Coach Robert Garcia shared in December that his brother and former four-division champion Mikey Garcia was considering ending his transient retirement.
One month later, the coach is couching his feedback and clarifying the matter, indicating that Mikey is certainly staying on the sidelines.
“Mikey just isn’t coming again,” Robert informed IZQUIERDAZO. “He took the choice of not combating anymore, and that’s not going to alter.”
“I do know my brother very nicely, and we’ve joked about that. There have been tales that he’s fascinated with returning to boxing, however there are simply jokes that we’ve informed to one another.”
“He has no plans of coming again. He’s having fun with life, caring for his son, who’s 7 years previous and is coaching, he takes him to the fitness center. We have now launched movies with Mikey saying that he’s trying to come again, however that’s not true. He takes his son to coach, he’s doing numerous issues, working his enterprise. He’s doing nicely, and in actuality, there isn’t any plan for him to return again to boxing.”
In June, the 35-year-old Garcia (40-2, 30 KOs) quietly retired.
He ended his 15-year profession shedding two out his final three fights in opposition to Errol Spence Jr. in 2019 and Sandor Martin in 2021. The large upset loss to Martin was the final struggle of Garcia’s profession.
Garcia beat the likes of Adrien Broner, Sergey Lipinets, Robert Easter Jr., Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, and Orlando Salido all through his profession.
Final month, Robert stated the next in regard to his brother’s doable return to the game: “He’s fascinated with it. He’s really fascinated with it. He’s been again within the fitness center the previous couple of weeks.”
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