Ryan Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Joe Goossen received a phone call from Ryan Garcia’s representatives on Thursday to see if he’d be open to coaching the budding star. By Friday night, the undefeated Garcia had announced he was no longer training with Eddy Reynoso and alongside Canelo Alvarez in San Diego.
Ryan Garcia believes he has to assume a sense of noblesse oblige in order for Gervonta Davis to fight him. The 23-year-old Garcia and 27-year-old Davis are two of the most popular fighters in the sport, but efforts to get both in the same ring have been so far unsuccessful. Garcia, who seems to believe that he has the higher Q score than Davis, says ordinarily he should command the bigger slice of the financial pot, but in the interest of getting the potential fight over the negotiating line, he says he would take a haircut on his purse: that means splitting the money equally, 50-50.
Ryan Garcia surprised the boxing world Friday night when he released a statement announcing that he was ending his 3 ½ year, undefeated five-fight run training under the auspices of Eddy Reynoso and alongside Canelo Alvarez. Instead, he opted to remain based nearby in San Diego and to train with respected coach Joe Goossen.
Ryan Garcia is not only back but with an entirely new supporting cast. The unbeaten lightweight dropped a stunning announcement ahead of his ring return, as he will now work under the guidance of renowned trainer Joe Goossen. The move comes two months out from Garcia’s upcoming fight with Ghana’s Emmanuel Tagoe (32-1, 15KOs), which takes place April 9 at Alamodome in San Antonio.
Ryan Garcia is set for his ring return. The moment will come versus a previously explored opponent, as the unbeaten lightweight contender will face Ghana’s Emmanuel Tagoe. Terms were finalized Friday afternoon for the fight, which will take place atop an April 9 DAZN show from Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
The line continues to grow for willing challengers to face newly crowned lineal and unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. Among them is an unbeaten contender in search of his own springtime opponent.
Ryan Garcia's biggest win of his life may have been the one he earned from outside the confines of a boxing ring. In a profile by Dan Rafael published in the Jan. 13 issue of Boxing News, the popular Garcia offered what is probably his most elaborate account thus far on the much-publicized psychic turmoil he faced last year and which abruptly ground his burgeoning career to a halt.
Ryan Garcia hopes that the year ahead is much kinder than the one he left behind. Plans are in place for the rising lightweight star to return to the ring in the coming months, with an opponent being finalized for a planned April 2 date. The fight will be his first in 15 months—assuming the date holds up—though it hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm to secure marquee names in his anticipated ring return and in the months to follow.
Social media can be a lot of things – good, bad and ugly. For Alex Martin, it was a lifeline from out of nowhere when his career needed it the most. “I saw Alex on YouTube and he fought Miguel Cruz and absolutely dominated him, but he lost,” said Long Island trainer / manager Joe Zagarino.
Ryan Garcia is teasing his return to the ring this spring. “My career resumes April 2,” Garcia revealed on YouTuber Noah Beck’s channel. “It should be in either Los Angeles or Las Vegas, most likely Vegas. So, I look forward to the announcement of the fight, of my opponent, and whatnot.”