Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez (born December 15, 1987), best known as Mikey Garcia, is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including the WBC lightweight title since 2017; previously he held the WBO and Ring magazine featherweight titles in 2013, the WBO junior lightweight title from 2013 to 2014, the IBF junior welterweight title from March to April 2018, and the IBF lightweight title from July to October 2018.
As of May 2018, Garcia is ranked as the world's fifth best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring; the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board; the Boxing Writers Association of America; and ESPN. He is trained by his father Eduardo and his brother, former world champion Robert Garcia. A well rounded fighter, Mikey is known as a boxer-puncher with strong fundamentals, formidable punching power, and adaptability.
Born to Mexican parents, Miguel Angel's father, Eduardo, was an amateur boxer and trainer of world champion boxer Fernando Vargas at La Colonia Youth Boxing Club. His older brother, Roberto was a professional boxer and a former IBF Super Featherweight Champion who lost his belt to the late Diego Corrales. His oldest brother, Daniel, was a boxer and trainer. He has been featured on ABC's show American Latino TV and he talked about balancing studies with the demands of boxing.