Ryan García (23-1-0, 19 KO) signed his first defeat in the most media-oriented fight of the year. The boxer of Mexican descent asked for the clash with Gervonta Davis (29-0-0, 27 KO) until he got it. In April, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, everyone was waiting for him to pass over the ring. It was one of the most watched PPVs in boxing history. The result was not what Ryan expected, he fell by KO in the seventh round due to a left to the liver that made him kneel and did not let him get up. A hard hit both inside and outside the ring. “After the fight, no one was there for me. The team of Tank he cared more about me than my own team,” Garcia revealed to Breadley Martyn in a YouTube interview.
Ryan Garcia’s first loss came at the hands of Gervonta Davis. Óscar de la Hoya’s boxer asked for the match for months, until the teams of both boxers reached an agreement. Everyone was talking about the fight, even more than the one about the unification of the category (lightweight, Gervonta and Ryan did not risk anything) between Devin Haney (30-0-0, 15 KO) and Vasyl Lomachenko (17-3-0, 11 KO). And it did not disappoint anyone. The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas witnessed Garcia’s first loss. He went to the canvas twice for the first time in his career., the first for a left to the face and the second for a hook to the liver. From the second, she could not recover. He sank to one knee on the ground and did not get up. “I was like: ‘Why can’t I move?’ Everything was draining, even before (the match). My legs felt weak, everything felt weak, because I couldn’t rehydrate properlyKing Ry explained.
He lost his undefeated, but learned from defeat. “I have learned a lot, he was better. I want to try again after a few wins. The right weight, 140 pounds, with no rehydration clause. This time, I have done it for the people, but when I come back I will do it for myself,” said García. He also claimed that there was a mole on his team, someone who was leaking information to Davis. He accused Erdenebat Tsendbaatar, his sparring partner, of talking about hurting his body, which is where he attacked. Tank after.
“After the fight, there was no one there for me. My team did not show up for the press conference. Someone betrayed me in the camp. They left me with that. The team of Tank cared more about me than my own team”, recounted the boxer of Mexican descent. He has also had a dispute with his promoter, Oscar de la hoya. Garcia shared a tweet naming the fighters he would like to face: rolando romero (15-1-0, 13 KOs), WBA super lightweight champion, Isaac pitbull Cross (24-2-1, 17 KOs) and Teofimo Lopez (18-1-0, 13 KOs). But his promoter announced that his next opponent would be Manny Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs), something that García himself denied through networks. “This is not going to happen! I’ve said what I want… It’s frustrating. I’m tired of this,” King Ry said.
