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Oscar De La Hoya apparently is not always interested in giving a promoter’s usual partisan answer. The head of Golden Boy Promotions was asked recently on social media on who he thinks would win in a matchup between his ace client Ryan Garcia and the current unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez.
Joseph Diaz last entered the ring as a willing replacement for Ryan Garcia, with every intention of facing the unbeaten lightweight in his next fight.
Unbeaten lightweight star Ryan Garcia is back from his hiatus with a plan. Garcia is being lined up for a year-end showdown with Joseph "JoJo" Diaz, but his main target is fellow star Gervonta Davis. The 23-year-old Garcia has been out of the ring since January, when he got off the floor to score a knockout of Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell.
Oscar De La Hoya is planning to gift boxing fans the most desirable fight he can make from within his Golden Boy Promotions stable this holiday season. “I'm working on Ryan Garcia versus JoJo Diaz on DAZN by the end of the year in Los Angeles. Tell me how good is that?” De La Hoya said during an Instagram Live session on Saturday night. “That's the fight I'm trying to work on. Ryan Garcia and JoJo Diaz deserve the best opponents for each other.”
Promoter Eddie Hearn is frustrated by the WBC’s decision to order Joseph Diaz to face Ryan Garcia, but says he has been told in writing that they would be happy for Diaz to face WBC lightweight champion, Devin Haney.
Devin Haney remains on the hunt for his next title defense while the last two opponents he has expected to fight are instead ordered to face each other. Four mandatory title fights and eliminators were revealed by the World Boxing Council (WBC) as either in progress or due to be ordered. Among the lot is a potential lightweight clash between Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18KOs) and former IBF junior lightweight titlist Joseph Diaz (32-1-1, 15KOs), with the bout in discussion for weeks and now coming with the WBC’s blessing.
Don’t expect the two top stars of the lightweight division to face each other anytime soon, if Ryan Garcia’s latest remarks are anything to go by. The Instagram star from Victorville, Calif. recently stated that he does not expect to face Baltimore’s Gervonta Davis inside the ring in the foreseeable future, a matchup that Garcia seemed to be keen on only as recently as this summer. A Davis-Garcia fight would pit two of the biggest names of the younger generation in boxing; Davis is 26, while Garcia is 23.
Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell, who recently retired from the sport, has given praise to WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney. At the same time, Campbell is shaking his head over the ongoing situation where the top fighters at 135-pounds are failing to fight each other.
Rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia is rested, recuperated and recovered from the mental health issues that abruptly halted his ascending career earlier this year. The soon-to-be 23-year-old Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) announced on social media that his return to the ring is imminent.
Two division champion Timothy Bradley is backing Gervonta Davis to stops Ryan Garcia in a battle of undefeated up-and-coming stars. Davis and Garcia have been trading words since last year. Garcia saw action back in January, when he picked up the biggest win of his career when he knocked out Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell.