Ryan Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Two weeks ago, Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) made a big statement when he knocked out 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell to capture the WBC interim-lightweight championship in Texas. Garcia was decked hard by Campbell in the second round and managed to weather the storm.
Devin Haney can huff and puff all he wants, but the brick wall separating him from a fight with rising star Ryan Garcia is not going to topple over anytime soon – so long as Garcia has a say in the matter.
IBF, WBC Franchise, WBO, WBA lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez is not surprised with the growing number of boxers who are currently pursuing a fight with Ryan Garcia. Last weekend, Garcia captured the WBC's interim-lightweight title with a seventh round knockout of Luke Campbell.
If the Ryan Garcia vs. Gervonta Davis “superfight” is going to happen, it will need to involve their respective handlers. Given the bad blood between Oscar De La Hoya, Garcia’s promoter, and Al Haymon, Davis’ manager, that is no sure thing.
2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell admits that he was surprised with how quickly Ryan Garcia recovered after being dropped in the second round of their contest last Saturday night in Dallas, Texas.
In a recent interview, World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman was pressed about the confusing situation in the lightweight division - where currently there are three WBC champions. Teofimo Lopez, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF titles, is also recognized as the WBC's Franchise champion.
Promoter and former champion Barry McGuigan was ringside in Dallas, Texas, and watched rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia score a knockout win over Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell to capture the WBC interim-title.
Luke Campbell has no problem projecting where Ryan Garcia may go in his career, now that the dust has settled. “I think he beats Haney,” Campbell said, referring to WBC lightweight titleholder Devin Haney during an interview with IFL TV a couple of days after getting stopped by Garcia in their lightweight bout last Saturday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Luke Campbell may have let an opportunity of a lifetime slip from him in the pivotal second round of his fight against Ryan Garcia, but according to the Yorkshire man, to do so would have been to court disaster.