By: Sean Crose
“Ryan Garcia I believe wants to come back in March,” Oscar De La Hoya mentioned in an interview not too long ago posted by Fight Hub. “I think that’s ideal…it could be a big year for Ryan.” And a type of figures who may assist make 2024 be a giant yr for Garcia is one Rolly Romero, the present WBA light-weight champion. “He’s expressed a lot of interest in fighting Rolly,” De La Hoya mentioned of Garcia. “If that’s the fight we have to negotiate so be it.” After being stopped by Gervonta Davis in 2022, Romero went on to win his WBA title belt by stopping Ismael Barroso earlier this yr.
Garcia, in fact, has been defeated by Davis himself, getting knocked out by the fighter often known as “Tank” again in April. Since that point the favored Californian has confronted Oscar Durate, who he knocked out round two weeks in the past at Houston’s Toyota Center. With all this being mentioned, each Garcia and De La Hoya additionally expressed curiosity in going through WBC junior welterweight king Devin Haney after Haney’s extraordinary win over Regis Prograis final weekend in San Francisco. “Haney is Good no doubt,” Garcia claimed, “but I know him all to well and I will beat him. Good stuff tonight congrats but this year we are going to run it!!!”
De La Hoya additionally went public, claiming he needed Garcia to fulfill Haney within the ring. “I’m going to push for @RyanGarcia vs @Realdevinhaney,” he said, “let’s go!!!!” With that in thoughts, Haney himself expressed curiosity in making the battle occur, including that he’s been after Garcia for years. The backside line? That a fighter as well-liked as Garcia has many attainable opponents out there, even when that fighter has been not too long ago defeated, as Garcia has. Indeed, Garcia’s social media presence, attractiveness, and thrilling ring model make him a profitable choice for any prime combatant in his basic weight class.
Sure sufficient, De La Hoya posted the next on Sunday: “As @RyanGarcia promoter the big fight is @Realdevinhaney next. Who wants to see it? Or @ShakurStevenson next.” He then on Monday posted a ballot asking if followers needed his fighter to face Haney subsequent, or Shakur Stevenson (Haney gained the ballot). Throw within the reality there had been speak of Garcia going through fellow energy puncher Teofimo Lopez and there’s little doubt that, despite his loss to Davis, Garcia stays one of the vital notable fighters on the planet, one who can carry within the eyeballs and {dollars} all fighters hope to realize.
*Image: Golden Boy Promotions
