; Loma has no power. He lacks the rarely gifted knockout punch. He wears an opponent down with a veritable potpourri of pecking shots. As seen in the movie classic, "The Birds", and in the Loma vs "Axeman" Walters fight, one can get their ass pecked to death. Mayweather’s last decade in the sport is the definition of pecking personified, so it can have its advantages. But "Money" was past his salad days when he gave up the ghost and decided to coast. Floyd in his prime, unlike Loma, could dish out gnarly ass-whuppings (see:Corrales and Gatti beatings). But unlike the slaughters Floyds was capable of in his hey-day, Loma does no such damage.

Top Rank’s Todd DuBoef was pissed to high heaven when Mikey schooled Broner. Through his tears of jealousy he remarked that Mikey’s shutout of Broner was not impressive. WTF? Broner was a four-division world champion looked at as the "A" side of that promotion. Mikey took Broner’s heart and had The Problem on his back foot the entire fight. This is the same Broner who despite getting mauled by Maidana, was rocking him in Round 12. Broner also floored former champ Shawn Porter in the 12th round of their brawl. Note: Porter is a huge welterweight and one of boxing’s most physical fighters.

For Mikey to have bitch-slapped and dominated Broner and not even suffer a scratch speaks volumes. All this despite Broner prepping with a grueling Arizona desert training camp. The crystal-clear conclusion is that Mikey Garcia is a bad-ass. Top Rank knows it. They were his former promoter before unmitigated gall and greed cost them to lose him.

Arum and his step-child, duh-Boef would rather eat jagged glass and crap razor-blades before risking their precious Loma in a prize fight with Mikey Garcia. They fear him; as does Loma. After the Garcia /Broner fight, Loma was quoted as saying that Mikey Garcia was not an A-class fighter. That’s like saying Betty Crocker knows nothing about cooking or that Snoop knows zero about the chronic. It’s a silly and ignorant statement borne from fear of the unknown. The unknown being the power Mikey Garcia wields in those hammer-like fists. Loma says all the "I’ll fight whoever they out in front of me" verbiage. But when Mikey Garcia unexpectedly ran up on him at the ESPN studios right after that quote, Loma appeared to soil his britches. Face to face, man to man, Loma melted. Mikey was so much bigger and stronger than Loma, that the Russian actually looked startled. He took the measure of Garcia, and, in a manner of speaking, rolled over into the prone position. Check out the UTUBE on that; no other interpretation is reasonable. Mikey Garcia merely stared in the eye and chuckled. Fear or doubt never crossed his countenance.

Conclusion: Loma will never fight Mikey Garcia. Remember--Orlando Salido beat Loma. So there. Right after the Mikey/Loma discussions by fans were heating up, Loma ran like Carl Lewis and had Top Rank make the low-risk ridiculous farce with Rigondeux. The tiny Cuban Rigo is almost child-like in stature compared to Loma. Quit it. He has as much chance as Beauty would fighting The Beast. Loma should be ashamed of himself. Arum and duh-Boef have been bereft of shame for decades, so no attempt to shame them shall be attempted. In summation, consider this: Mikey Garcia challenged Miguel Cotto to rumble. Now imagine Loma in the ring with Cotto. Yeah. That’s what I thought. Case closed.

Exhibit #2. Jorge Linares. At one time Linares was the Cinderella of boxing. Fast, flashy, and slashing combinations that were the best in pro boxing. His footwork was amazing and speed was his calling card. Linares has been jabbering about wanting Mikey Garcia for a unification, but Oscar is having none of that feeding him to the ravenous werewolf that is Mikey Garcia. Better for Linares to thump the bumbling bums called champions in England.

Exhibit #3. Mikey Garcia would love the money involved with crushing a big Brit name in England. But Crolla, Flanagan, and those of that ilk break out in hives at the mere thought of fighting Mikey Garcia. After Garcia showed his wares against Broner, no English promoter in their right mind will match their lad with the relentless Garcia. Where are you now Eddie Hearn?

Conclusion: GBP would gladly sacrifice Linares’s aging carcass for a promotional agreement with Mikey Garcia. Mikey is not ready to throw-in with GBP at this juncture as he has valid concerns that Oscar would have difficulties working deals with Al Haymon and Top Rank to deliver the monster names Mikey is seeking, but whom Uncle Al and Bob control. Again, as a measure of clarity: imagine 3-division world champion Jorge Linares in the ring with Miguel Cotto. Yeah. That’s what I thought too. Hard to picture.