The 4 Greatest Opponents for Ryan Garcia’s Subsequent Battle

And identical to that, Ryan Garcia is atop the boxing mountain.

He is not a world champion due to a weight miss previous to Saturday’s battle with Devin Haney, however that was a mere footnote by the point 12 rounds have been full and Garcia, a prohibitive underdog, had dropped Haney 3 times on the way in which to a majority-decision win.

It was simply probably the most important achievement in a profession that he started as a 17-year-old in Tijuana and was nonetheless trying to rebuild after a seventh-round KO loss to Gervonta Davis in a pay-per-view principal occasion precisely one 12 months in the past Monday in Las Vegas.

The environment on the Barclays Middle was “electrical,” in accordance with longtime HBO blow-by-blow man Jim Lampley, who was ringside in Brooklyn co-hosting a chat for PPV.com.

“A number of reporters requested me through the week ‘What can Garcia do to disrupt Haney’s craft benefit?’” he informed Bleacher Report. “Probably not figuring out however guessing, I informed all of them, ‘He could solely must land one left hook.’

“Increase. I used to be proper. He has an amazingly fast set off and A-bomb energy. By the way in which, what was probably the most irrational guess? Garcia by resolution. Presto! Theater of the sudden.”

The B/R fight staff digested the shock end result and compiled an inventory of engaging choices for Garcia’s subsequent ring look. Check out what we got here up with and drop a considered your individual within the feedback.

It is the knee-jerk response when a champion is upset.

Rematch.

Provided that Garcia did not win Devin Haney’s title belt attributable to his weight miss and that Haney was allowed to retain the strap despite the loss, it’d make good sense if the fighters received collectively for an encore of their surprisingly entertaining and combative affair.

Each Garcia and Haney endorsed the concept within the quick Sunday morning aftermath however each Garcia and promoter Oscar De La Hoya threw water on a return bout for the title after they mentioned the winner’s subsequent battle would take place at welterweight.

Garcia boiled right down to 135.5 kilos for his loss to Gervonta Davis final April however was 143 earlier than defeating Oscar Duarte in December and weighed 143.25 for the Haney battle. Haney was in his second battle at 140 and had mentioned climbing to welterweight, so it would not be out of the query for the second go-round with Garcia to go off at a better quantity.

The curiosity is actually there.

They’re among the many signature fighters of a brand new technology.

Each Garcia and Teofimo Lopez are lively on social media, not shy about speaking trash, and are among the many energy brokers at (or round, in Garcia’s case) 140 kilos.

Lopez was a multi-belt champ at 135 earlier than climbing to shock WBO junior welterweight incumbent Josh Taylor final June and a subsequent bout with Garcia was mentioned earlier than Lopez turned down the offer due to what he deemed a paltry $1.5 million purse.

The stunning weekend end result, although, may change issues.

It is doubtless a battle with Garcia would generate extra buzz and thus extra cash for Lopez now that “KingRy” has regained relevance, and a match with Lopez would permit the upset Brooklyn winner so as to add yet one more high-profile title to his resume.

Garcia signed off on the prospect as just lately as February.

“After I beat Haney, I would form of prefer to battle Teofimo,” he said. “I feel that is my subsequent one. We will break the web much more. We will break the web much more.”

It is not the sexiest choose on the market by any stretch.

The truth is, we’ll go on document saying we might strongly choose both Haney, Lopez or the likes of Shakur Stevenson right here. But when Crew Garcia is severe in regards to the thought of leaping weight courses once more and not one of the high-profile suitors at 135 or 140 go for it, there is a good likelihood they’re going to maintain it within the Golden Boy household for his debut at 147.

That’d imply somebody like promotional teammate Alexis Rocha will get the decision for a match that’d be simple to make, and, given Rocha’s losses to arguably the 2 finest opponents he is ever confronted, most likely simple for Garcia to win as properly.

Rocha was on document saying he’d be interested in challenging Garcia for a bout at 140 final fall, days earlier than he was dropped 3 times and stopped in seven rounds by Giovani Santillan on the Kia Discussion board in Inglewood, California. It was his second loss in 25 bouts, however he is bounced again since with a stoppage of Fredrick Lawson on March 30.

He is taller than Garcia, fights as a southpaw, and has 16 KOs in 24 wins throughout an eight-year profession spent completely at welterweight. After all, if he isn’t deemed worthy, then De La Hoya may all the time flip to a different Golden Boy shopper like Vergil Ortiz Jr., although he could also be saving that one for an encore assuming the transition to 147 goes properly.

Keep tuned.

Into each bag-chasing life, just a little Jake Paul should fall.

After all, usually, it is only a approach for a wannabe to generate buzz.

However Garcia’s already that man. He is received as many clicks as he wants. So when Paul’s title is in his mouth it implies a bit extra heft than a garden-variety call-out.

Which suggests now that he is regained “KingRy” standing, why not make a name, discover an agreeable compromise weight, and e book “The Drawback Youngster” for an all-influencer Tremendous Bowl?

It is a thought that is crossed Garcia’s thoughts up to now.

He posted about Paul a number of occasions on X in early March, saying: “Okay sufficient, it is on. I will have to do that! I will finish this Jake Paul boxing factor. Deliver it on, Jake. I am useless f–king severe. F–k you! Hit my staff up.”

Paul is 6’1″ to Garcia’s 5’8.5″ and would have a six-inch attain benefit, too, although Garcia’s edge in boxing ability, expertise and high quality of opposition could be huge.

Assuming they might discover a weight—Paul’s by no means weighed lower than 183.75 for a bout and Garcia’s by no means been greater than the 143.25 towards Haney—it is arduous to think about simply how a lot buzz two guys with a mixed 37.5 million Instagram followers may generate.

However go forward, inform us you are not intrigued to search out out.

Gents, begin your DMs.