WBC lightweight world champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) spoke to reporters about his Showtime-televised unification clash with IBF lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs) on Saturday night in Los Angeles. At 5’11 with a 76-inch wingspan, Easter has a considerable height and reach advantage over Mikey and that’s part of what makes this an intriguing matchup.

“I’ve seen him on several occasions and he’s a fighter,” says Garcia. “He’s had some tough fights and I think he’s had those tough fights because he allows it to get tough for himself. Because he’s a fighter, he likes to fight. He likes to exchange punches and gives up the height and reach advantage at times. But he’s always in the fight. He’s always punching. He’s dangerous. He has power.

“I think he might actually use his height and reach early on. So that’s something I have to be aware of. I have to be prepared. And that’s what we did in the gym. We worked on a lot of things to overcome those height and reach advantages. But I’ll make those adjustments.

“I have experience fighting a lot of different opponents, different styles, different heights. I’d say I’ll be prepared to do whatever it takes to win on the night of the 28th.”