Garcia vs Rojas Round by Round Fight Summary. Rounds are displayed numerically as columns. Each row will display one of the following: W for win, L for loss, KO for knockout, or TKO for technical knock out. An empty column means that data
is not available.
Fighter Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Garcia
No data available
No data available
No data available
No data available
Rojas
No data available
No data available
No data available
No data available
Highlights
–Elio Rojas used his jab and movement to outbox Mikey Garcia over the first two rounds, and landed a solid right hand late in Round 2.
–Garcia dropped Rojas midway through Round 3 with a left hand, and then floored him again 30 seconds later with a straight right.
–Garcia delivered a combination of punches in Round 5 that sent Rojas diving across the canvas, then finished him off seconds later with a potent left hook.
After 30 months without a fight, Mikey Garcia needed just two rounds before he started to look like his old self.
Garcia scored four knockdowns of former 126-pound champion Elio Rojas as he earned a fifth-round TKO in their 140-pound bout.
Garcia, a former world champion at 126 and 130 pounds, was competing for the first time since he decisioned Juan Carlos Burgos in January 2014 due to a prolonged legal battle with his former promoter.
Rojas was fighting for just the second time since losing a 126-pound title bout to Jhonny Gonzalez in April 2012, and for the first time since outpointing Robert Osiobe over eight rounds in August 2014.
Even so, the 33-year-old Dominican outboxed Garcia over the first two rounds, moving well as he worked mainly behind his jab.
Garcia, a 28-year-old Southern California native, began to find the range midway through Round 3 as he dropped Rojas with a right hand-left hook combination before again sending him to the canvas 30 seconds later with a straight right.
Rojas retaliated with some good shots over the next couple of rounds, but Garcia was seemingly unfazed as he continued his attack.
The end came in Round 5 as Garcia delivered a potent combination of punches that sent Rojas diving prone to the canvas, then finished him off seconds later with a solid left hook that sent Rojas backward and down.
Rojas rose to beat the count, but referee Eddie Claudio waved an end to the bout at the 2:02 mark.
It was the first time Rojas was stopped in his career.
Garcia improved to 6-0 with five KOs in his career against current or former world champions.
Mikey Garcia (left) proved too powerful for Elio Rojas with a fifth-round TKO Saturday night in their 140-pound bout in Brooklyn, New York. (Andy Samuelson/Premier Boxing Champions)
Having last punched somebody in an actual match 2½ years ago, Mikey Garcia has developed a bit of an appetite for destruction. Actually, the former two-division champion is downright starving.
Mikey Garcia witnessed last month’s epic Keith Thurman-Shawn Porter showdown from ringside at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and was blown away—not just by the performance of the two world-class fighters, but also by the raucous atmosphere.
Get Fight Alerts
Never miss a fight! Add our schedule to your calendar and receive a reminder before each PBC fight.
