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A great victory for Ryan Garcia as he came off the canvas to outland Luke Campbell 77-51 in power shots, landing 43.8% of them. 32 of Garcia's 94 landed power shots were to the body including the one that stopped the fight.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney, expects the World Boxing Council to now order a fight with mandatory challenger Ryan Garcia. On Saturday night at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas, Garcia scored a sensational knockout of another Hearn promoted fighter, 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell.
Undefeated Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) has claimed the interim-WBC lightweight title after knocking out Luke Campbell in the seventh round at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas.
A few months ago, Golden Boy Promotions suffered a big blow when company superstar, Canelo Alvarez, broke away from their organization. They now have a new superstar in the making. On Saturday night at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas - lightweight contender Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) proved to the boxing world that he was the real deal.
Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell had been dropped in the past, by Jorge Linares and Vasiliy Lomachenko, but says he was never hit by anything that was harder than Ryan Garcia's body shot.
DALLAS—Ryan García was met with the toughest test of his career, overcoming the scariest moment of his career to prevail in the first big fight of 2021. The unbeaten lightweight from Victorville, California was forced to overcome the first knockdown of his career to return the favor tenfold. García scored a one-punch 7th round knockout of former two-time title challenger Luke Campbell, earning the interim WBC lightweight title in the process. García recovered from a 2nd round knockdown to drop England’s Campbell with a left hook to the body to produce a ten-count at 1:58 of round seven in their DAZN main event Saturday evening in front of a sold-out crowd at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Garcia, Campbell Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) and Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) made weight in Dallas, Texas ahead of their 12-round showdown for the interim WBC Lightweight Championship. They were joined by undercard fighters from the event including world champions Rene Alvarado (32-8, 21 KOs) and Felix Alvarado (35-2, 30 KOs) and many others. (photos by Tom Hogan/Hogan Photos)
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.
Ryan Garcia reacted Thursday as if he has grown tired of hearing how he has never gone 12 rounds. The popular, polarizing Garcia is scheduled to fight 12 rounds for the third time Saturday night against Luke Campbell. Only three of his 20 professional bouts before this fight for the WBC interim lightweight title have lasted past the fifth round, and none have gone beyond the 10th round.
Featured in the latter is one of the sport’s rising stars in Ryan Garcia, who next embraces arguably his toughest test to date. The 22-year old unbeaten lightweight contender will face England’s Luke Campbell (20-3, 16KOs) atop a Jan. 2 show, presented live on DAZN in front of a socially-distanced crowd at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.