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Mikey Garcia

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[Wikipedia] Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez, best known as Mikey Garcia, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2021. He held multiple world championships in four weight classes from featherweight to light welterweight, and challenged once for the IBF welterweight title.

Quotes by Mikey Garcia · Page 3

I'm small for 140.

Small

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I've had a stellar career.

Career

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I never had a dream to be a boxer.

Boxer

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I think I showed I'm resilient, I'm strong, I can go the distance against a bigger man and still box effectively.

Distance

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I'm not afraid to step up and take challenges.

Afraid

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You should not be taking advantage of anybody.

Advantage

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I could easily be defending my title against top contenders in the Top 10, but if they haven't been champions or their…

Champions

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We fight smart, fight intelligent, pick our shots, be very smart about how we place our feet. That's how we win.

Feet

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I want to be great. I want to prove to everybody that I am great.

Am

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I feel I have the power and the skillset to compete in any division up to welterweight.

Division

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I feel that my body is not made to be a natural welterweight. But my abilities and boxing skills will allow me…

Body

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My performances are getting people's attention, that's what I'm looking for.

Attention

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It's not OK for somebody to push a fighter into a corner and strong-arm him to accept whatever the promoter wants.

Accept

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You work hard. You have a dream. You don't give up.

Dream

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Robert Easter Jr. is a tough fighter who I have to take very seriously and I do, and that's why we did…

Diet

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I have a good fan base in Texas. It's almost like a second home.

Good

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I'm here to let everyone know I'm taking bigger fights and I'm not afraid on taking the bigger challenges.

Afraid

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There's always doubters, that's part of the game.

Always

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You've got to keep your eye on the prize, always want more and never settle for what you have.

Always

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I want to fight the top champions, I want to fight for titles.

Champions

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I want to get bigger and better fights, where people can recognize me as one of the better fighters in the world.

Better

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I'm always the favorite heading into fights. My accomplishments don't get credit because I'm supposed to win.

Always

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Boxing is for the poor man. A lot of people don't know what's going on, but I've been able to see it…

Awareness

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I made it a goal of mine to fight the biggest challenges, so that people can appreciate who I am as a…

Challenges

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I've been dropped. You get up, and you win the fight.

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