Mikey Garcia sets sight on Manny Pacquiao: ‘I can complicate things for him like Marquez’

MANILA - Four-division world champion Mikey Garcia is hoping to get a chance to test his mettle against eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao.

Garcia, who won titles from featherweight up to light welterweight, moved up to 147 pounds in March 2019 where he suffered a lopsided unanimous decision defeat at the hands of IBF world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr.

He bounced back with a unanimous decision nod over the Filipino’s old foe Jessie Vargas last February, then eventually tossed his hat in the Pacquiao sweepstakes.

“I would love the opportunity to fight Manny. He doesn’t have the height and reach advantage like Errol [Spence Jr]. So I think that makes the better fight for me,” Garcia told PBC on Fox.

“I know he’s going to engage, and I know he’s going to fight hard. He’s a legend, and I would love to add that to my resume, fighting the great Manny Pacquiao would be tremendous for my legacy,” he added.

“If I get a victory over him that definitely adds to what I want to accomplish with my legacy and those big triumphs.”

And while Pacquiao may very well enjoy a size advantage over Garcia, the latter warned that his style can pose serious problems to the reigning WBA world welterweight champion.

“I can fight really well, and I think my boxing style can complicate things a lot for him similar to how [Juan Manuel] Marquez complicated things for Manny in all those fights.” -MDM, GMA News