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Mikey Garcia ready to take WBO title

Wednesday January 16, 2013 2:12 PM By Marcus Henry

WBA/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady quot;GGGquot; Golovkin, left,

Photo credit: K2 Promotions

HBO's Boxing After Dark has a quality tripleheader set for Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

Mikey Garcia (30-0, 26 KOs) takes on WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (39-11-2, 27 KOs) in a 12-round featherweight bout. Garcia has turned heads in recent months. Some of that stardom is due in part to his trainer combination of his father Eduardo and his brother Robert Garcia.

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