Ryan Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz was eagerly anticipating an all-California showdown with Ryan Garcia. There could once again come a day when he can look forward to such a fight, though it will have to come with far greater assurances.
Ryan Garcia believes he found his first fight back in 2022. It remains to be seen whether the unbeaten lightweight contender jumps to the front of the line, but he was among the more interested observers for Saturday’s divisional championship bout on DAZN from Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City. In a massive upset, George Kambosos Jr. prevailed by split decision victory to dethrone previously undefeated lineal/WBA/IBF/WBO lightweight king Teofimo Lopez Jr. No sooner than the official verdict was announced, Garcia offered his services as the next challenger.
Joseph 'JoJo' Diaz Jr. didn’t miss a beat in training camp, even with the late switch in opponents and the stakes raised for his final fight of the year.
Ryan Garcia was in Las Vegas on Nov. 6 to watch Alvarez become undisputed super middleweight champion. As he was leaving the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Garcia responded Alvarez’s claims.
Canelo Alvarez made an eyebrow-raising revelation last week when he said stablemate and understudy Ryan Garcia was not seizing the opportunity to build on his superstar potential.
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez didn’t callously claim recently that Ryan Garcia is “wasting” his talent. The measured Mexican icon issued his opinion of Garcia’s career publicly to serve as “constructive criticism” of his stablemate, in hopes of motivating the former WBC interim lightweight champion once he recovers from recent surgery on his fractured right hand.
Ryan Garcia kicked off the year with a bang by knocking out 2012 Olympics gold medalist Luke Campbell. The win came with some adversity, as Garcia survived a second-round knockdown only to come back and score a seventh-round stoppage.
Days after enduring another hit to his career, Ryan Garcia found his silver lining. The unbeaten lightweight contender underwent successful surgery to repair damage to his right hand and wrist suffered during a recent sparring session. Garcia was discharged from Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center hours after checking in Monday afternoon for the emergency procedure.
Joseph Diaz Jr. clearly is skeptical of Ryan Garcia’s excuse for pulling out of their fight. Garcia announced Friday that he suffered a significant injury to his right hand while training, which will require surgery Monday in Los Angeles. That injury forced the undefeated Garcia to withdraw from a 12-round lightweight title fight against Diaz that was tentatively scheduled for November 27 in Los Angeles.
Ryan Garcia has withdrawn from another fight with a southpaw for the WBC interim lightweight title. Golden Boy Promotions announced Friday that Garcia sustained an injury to his right hand that’ll require surgery next week and prevent him from fighting Joseph Diaz Jr. next month. Diaz (32-1-1, 15 KOs), of Downey, California, was supposed to defend his WBC interim 135-pound championship against Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs), of Victorville, California, in a DAZN main event November 27 in Los Angeles.