Ryan Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Oscar De La Hoya is confident beating Luke Campbell will change a lot of the public’s perception of Ryan Garcia. The 21-year-old Garcia’s promoter expects the unbeaten lightweight contender to battle Campbell next. The WBC has ordered a Garcia-Campbell bout for its interim lightweight title.
Jayson Velez believes in Ryan Garcia. The Puerto Rican veteran is one of only three of Garcia’s 20 pro opponents who’ve gone the distance with the unbeaten lightweight contender. Velez, who lost a 10-round unanimous decision to Garcia in May 2018, has noticed numerous improvements in the 21-year-old Garcia since their fight.
Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell is highly motivated to get in the ring with the division's rising star, undefeated Ryan Garcia. Recently, the World Boxing Council ordered Campbell and Garcia to collide for the vacant WBC interim-lightweight world title.
Golden Boy Promotions President Eric Gomez, who promotes unbeaten Ryan Garcia, says his boxer is demanding fights like Luke Campbell. The World Boxing Council recently ordered Garcia and Campbell to fight each other for the vacant WBC-interim lightweight world title.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes unbeaten lightweight contender Ryan Garcia, is hoping to finalize a world title eliminator with Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell.
Veteran trainer Eddy Reynoso, who commands the corners of fighters like Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Oscar Valdez, is also the head coach for rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia. Reynoso helped groom Canelo to his current superstar level and he believes Garcia has the ability to reach the same mountain.
The WBC ordered an interim lightweight title fight between Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell last week, and the war of words has already started between the two fighters. Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs), a 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is promising to pump the brakes on the up and coming prospect Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs).
Undefeated WBC lightweight champion, Devin “The Dream” Haney (24-0, 15 KOs), sounds off, putting the big names surrounding his weight class on notice as he awaits the announcement of this next fight. In addition, Haney gives his thoughts on his next fight during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the mental and physical benefits of being quarantined.
Ryan Garcia is at odds with Golden Boy Promotions yet again. The popular, unbeaten lightweight contender can’t help but wonder whether his promoters have the same confidence in him as Garcia has in himself. Garcia reportedly wants to fight Luke Campbell next for the WBC’s interim 135-pound championship, but he also has the option of facing Emmanuel Tagoe in a WBO eliminator.
Ryan Garcia is officially ready to pursue the World Boxing Council (WBC) title. BoxingScene.com has learned that the unbeaten lightweight contender will no longer proceed with negotiations for a title eliminator as ordered by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). Garcia briefly entered talks with Ghana’s Emmanuel Tagoe (31-1, 15KOs) for a bout to have determined the mandatory challenger for unified lightweight titlist Vasilily Lomachenko.