Ryan Garcia fight

Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs) will fight for the first time as a 140-pound fighter Saturday night when he takes on Javier Fortuna (37-3-1, 26 KOs) at the Crypto.com ...

Manouk Akopyan is a sports journalist, writer and broadcast reporter. I might never go back to 135,” Garcia said immediately after the weigh-in on The DAZN Boxing Show. “I was determined to make 135. “I'm not desperate for a 135 bout. That’s where my heart is positioned at.” Everybody is going to be watching. “I was thinking the other day.

Unfortunately for Fortuna, his predictive powers were lacking as Garcia dominated the fight from the opening seconds before scoring a sixth-round knockout to ...

Garcia also landed a hard straight right before coming around with a hook again. Garcia started mixing in a right hand to the body in addition to his work upstairs. Garcia bombed with a few big hooks and Fortuna got on his bike to the end of the round. Fortuna landed a left hand but ate some big left hooks and right straights from Garcia. Garcia continued to let big shots go and then landed a heavy hook to the body and Fortuna took a knee! Ryan Garcia vs. The fight also hinges on various promoters and networks being able to work out a deal that is fit for all involved. After the fight, Garcia made it clear that he was so comfortable at the weight that he would not be returning to the lightweight division. This time, Fortuna did not rise and Garcia was awarded the knockout at the 0:27 mark of the round. Things didn't get better for Fortuna in the fifth round as Garcia's left hand moved from the body back to the head. The patient long-range attack of Garcia (23-0, 19 KO) paid off in big ways as Fortuna's guard steadily came up, exposing his ribs. Official result: Ryan Garcia def. Javier Fortuna promised that when he stepped into the ring with Ryan Garcia, he'd prove Garcia was overrated.

Garcia vs. Fortuna took place July 16 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif. Ryan Garcia (23-0) and Javier Fortuna (37-4-1, 2 no-contests) collided in ...

RIght hand from Garcia makes partial contact. Right hand from Garcia misses Fortuna’s body. Garcia goes down to the body with a right hand. Jab lands clean for Garcia. Left hook touches the body again for Garcia. Now Garcia lands a left hook upstairs and Fortuna is getting on his bike. Fortuna tries to loop a left but can’t land it. Garcia jabs and lands. Garcia vs. Garcia jabs to the body. Right hand lead scores for Garcia. LEFT HOOK FROM GARCIA DROPS FORTUNA! Fortuna gets up and wings a hook as he tries to get Garcia off of him. Garcia wants to finish Fortuna off but Fortuna his bobbing his head and moving, trying to bait Garcia into a mistake. Fortuna tries to poke the body with a left hand. Right hand from Garcia doesn’t land but he scores a check hook as Fortuna steps forward.

Ryan Garcia looked impressive at 140 pounds and called out Gervonta Davis after the win. But can that fight be made?

After all the trash talk and insults, "Tank" Davis is the only opponent who matters for Garcia. And now that Garcia is once again active, with two fights in four months, along with a statement win over Fortuna, the time is ripe for Garcia and Davis to finally meet in one of the biggest fights in all of boxing. Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney has indicated he'll jump up to 140 pounds sooner than later (probably after a rematch with George Kambosos Jr. this fall). If Garcia can't land Davis before the end of the year, those are some of the names he could be looking at, but it would be a consolation prize at this stage. Two explosive punchers with lightning-quick hands and large followings to boot, it's the kind of fight boxing desperately needs. After all, Davis sold out Brooklyn's Barclays Center for his May KO of Rolando Romero and packed over 15,000 into Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles when he outpointed Isaac Cruz in December. But he's going to want to do it ... there's going to be riots if he don't want to do it. "I'm never going back down to 135, I'm going to stay at 140, I'm going to fight 'Tank' Davis if he wants it at 140," Garcia, 23, said.

Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) manages to secure his 19th career knockout by dominating Javier Fortuna.

The fifth round resulted in the second knockdown landed by Garcia when he scrambles the senses of his opponent with a brilliant left hook again. With 30 seconds remaining in the second round, the 23-year-old landed a lethal two-punch combination. He landed the first punches with a combination of left jabs and left hooks.

Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California - In a bout taking place at junior welterweight, Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) dropped former world champion Javier ...

He thought I was going for the head but I switched it on him. He finished off Fortuna in the sixth, with a combination that put him down for the full count. “I want to thank God first and foremost,” said Garcia. “I know that I performed well for myself.

Garcia and Fortuna are set to throw down at super lightweight from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Alexis Rocha vs. Alexis Rocha vs. Alexis Rocha vs. Alexis Rocha vs. One more fight before the main event between Ryan Garcia and Javier Fortuna. It's Alexis Rocha vs. Alexis Rocha vs. Rocha started walking forward in the second half of the round, cutting off the ring and landing some good body shots and a big overhand left. Alexis Rocha vs. Veron is awkward enough that Rocha is having trouble connecting on shots that might stop the fight, so he has settled in to wear Veron down with shots to the body. Rocha did take the round off a bit, allowing Veron some moments to come forward, though Veron did little with the opportunity. Now, one year later, Garcia is looking to add Fortuna to his list of victims as he inches closer to a potential showdowns with other big names in the stacked lightweight division. Rising superstar Ryan Garcia returns to the ring on Saturday night for a fight one year in the making.

There are few things more overwhelming than the tornado that forms when two pugilists circle each other for months, and even years, before finally engaging ...

Garcia and Davis have been gravitating towards one another on the forecast as a Category 5, but it might dissipate into a gust of hot air. The aforementioned Crawford and Spence super fight only came to fruition after the former separated from Top Rank. Davis is still repped by Premier Boxing Champions, who are known to keep the boxers in their stable out of reach from upper echelon fighters who can put a dent in their records. The 5-foot-5 Davis is already giving up five inches to the towering Garcia and three inches in reach. Of all the lightweight sharks, Garcia has the second-highest knockout ratio to Davis and even that statistic undervalues Garcia’s power. The designated weight is bound to be a point of contention in the negotiations. Garcia’s vow to fight Davis became the headline, but there’s one caveat in the fine print of his post-match harangue that could thrust this fight into development hell.