Ryan Garcia v Javier Fortuna

[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/

[TitoFan]

Ryan "Pauper" Garcia has talked SO... MUCH... CRAP... he's quickly taking over Adrien Broner territory for me.

Fortuna won't knock him out.

But I hope PauperRy gets that fight with Tank he's blabbering so much about.

Tank will lay him out worse than he did Santa Cruz.

And I'm gonna celebrate.

[TIC]

i'm glad king ry is fighting javier after pulling out previously. i think javier will present several challenges with his experience & style. i would like to see king ry make a statement here

[Ron Swanson]

Anyone else see a slightly less flawed but slower Amir Khan in Garcia?

[Spicoli]

Anyone else see a slightly less flawed but slower Amir Khan in Garcia?

In a way I can see it. Ryan almost has more cocky arrogance...if that's possible . Khan was many things, but he always came off comfortable in his own skin and level focus imo except when he was being brilliantly chinned. Ryan is up until now a bit of a spaz and not sure if he believes even half of what he says. Khan had better natural speed and more fluid punches. And a jab. Ryan gets head high stiff and poses too much but that's what a career beating up body work pads on social media gets you.

[Master]

Ryan Garcia returns to the ring this weekend for a long-awaited clash with Javier Fortuna.

The pair were scheduled to square off 12 months ago, but 23-year-old Garcia (22-0, 18 knockouts) withdrew from the bout to focus on his mental health.

Garcia then pulled out of a November fight with Joseph Diaz due to a hand injury, but the unbeaten American was back in action this April, outpointing Emmanuel Tagoe in his first outing since an impressive stoppage win against Luke Campbell in January 2021.

Fortuna (37-3-1, 26 KOs), meanwhile, last boxed in February, when the 32-year-old Dominican – who turns 33 this week – stopped Rafael Hernandez late in the first round to bounce back from a defeat by Diaz.

The fight takes place on Saturday 16 July at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

The main card is set to begin at 1am BST on Sunday 17 July (5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET on 16 July), with ring walks for the main event expected to start at around 4am BST (8pm PT, 10pm CT, 11pm ET on 16 July).

The fight will air exclusively on streaming platform DAZN, a subscription to which is available here at a cost of £7.99 per month.

Full card

Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna

Ricardo Sandoval vs David Jimenez

Alexis Rocha vs Samuel Kotey

Lamont Roach Jr vs Angel Rodriguez

Ricardo Sandoval vs David Jimenez

Diego De la Hoya vs Enrique Bernache

Miguel Gaona vs Jonathan Guzman

Lawrence King vs TBA

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