ESPN2 Ryan Garcia v Jayson Velez - O'Sullivan v Abreu

[Spicoli]

Garcia has some poise as he goes, nice straight shots have Velez stepping off curbs that aren't there. Single uppercuts off ropes. 4-1 Garcia

[Spicoli]

Garcia definitely has some refining to do. FFs lower that head . Rips off nice combos last minute of 6th moving Velez back hard. Velez face is falling apart. Like to see Garcia start coming forward a bit.

[Spicoli]

Velez sneaks in short left as Garcia stands tall and waits. Garcia owning the rest of round. Beer me.

[Spicoli]

That left hook! Better tighten that up before talking about Gervonta Davis. Not much jab from Garcia really but volleys off counters. Velez needs a brick from a dark alley to win this into 9th.

[Spicoli]

Stub Hub crowd laying on some boos here. Garcia doing some swatting and moving out. He sure likes to watch a guy. Garcia in control.

[Spicoli]

Pop in corner is pushing Garcia to go all in final round. Bad thing about reacting to a crowd and watching the cameras watch you. Velez has steadied in final round and Garcia clinching up.

[Spicoli]

If anything decent win but even better learning experience for Garcia. Certainly cannot say Velez 'ran' after all the stuff Garcia was talking. Come down to Earth a bit. I have 98-92.

[Spicoli]

Judges in at 99-91. Fat Dan had a shut out, of course he did. Some crowd booing him in interview damn . Both respect at end and credits Velez. Hope he (GBP) gets all that "social media sensation" nonsense out of his head and settles down. Definitely has some skill

[powerpuncher]

Good solid win by Garcia, but I don’t see anything super special about him. I just don’t think he will turn into anything special. I get that he’s young, but most of the time you can tell even at a young age how good someone will be.

[greynotsoold]

Garcia Velez up next. That's if they're finished talking about his Instagram and FB followers.

Wait until his little brother "Sugar Rush" turns 18 in October and signs with GBP. They were just practicing with Kingry.

[Alpha]

Definitely has some skill but has some flaws to iron out. This was a nice learning fight for him.

[powerpuncher]

Garcia doesn’t seem to have enough offensive attack to be an elite fighter. He counters well but has problems with setting up his own offense. Again, I understand that he is young, but at this age you can generally tell about how good someone will be.

[Hulk]

Good win over a rugged guy in Velez. Felt bad hearing that he worked at a fast food place n was once a world champ. Tank Davis would be too much for Garcia right now.

[Spicoli]

Garcia doesn’t seem to have enough offensive attack to be an elite fighter. He counters well but has problems with setting up his own offense. Again, I understand that he is young, but at this age you can generally tell about how good someone will be.

That's a good way to put it. He's mainly offensive off the counters and even when Velez was reeling he sat back and only fought in spurts. I worry most with the way they seem determined to push the whole 'social media sensation' bs and fill his head with all this superficial be the next Oscar stuff. When's the last time announce teams focused on Instagram and FB stats . Charisma is great but fundamentals and a level head are far better investments.

[Alpha]

Robert Diaz of GBP saying that Garcia is not ready for a title shot, saying may wait until he's 21 and more developed with added experience before a title run. Makes sense, lets see if that's true.