After scoring his first career victory at welterweight, Mikey Garcia has some high hopes for his next fight.
The former four-division world champ defeated Jessie Vargas via unanimous decision on Saturday at 147 pounds. Garcia scored a knockdown in the fifth round and landed the better, cleaner shots for much of the night.
VARGAS IS DOWN pic.twitter.com/fxHe6NNImo
— DAZN USA (@DAZN_USA) March 1, 2020
After the bout, Garcia said that he wanted to continue at 147 and mentioned Manny Pacquiao or a rematch with Errol Spence Jr, who dealt him his first career loss in March of last year, as potential options for his next fight.
“I think I have great options. I would love to fight Pacquiao or a rematch with Spence. I’d like to continue campaigning at 147.” -Mikey
— Matthew Aguilar (@MatthewAguilar5) March 1, 2020
The 32-year-old Garcia began his career at featherweight and was fighting at lightweight as recently as 2018. He has always looked most comfortable at the 135-140 range, but Saturday’s win at welterweight clearly emboldened him. Pacquiao, meanwhile, has other, grander possibilities in play at the moment, but a bout against Garcia would make for a very compelling clash of styles.
