How much is Mikey Garcia worth?
| Net Worth: | $3 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Boxer |
| Date of Birth: | December 15, 1987 (age 35) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
About Mikey Garcia
Mikey Garcia, whose full name is Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez, is an American professional boxer. His amateur career began when he was fourteen years old (in 2001). A couple of years later, he began racking up wins against multiple competitors such as Walter Estrada, Pedro Navarette, Matt Remillard, Rafael Guzman, and Juan Carlos Martinez.
Among some of his many achievements include a one-time lineal junior welterweight champion, one time WBO and Ring (magazine) featherweight champion, and the current (one-time) WBA and IBF world lightweight boxing champion.
Mikey Garcia is famous for his tremendous boxing career that most recently hit its peak. He was born on December 15, 1987, in Oxnard, California. Both of his parents are Mexican – Eduardo and Virginia Garcia. He’s a second-generation boxer whose father was also an amateur boxer and trainer of the world champion Fernando Vargas. He has an older brother, Roberto, who was also a boxer and IBF Super Featherweight Champion that retired in the early 2000s. Mikey has another brother, the oldest one, named Daniel, who was also a boxer and trainer.
At the age of fourteen, Mikey decided to become a boxer and this is when his amateur career started. He won his first award, a silver medal in 2003 at the National Junior Olympic Championship in the 125 lb division. The following year, he won a gold medal at the National Junior Golden Gloves Championships and a silver at the National Police Athletic League Championships. In what was the final year of his amateur career, in 2005, he won two more medals at the two championship events.
What made this wealthy boxing champion so rich were his 40 wins against various competitors. His professional career began in early 2006 when he signed a deal with Bob Arum’s boxing company Top Rank.
His very first match came in mid-July 2006 against Herrera Mendoza whom he defeated via unanimous decision. He continued to rack up victories throughout the next few years against the likes of Jorge Ruiz, Jae-Sung Lee, Walter Estrada, and Anthony Napunyi. By 2010, he had already earned an estimated net worth of over $500 thousand.
Also in 2010, he made his television debut in the award-winning television program American Latino TV, for an episode that focused on him and his professional career. Mikey welcomed the new decade with a lot of achievements and money. He won multiple prestigious championships such as the vacant IBF-USBA featherweight championship, WBC-NABF, and WBO-WBO-NABO featherweight championship. He was finally able to land high-quality bouts against Pedro Navarrete, Rafael Guzman, and Juan Carlos Martinez. From his wins over these three and many other competitors, he was able to earn an estimated $1 million dollars.
Since his name rose to stardom in the 2010s, Mikey has been proactively appearing on television. From 2011 to 2013, he was an audience member and guest on the HBO series HBO Boxing After Dark. Besides that show and the aforementioned American Latino TV, he also made sporadic appearances on television projects such as Top Rank Live, HBO Boxing, and Premier Boxing Champions. He has also starred in his own documentaries – 2 Days: Mikey Garcia, 24/7:Pacquiao/Rios, and All Access.
Being one of the most popular boxers in America is what makes Garcia such a successful athlete. His career really hit its peak in 2013 when his bout against Orlando Salido took place. After defeating Salido via unanimous decision, he was able to win the WBO and The Ring featherweight championships that he held on to for several months before moving to the welterweight division.
Overall, from his professional debut in July 2006 up until March 2019, Garcia was undefeated and had scored 39 wins over some of the most popular boxers. His first loss came against Errol Spence Jr. in a highly anticipated match that took Garcia lost via UD.
Summing-Up
Mikey Garcia is a second-generation boxer that comes from one of the most notable families in the sport. Over the course of his short career, he has been a boxing quadruple, featherweight, super-featherweight, lightweight, and light-welterweight champion. For the past 19 years, besides becoming one of the quickest rising stars in boxing, he has accumulated an estimated net worth of about $3 million and, most importantly, achieved the incredible record of 40 wins and 1 loss.
