Garcia shocked many with his points win over Devin Haney at the weekend and already seems to be eyeing his next fight.
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The 25-year-old knocked Haney to the canvas three times during their fight before his points victory in a professional performance that seemed to shock after his erratic pre-fight behaviour.
The California born fighter necked a beer as he weighed in 3.2lbs over the weight limit for the bout.
The unbelievable moment actually meant that Garcia was unable to take Haney’s WBC title after breaching the organiser’s light-welterweight limits.
But that hasn’t stopped him searching for his next fight as he rides the high of his night at the Barclays Center.
After a complimentary call-out from Brit Conor Benn, Garcia took to X to fire shots at The Destroyer and claim he would breeze past him if the pair came to blows.
Benn had applauded Garcia’s victory online writing: “Great performance from Garcia I called it. Credit to @Realdevinhaney
for getting up off the floor 3 times.”
Before seemingly suggesting he wants to take one of them on by adding: “I will fight any of these guys.”
And Garcia jumped at the opportunity to take him on trying to organise a fight in Benn’s home country.
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RYAN GARCIA wore a crown worth $1million for his ring walk before fighting Devin Haney.
The American boxer’s head gear caught the eye of boxing fans before and after his shock victory.
The 25-year-old headed to the ring draped in a white robe as he wore a diamond encrusted crown.
Holding 1kg of gold and over 400 carats of diamonds the crown was made by Texas-based jeweller The Ice Champ.
Garcia’s gown was also made up of 15,000 diamonds and took 10 days to create.
He also told TMZ before the bout: “He was like ‘let’s create something where the champ of the boxing world and the champ of the jewellery world connect and make something unique. We created a unique crown.”
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He replied: “Let’s run it in London at the 02. I will fracture your SPLEEN and then eat it. Shoutout London.”
And Benn furiously hit back at the call out with a gruesome reply of his own as he appeared to agree to a fight.
He wrote: “Don’t be another loud mouth like Gervumpalumpa. If you are really about it let’s do it next and I will smash your teeth down your neck you w***er.”
However Garcia hit back suggesting that the fight actually couldn’t go ahead in London as Benn continues to struggle to fight in the UK after his failed drugs test in 2022.
He wrote: “You know I’m about the business but you can’t even fight in your own country wtf.”
But Benn made it clear that he would happily take on Garcia anywhere to get the fight over the line.
He replied: “We can fight anywhere you want and we can meet in the centre of the ring and have it “Para La Raza”. Let’s do it next no excuses.”
Benn had looked like he was going to face veteran fighter Manny Pacquiao next, but a bout with the PacMan looks less likely after promoter Eddie Hearn gave an unwelcome update.
Speaking to IFLTV in March he said: “Listen, we all want that fight, and obviously Manny flew in for talks and to watch the show in Saudi Arabia, so that’s what we’d like to do.
“We’re waiting for the Conor Benn announcement from the appeal. We were told it was going to be in two weeks, and it’s now nearly four weeks, so we’ll be hearing about that appeal any day.
“It’s not in our hands, it’s in the hands of the Board and their decision will determine where Conor Benn’s next fight will be because, quite frankly, we could do Conor Benn versus Pacquiao in a stadium in London.”
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