DALLAS--The last time Ryan Garcia was forced to go to the scorecards prompted significant changes in his career, specifically in his corner.

Four knockouts in as many fights have come with his union with renowned trainer Eddy Reynoso, though the narrative has somehow changed to wonderment over how the unbeaten lightweight will handle himself in the trenches. Those questions are expected to be answered this weekend, when Garcia faces England’s Luke Campbell (20-3, 16KOs) atop a DAZN-televised card from American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

“I expect this to be a great fight,” Garcia noted to DAZN’s Todd Grisham during Thursday’s final pre-fight press conference. “I’ve trained for a war. Luke is a tough guy. When he gets hit, when he gets dropped, he gets up and keeps going.  I’ve said, when he takes the shot and gets dropped, I’ve seen him get up and fight on.

“I think it’s gonna be a good fight. I’m just gonna give everything that I got.”

Garcia (20-0, 17KOs) has blown through the competition since joining forces with Reynoso, the 2019 Trainer of the Year who is best known for his career-long work with pound-for-pound king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. The move came shortly after a hard-fought 10-round majority decision win over Carlos Morales in Sept. 2018, with his four fights to have since followed lasting a combined total of less than nine rounds.

The streak is by no means due to a dumbing down of competition. Romero Duno and former two-time title challenger Francisco Fonseca were both expected to go rounds with the now 22-year old contender from Victorville, California; neither made it out of the opening round.

Rather than marvel over his improved physical strength, questions remain abound over what will happen once he’s forced to go rounds.

“It’s only because I haven’t let it happen,” Garcia emphatically noted. “I trained that hard to go 12 rounds. If it goes that way, [I’m ready to] go that way. If [Campbell] brings it out of me, he’s tough and can take a shot then that’s what’s going to happen. But I’m ready for it. They can say all they want that I can’t go 12 rounds. When I get in there, I train as hard as I can to adapt.”

With that came the idea to next face Campbell, a 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and top-rated contender from Hull, England. The 33-year old southpaw has been dropped four times in his career, including once each in all three career defeats but has never been stopped through 23 pro fights. Title fight losses to Jorge Linares and Vasiliy Lomachenko showed his mettle, which is the expectation heading into this weekend with Garcia.

“There’s a lot of unanswered questions because I haven’t had a chance to display that,” Garcia insists. “If they took me 10 rounds, 12 rounds, I would’ve went those rounds. I haven’t [given] them the chance because I seen my shot and I took it. If Luke can do it, he will do it.

“I’ve always said he’s a good fighter. I never said he wasn’t a good fighter. I just know with my skills and all the hard work I’ve put in, I’m confident I’ll come through.”

The scheduled 12-round interim title fight tops the first stateside show of 2021, with the DAZN telecast going live beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET. The expected ringwalk time for Garcia-Campbell is 6:00 p.m. ET.

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox