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Ryan Garcia Star Keeps Shining: Weekend Afterthoughts

05/12/2023 Raymond 0

In the angle leading up to the Davis-Garcia match, the buildup and nature of the match was compared to Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney. It played out like that fight when the matinee idol hopeful revealed she wasn’t really ready for prime time. After Holmes-Cooney, Cooney remained a star, continuing on the pay-per-view with Michael Spinks and George Foreman. Although he lost, those fights helped set the table for Tyson-Spinks and Holyfield-Foreman. In the end, Garcia was too good and too big for Duarte.

Romero: The Ryan Garcia fight would be one of the biggest pay-per- view fights of the year if it were to happen.

04/12/2023 Raymond 0

However, Romero was glad that Garcia called him after the eighth-round knockout of Oscar Duarte at the Toyota Center in Houston. The WBA featherweight champion, who is recovering from an undisclosed injury, would welcome a rematch with Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) that he has long wanted in what Romero believes is one of the most marketable pay-per-view bouts in boxing.

De La Hoya on Ryan Garcia’s Future: I’m Proud of Him; We’ll Figure It Out as His Promoter for Many Years to Come

04/12/2023 Raymond 0

He did what he had to do,” De La Hoya told reporters after the fight. “That’s what you expect, a good fight. Oscar is a tough guy. That’s why I always said, ‘Man, I’m so surprised he picked him because Oscar is tough.'” But Ryan did what he had to do. “

Ryan Garcia: I entered the ring for the fight against Gervonta Davis with a rib injury, but I wasn’t going to pull out

30/11/2023 Raymond 0

“I had everything stacked against me—I had to cut the weight on top of [the rib injury],” Garcia remarked. However, I made this not about me, so it wasn’t. I turned it into a sport. I have always had a deep affection for the sport, but I know that some people will say negative things about it. I too got tired of the sport.