Ryan García ( born August 8, 1998 ) is an american professional boxer who held the WBC interim lightweight title from January to May 2021. As of October 2021, he is ranked as the populace ‘s third-best active lightweight by The Ring magazine [ 2 ] and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, [ 3 ] fifth by ESPN, [ 4 ] and seventh by BoxRec. [ 5 ]
Amateur career [edit ]
García started boxing at the age of seven. He became a 15-time national amateur champion and amassed an amateur record of 215–15. [ 6 ]
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Professional career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
García turned professional at senesce 17 on June 9, 2016. In his first professional bout, he fought against Edgar Meza in Tijuana, winning the match by TKO. García soon signed with Golden Boy Promotions in November 2016. [ 6 ] Oscar De La Hoya announced García would make his introduction on December 17, 2016, on the Smith-Hopkins light-heavyweight main event at The Forum. García won the contend by hard in the second round. [ 7 ] In September 2019, García extended his contract with a new five-year deal with Golden Boy Promotions. Specific details of the multi-year bargain were not disclosed. [ 8 ]
Rise up the ranks [edit ]
García vs. Duno [edit ]
Golden Boy announced García ‘s adjacent turn would be the co-main consequence of Canelo Álvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. On September 18, 2019, Romero Duno was announced as García ‘s next opponent. [ 9 ] García defeated Duno with a first-round knockout, capturing the WBC Silver lightweight championship. [ 10 ]
García vs. Fonseca [edit ]
On January 2, 2020, Golden Boy announced García would be facing Francisco Fonseca on February 14 at the Honda Center, Anaheim. [ 11 ] García landed seven punches in the fight before landing a lead left hook which knocked out Fonseca in the first gear circle. [ 12 ]
García vs. Campbell
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On October 8 it was announced García would be facing Olympic aureate medalist Luke Campbell for the interim WBC lightweight title at Fantasy Springs Resort, Indio, California. [ 13 ] The contend was in the first place scheduled on December 5, 2020, but was pushed back to January 2, 2021, with the venue changing to American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas due to Campbell contracting Coronavirus. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In round 2 of his fight with Campbell, Garcia had received his first knockdown of his professional career. He had survived the knockdown, as he gets up soon after hitting the analyze. subsequently on in the competitiveness, in round 7, Garcia had hit Luke Campbell with a contend ending body fritter. [ 16 ] CompuBox statistics show García outlanded Campbell 94 to 74 ( 32 % ) in total punches and 77 to 51 ( 44 % ) in power punches with Campbell outlanding García in dig 23 to 17 ( 15 % ). [ 17 ] The fight was ultimately Campbell ‘s last bout before his retirement. [ 18 ]
Cancelled bouts vs. Fortuna and Diaz [edit ]
On April 13, 2021, it was announced by DAZN that García would defend his newly won WBC interim lightweight style against Dominican former WBA ( Regular ) extremely featherweight champion Javier Fortuna. The turn was set for July 9 in a placement to be determined, and the achiever would become mandatary to WBC lightweight champion, Devin Haney. [ 19 ] however, on April 24, García announced he had withdrawn from the bust, in order to “ manage his health and well being ”. [ 20 ] Former IBF super featherweight champion Joseph Diaz agreed to move up to lightweight to fill in for García, and fight Fortuna on July 9. García was subsequently stripped of his newly crowned WBC interim whippersnapper title, with the championship being on the line for Diaz and Fortuna rather. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] On October 8, 2021, it was announced that García would be challenging Joseph Diaz in Los Angeles on November 27 for his WBC interim lightweight style, the lapp title García had held after beating Luke Campbell and was subsequently stripped of earlier in 2021. [ 23 ] On October 15, 2021, Mike Coppinger of ESPN revealed that García suffered a hand injury and the fight with Diaz will be postponed. [ 24 ]
personal life [edit ]
Ryan has three sisters, Demi, Sasha, and Kayla and a brother who is besides a professional boxer named Sean García. His parents are Henry and Lisa García. His parents were actively involved in his amateur career. They continue to assist Ryan with his professional career as his father remains one of his trainers and his mother works as his Personal Administrative Assistant for commercial projects. In March 2019, García ‘s daughter was born. [ 25 ] In December 2020 García ’ s irregular daughter was born. Although being american english by birth and nationality, García much incorporates his mexican inheritance into his persona. He often carries both the U.S and Mexican flags into the ring and frequently wears red, white, and bluing colors. [ 26 ] Though he does not speak spanish, he is presently trained by Eddy Reynoso, who besides trains Canelo Álvarez. however, his father Henry García translates as he remains second adjunct on the discipline team. [ 27 ] Garcia has revealed that he is a christian, and has uploaded a TikTok of himself being baptized. [ 28 ]
professional packing record [edit ]
Professional record summary
21 fights
21 wins
0 losses
By knockout
18
0
By decision
3
0
References [edit ]
Achievements
Vacant Title last held by
D’Angelo Keyes
WBC lightweight champion
Silver title
November 2, 2019 – January 2, 2021
Won interim world title
Vacant Title adjacent held byZaur Abdullaev
World boxing titles
Vacant Title last retain byDevin Haney
WBC lightweight interim champion
January 2 – May 24, 2021
Stripped
Vacant Title following held byJoseph Diaz