By Dan Ambrose: Ryan Garcia put the light-weight division on discover final Saturday evening by warning them that turning into for everyone to place them to sleep.
The undefeated former interim WBC light-weight champion Ryan, 23, has taken criticism from Canelo Alvarez and lots of boxing followers for not staying energetic along with his profession and missing the dedication wanted to achieve success.
It’s going to be robust for Ryan to abruptly begin displaying the dedication wanted for him to enhance sufficient to beat one of many high lightweights.
Has the cash ruined King Ry?
Ryan appears extra of a YouTuber sort of fighter than a real skilled, and that’s too dangerous. He has a strong left hook, however he’s not proven the starvation that we see from different younger light-weight contenders
Ryan’s web price is estimated at $10 million, and with that sort of cash, it’s clearly arduous for him to get within the health club and practice the way in which he must for him to enhance.
As soon as Teofimo Lopez vacates his IBF, WBA & WBO 135-lb titles, Ryan Garcia ought to get a shot at a type of belts. Relying on who Ryan fights for the vacated belt, he might win.
However what we’ve seen from Ryan in his hardest fights in opposition to Luke Campbell and Carlos Morales, he doesn’t possess the expertise to beat any of those fighters:
- Gervonta Davis
- Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz
- Richard Commey
- Vasily Lomachenko
- Devin Haney
- Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero
- Michel Rivera
- Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz Jr.
- Javier Fortuna
It could be a longshot for Ryan to beat even half of these fighters, and there’s a chance that he would lose to just about all of them.
“I perceive the place he’s coming from,” mentioned Ryan Garcia final Saturday evening in reacting to the criticism from Canelo Alvarez about him losing his profession by not being devoted.
“It’s all the time all love, I don’t take something personally,” King Ry continued. “I simply know that I had a tough 12 months however I’m totally recovered mentally and once I get again ]from surgically repaired hand], I’m coming for everyone’s heads that mentioned I’m not disciplined or nothing, I’m coming straight for them.
“I’m going to knock everybody out sleep, chilly. I’m coming for everyone. Destroy ‘em,” mentioned deluded-sounding Ryan.
King Ry fought solely as soon as in 2021, beating Luke Campbell to seize the WBC interim 135-lb title and turning into obligatory to WBC light-weight champion Devin Haney.
As a substitute of difficult Haney, Ryan handed up on the chance, saying he wished to combat Gervonta Davis and Manny Pacquiao. When neither of these fights materialized, Ryan’s promoters at Golden Boy Promotions matched up in opposition to Javier Fortuna for the principle occasion on July ninth. Sadly, Ryan pulled out of the combat because of anxiousness issues.
Golden Boy then negotiated a combat for Ryan Garcia in opposition to Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz Jr. for November twenty seventh on DAZN. This combat too went up in smoke due to a hand damage Ryan suffered throughout coaching. He’s now out for the rest of 2021, and never anticipated again till 2022.
