Ryan Garcia
Garcia in January 2021
Born (1998-08-08) August 8, 1998
Victorville, California, U.S.
Other names
  • The Flash
  • KingRy[1]
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm)[2]
Reach70 in (178 cm)[2]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[3]
Total fights25
Wins24
Wins by KO20
Losses1

Ryan Garcia (born August 8, 1998) is an American professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) interim lightweight title in 2021. As of May 2023, he is ranked as the world's fourth-best active lightweight by The Ring magazine,[4] seventh-best by BoxRec,[5] eighth-best by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board,[6] and the sixth-best active junior welterweight by ESPN.[7]

Amateur career

García started boxing at the age of seven and dreamed of one day representing the United States in the 2016 Olympics.[8] He became a 15-time national amateur champion and amassed an amateur record of 215–15.[9]

Professional career

Early career

Garcia turned professional at age 17 on June 9, 2016. In his first professional bout, he fought against Edgar Meza in Tijuana, winning the match by TKO. Garcia soon signed with Golden Boy Promotions in November 2016.[9] Oscar De La Hoya announced Garcia would make his debut on December 17, 2016, on the Smith-Hopkins light-heavyweight main event at The Forum. Garcia won the fight by knockout in the second round.[10]

In September 2019, Garcia extended his contract with a new five-year deal with Golden Boy Promotions. Specific details of the multi-year deal were not disclosed.[11] Garcia had a cancelled fight with Avery Sparrow.

Rise up the ranks

Garcia vs. Duno

Golden Boy announced Garcia's next bout would be the co-main event of Canelo Álvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. On September 18, 2019 Romero Duno was announced as Garcia's next opponent.[12] Garcia defeated Duno with a first-round knockout, capturing the WBC Silver lightweight title.[13]

Garcia vs. Fonseca

On January 2, 2020, Golden Boy announced Garcia would be facing Francisco Fonseca on February 14 at the Honda Center in Anaheim.[14] Garcia landed seven punches in the fight before landing a lead left hook which knocked out Fonseca in the first round.[15]

WBC interim lightweight champion

Garcia vs. Campbell

On October 8, it was announced Garcia would be facing Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell for the interim WBC lightweight title at Fantasy Springs Resort in Indio, California.[16] The fight was originally scheduled for December 5, 2020, but was pushed back to January 2, 2021, due to Campbell contracting Covid-19. The venue was also changed to the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.[17][18] In round 2 of his fight with Campbell, Garcia was knocked down for the first time in his professional career. He had survived the knockdown, as he got up shortly after hitting the canvas. Later on in the fight, in round 7, Garcia hit Luke Campbell with a fight-ending body shot.[19] CompuBox statistics show Garcia outlanded Campbell 94 to 74 (32%) in total punches, and 77 to 51 (44%) in power punches, with Campbell outlanding Garcia in jabs 23 to 17 (15%).[20] The fight was ultimately Campbell's last bout before his retirement.[21]

Cancelled bouts vs. Fortuna and Diaz

On April 13, 2021, it was announced by DAZN that Garcia would defend his newly won WBC interim lightweight title against Dominican former WBA (Regular) super featherweight champion, Javier Fortuna. The bout was set for July 9 in a location to be determined, and the winner would become the mandatory challenger to WBC lightweight champion, Devin Haney.[22] However, on April 24, Garcia announced he had withdrawn from the bout, in order to "manage his health and well being".[23] Former IBF super featherweight champion Joseph Diaz agreed to move up to lightweight to fill in for Garcia, and fight Fortuna on July 9. Garcia was subsequently stripped of his newly crowned WBC interim lightweight title, with the title being on the line for Diaz and Fortuna instead.[24][25]

On October 8, 2021, it was announced that Garcia would be challenging Joseph Diaz in Los Angeles on November 27 for his WBC interim lightweight title following Díaz's victory over Fortuna, the same title Garcia had held after beating Luke Campbell and was subsequently stripped of earlier in 2021.[26] On October 15, 2021, Mike Coppinger of ESPN revealed that García suffered a hand injury and the fight with Diaz will be postponed.[27]

Catchweight

Garcia vs. Tagoe

On February 4, 2022, it was announced that Garcia would be returning to the ring after a long spell of inactivity against former IBO lightweight champion Emmanuel Tagoe on April 9. He easily dominated Tagoe and scored a knockdown in Round 2, winning a unanimous decision with the scores of 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109.[28]

Light welterweight

Garcia vs. Fortuna

On July 16, 2022, Garcia faced Javier Fortuna in a super lightweight bout in Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Garcia dominated the fight scoring knockdowns in rounds four, five and six, with the referee stopping the fight after the third knockdown. All the judges had scored the fight identically 50–43 prior to the stoppage, giving Garcia every round.[29][30] Garcia received praise for his performance, which was described as being an improvement over his performance against Tagoe.[29]

Return to catchweight

Garcia vs. Davis

On February 24, 2023, it was announced that Garcia would face Gervonta Davis on April 22, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a 136 lbs catchweight contest. [31] The long awaited bout was a joint PPV event between Showtime and DAZN.[32] Davis knocked down Garcia in the second round and then also in the seventh round from a body shot. Garcia was unable to rise on the referee's count of ten, leading to Gervonta Davis being declared winner via KO. Following the fight, Garcia was criticized by some boxing figures for not rising in the seventh round. In an appearance on Max on Boxing, Timothy Bradley said that Garcia "quit," stating: "Listen to me. If you can get up at 11, why can’t you get up at 9? If you can look up, you can get up, Max, and he chose not to."[33] Promoter Eddie Hearn stated, "you can’t say that he didn’t quit. But I don’t blame him for doing it, like most people in that position would’ve done that. But quitting is deciding not to continue and he decided not to continue."[34] This was Garcia's first loss as a professional.[35]

Garcia vs. Duarte

Garcia faced Oscar Duarte at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The fight took place on December 2, 2023.[36] Garcia won the fight by KO in the 8th round after landing a combination late in the round rendering Duarte unable to beat the count of the referee.

Personal life

Garcia comes from a large family. His parents have been actively involved with his career since he was an amateur. They continue to assist him with his professional career as his father remains one of his trainers and his mother works as his Personal Administrative Assistant for commercial projects. Garcia attended Adelanto High School before leaving due to amateur boxing commitments.[37] In March 2019, Garcia's daughter was born.[38]

Although American by birth and nationality, Garcia often incorporates his Mexican heritage into his persona. He often carries both the U.S. and Mexican flags into the ring and frequently wears red, white, and blue colors.[39] He was trained by Eddy Reynoso, who also trains Canelo Álvarez and Óscar Valdez at their gym in San Diego, California, from October 2018 to February 2022.[40] He is now trained by Derrick James.[41]

In December 2022, Garcia began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Rener Gracie.

In January 2024, his third child, a son, was born, just hours before the announcement of his divorce from his wife. [42]

Television commercials

During 2021, Garcia signed a deal with sports drink Gatorade to appear on television commercials advertising the brand, thus becoming the first American boxer ever to appear on a Gatorade campaign.[43] On some commercials, Garcia appears with NBA basketball star Damian Lillard.

Professional boxing record

25 fights 24 wins 1 loss
By knockout 20 1
By decision 4 0
Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
Win 24–1 Oscar Duarte KO 8 (12), 2:51 Dec 2, 2023 Toyota Center, Houston Texas, U.S.
Loss 23–1 Gervonta Davis KO 7 (12), 1:44 Apr 22, 2023 T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Win 23–0 Javier Fortuna KO 6 (12), 0:27 Jul 16, 2022 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Win 22–0 Emmanuel Tagoe UD 12 Apr 9, 2022 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Win 21–0 Luke Campbell TKO 7 (12), 1:58 Jan 2, 2021 American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S. Won vacant WBC interim lightweight title
Win 20–0 Francisco Fonseca KO 1 (12), 1:20 Feb 14, 2020 Honda Center, Anaheim, California, U.S. Retained WBC Silver lightweight title
Win 19–0 Romero Duno KO 1 (12), 1:38 Nov 2, 2019 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Won WBO–NABO and vacant WBC Silver lightweight title
Win 18–0 Jose Lopez RTD 2 (10), 3:00 Mar 30, 2019 Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
Win 17–0 Braulio Rodriguez KO 5 (10), 1:14 Dec 15, 2018 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
Win 16–0 Carlos Morales MD 10 Sep 1, 2018 Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
Win 15–0 Jayson Vélez UD 10 May 4, 2018 StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S. Won vacant WBC-NABF and WBO–NABO super featherweight titles
Win 14–0 Fernando Vargas Parra KO 1 (10), 2:55 Mar 22, 2018 Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S. Retained WBC-NABF Junior super featherweight title
Win 13–0 Noe Martinez Raygoza TKO 8 (8), 1:45 Dec 16, 2017 Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada
Win 12–0 Cesar Alan Valenzuela TKO 3 (8), 2:59 Nov 2, 2017 Casino Del Sol, Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Retained WBC-NABF Junior super featherweight title
Win 11–0 Miguel Carrizoza KO 1 (8), 0:30 Sep 15, 2017 MGM Grand Marquee Ballroom, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Won vacant WBC-NABF Junior super featherweight title
Win 10–0 Mario Macias KO 1 (4), 1:14 Jul 15, 2017 The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
Win 9–0 Tyrone Luckey TKO 2 (6), 2:20 May 6, 2017 T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Win 8–0 Devon Jonnes KO 2 (6), 0:55 Feb 3, 2017 Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Win 7–0 José Antonio Martínez KO 2 (6), 2:00 Dec 17, 2016 The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
Win 6–0 Mario Aguirre RTD 2 (4), 3:00 Oct 14, 2016 Sportsmen's Lodge, Studio City, California, U.S.
Win 5–0 Jonathan Cruz TKO 2 (4), 1:44 Aug 17, 2016 Exchange LA, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Win 4–0 Cristian Jesus Cruz UD 4 Jul 27, 2016 Rancho Grande Bar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win 3–0 Luis Lozano TKO 1 (4), 1:40 Jul 7, 2016 Rancho Grande Bar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win 2–0 Hector García TKO 1 (4), 1:12 Jun 24, 2016 Billar El Perro Salado, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win 1–0 Edgar Meza TKO 1 (4), 2:55 Jun 9, 2016 Rancho Grande Bar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Pay-per-view bouts

United States
No.DateFightBuysNetworkRevenue
1 Davis vs. Garcia 1,200,000[44] Showtime/DAZN $102,000,000
Total sales 1,200,000 $102,000,000

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