Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-01-28, pretty good fight between Mikey Garcia and Dejan Zlaticanin: it gets three stars.Both undefeated the Wbc Lw champion Dejan Zlaticanin entered this fight with a perfect record of 22-0-0 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.22 lightweight in the world while his opponent, the former world champion in two different weight classes Miguel Angel Garcia entered this fight with a boxing record of 35-0-0 (29 KOs=83%) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class. Both boxers fought just once last year: Zlaticanin beat Franklin Mamani (=Zlaticanin vs Mamani) while Garcia defeated Elio Rojas (=Garcia vs Rojas). Dejan Zlaticanin vs Mikey Garcia is valid for the WBC World lightweight title (Zlaticanin’s first defense); undercard of Carl Frampton vs Leo Santa Cruz 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-01-28
Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg)
Title: WBC World lightweight title
Zlaticanin’s previous fight: Dejan Zlaticanin vs Franklin Mamani
Garcia’s previous fight: Mikey Garcia vs Elio Rojas
Garcia’s next fight: Mikey Garcia vs Adrien Broner
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Zlaticanin vs Garcia Fight Video:
Official video
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Dailymotion and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Official highlights
I was scared they would not show the replay of the KO because I was temporarily looking at my keyboard to write something to Olivier. Poor performance by Zlaticanin but what a KO! I don’t think the shot behind the head was intentional.
Agreed, Matt. He couldn’t help the shot because he had repositioned and Zlaticanin was stumbling forward from the uppercut. Leaving that aside, the KO was as beautiful as they get. Mikey is a monster-scientist in the ring and his return just what we needed!
Compared to Loma he’s a rookie scientist
What I expected.
The height and reach advantage. Zlaticanin is not a pressure fighter.
At 5’4″ he would have had to been to stand a chance.
So who will Garcia fight next?
Anyone that matters?
Mikey is one of the best fighters in the world. It’s a shame he was put on the shelf for so long. Hopefully we get to see him vs. Lomachenko some time soon!