Ryan Garcia v Javier Fortuna

[Spicoli]

We and the hype machines do tend to pre anoint many of the young talents. Thing is a good portion of just what may be at the root. Boxing hands out trinkets to be defended on a bigger level before many are fully if even half developed..Berto, Broner, Wilder etc etc. Kid clamored for and made his 'pop' and social media fame the focus before he even blew up on a boxing stage. Literally everything today is viral and immediate media. Young dudes need some early stage fights out of the spotlight. Used to call them the 'making sausage' bouts. Where your flaws shine but you stamp out the easy comp. First time I saw him was some set of FB vids of some kid hitting a bag in his garage and everyone calling him 'even faster and better than Meldrick Taylor' . May be fair or not but wondering if coming up under Oscars wing was best for him. Last weekend Oscars interview on the triller circus card was the definition of a needed intervention and rehab program. Wouldn't be shocked to see a split but not likely.

[TIC]

i hope he gets the help he needs & is able to return to the ring if that's what he wants to do

[imp]

Is it really mental health issues or is it the fact he wants Haney to loose within 2 years (during his absence) or move up a division?

Used to call this kind of thing ducking.

[Spicoli]

Is it really mental health issues or is it the fact he wants Haney to loose within 2 years (during his absence) or move up a division?

Used to call this kind of thing ducking.

Just realized that the prior weekend happened to be the "return" of Garcia's promoter ol Oscar on one of those ppv triller circus shows. Leave it to Oscar to reserve the major holiday 4th of July weekend for himself. Coincidence no doubt.

[SlimTrae]

I'll be the old geezer then. I remember back in the day when fighters had no media outlet to cry about their mental issues. How the frig' could these young cats have dealt with the mental issues, poverty of a young Roberto Duran, JCC, Johnny Tapia or an Aaron Pryor childhood?


This is an excerpt on the life of Aaron Pryor that speaks directly to this era of fighters whom would rather cancel a fight due to mental health- as opposed to the old era, that used the ring to take their pain on.


Like many of the finest fighters, Aaron Pryor survived a hellish childhood that taught him to focus on something, anything, to ignore the hardship, abuse, neglect and pain that comprised his daily existence.

That type of childhood often leaves a void that even the ring can’t cure, but the ring can give you a space to forget it. It provides a focus for the rage that builds within you and is amplified with every moment of misery. In the ring, the rage is set loose, and rather than impotently attacking circumstance, you can conquer a space that is truly your own. If you’re good enough, that can earn you millions of dollars, the adulation of fans and no shortage of hangers-on who wish to use you to lift themselves from the failings of the world around them and their own failings as people.



I hope the best for Garcia, but no sympathy from me anymore than I gave it to Fury. Shit happens. Fight on.

[TIC]

rescheduled for july sixteenth twenty twenty two

[Master]

Ryan Garcia is back in action against Javier Fortuna on July 16, but he has his eyes on the biggest names in the lightweight division.

The 23-year-old scored the biggest win of his career against Luke Campbell in January 2021, but then didn’t fight for a year as he had to deal with what he calls a ‘mental health injury.’

Garcia returned to action with a unanimous decision victory over Emmanuel Tagoe in April of this year and just three months later he’s back in the ring again.

Speaking exclusively to talkSPORT, Garcia said he is going to torture Fortuna in Los Angeles next weekend and then he wants Gervonta Davis.

“You should expect me to have no mercy on this guy,” Garcia said. “To be honest, I’m going to torture Javier Fortuna and then he’ll get knocked out. Either he’ll get knocked out or his corner better save him because he can’t keep up with me.

“And then, to me, Fortuna is just a funny, crazy guy. He’s going to fight wild, we know what he’s going to do. And I’m going to catch him. But, after that, what I really want to set up – and the world knows I’ve said it before – I really want to fight Gervonta Davis.”

Garcia went on to reveal that Davis has already reached out to his team and they’ll be looking to make that fight next.

After Davis? Garcia wants all the biggest names lined up.

“People say ‘why do you call his name out.’ I don’t need nobody. I’m just saying, do people want to see that fight? Yes. Can I beat him? Yes.

“So let’s make it happen. I want the belt, whatever belt he has, and then we can take on [Vasyl] Lomachenko. We can take on Devin Haney.

“They’re acting like I’m taking the easy pickings with Tank. I’m going after the hardest puncher and definitely a guy who has a ton of skill as well.

“That’s the fight I’m pushing for and he wants it himself because he’s called my team and they advised me that he wants that next. So we should all hope and pray that fight happens because I want that fight to happen.

“I’m not even kidding, I’m going to pray to god that it can happen. I want to fight him.

“Two explosive fighters with speed and power? Come on now, that’s a dangerous chess match and I think anybody would want to watch that,” said Garcia.

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1...o-devin-haney/