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The Higher Self with Danny Morel

136 - The Champ: Mikey Garcia

The Higher Self with Danny Morel

Danny Morel

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.5861 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Despite how they might appear on the surface, the world of boxing and the world of business have a lot in common. Both rely on dedication, drive, and teamwork. On this episode, Danny welcomes lightweight world champion boxer Mikey Garcia, to talk about Mikey’s rise to professional boxer, the people Mikey relies on, and how he came back after a 2 year forced break from boxing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome everybody to another episode of the Danny Morel Show. We got a special one today, guys. This is one of the rising stars in the world of boxing right now. I'm going to dig deep to find out what it takes to become a champion, to find out what it takes to stay humble along the way, to find out what hard work means. Because I think that whether you're an entrepreneur, an athlete,

0:22.0

whatever it is, the principles of success never change. And so guys, I want to welcome to the show

0:28.9

the champ 38 and O, Mr. Mikey Garcia. Michael, welcome to the show, man. Thank you. I appreciate it.

0:34.8

You know, nice to be here. Yeah. I'm an invitation. Yeah. I love it. You know,

0:39.3

I like about this guy already? He seems so gentle, but he will whoop your ass. Like, right?

0:45.5

Such a nice guy, but he will take you down, right? So look, why don't we do this? For the people who

0:51.3

know you, obviously, I know that they're excited to see you, but maybe some

0:54.4

may not know you. Tell us about your story. Tell us about how boxing got started. Well, we,

0:58.8

as a family, my dad started with my older brothers. My brother Danny was boxing and my brother

1:07.8

Robert was fighting. My dad was in charge of a local gym in Oxnard.

1:13.4

We come from Oxnard.

1:14.7

We have an office out there.

1:15.7

Do you have?

1:16.2

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:16.9

I actually know Fernando.

1:17.9

Fernando?

1:18.4

Yeah, yeah.

1:18.9

Well, my dad started Vargas.

1:20.3

Did he really?

1:20.8

The whole time.

1:21.4

Okay, cool.

1:21.9

So I grew up in it.

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