{"id":638144,"date":"2026-04-29T09:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638144\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:24:10","slug":"ryan-garcia-demands-his-next-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638144\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia Demands His Next Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WBC <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/welterweight\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Welterweight<\/a> Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.boxingnews.com\/tag\/ryan-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Garcia<\/a> wants to stay active following his first world title win in February against <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.boxingnews.com\/tag\/mario-barrios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Barrios<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garcia has consistently been linked with an August 2026 return\u2014though a significant promotional hurdle has emerged in his quest for a clash with Conor Benn. Garcia remains the cornerstone of <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/oscar-de-la-hoya\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar De La Hoya<\/a>\u2019s Golden Boy Promotions, while Conor Benn recently signed a landmark five-fight deal with Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing. That has complicated negotiations, but Benn wants Garcia. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGarcia, I want my belt. I want my belt. Keep my belt warm. September, let\u2019s go. Great fight, tough, durable, experience. We had to weather some storms but we\u2019re good. Thank God. First fight back at 150 pounds in three years. Now I\u2019m ready to move down to 147 pounds and get <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/ryan-garcia\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Garcia<\/a>,\u201d Benn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/48460904\/conor-benn-calls-ryan-garcia-boxing-regis-prograis-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">stated<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Garcia\u2019s Frustration <\/p>\n<p>While Garcia is pushing for August, reports suggest that a massive rematch with Devin Haney is being targeted by De La Hoya. Their first meeting in 2024 remains a \u201cNo Contest\u201d following Garcia\u2019s positive Ostarine test. Talks for a unification bout with Teofimo Lopez (originally rumored for July 25) have reportedly collapsed, leaving Ryan frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>StatusFighterLast ResultWBC Champion<a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/ryan-garcia\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Garcia<\/a>Win (UD) vs. Mario Barrios#1 MandatoryConor BennWin (UD) vs. Regis PrograisWBO ChampionDevin HaneyTargeted for Sept 5 RematchPotential ChallengerTeofimo LopezLost vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/shakur-stevenson\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shakur Stevenson<\/a> (Jan 2026)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to fight to fight so bad. I feel even more now that I have a belt. THE CHAMP wants to fight. SOMEONE RUN THE SCRAP,\u201d Garcia said<\/p>\n<p>Find all the\u00a0latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admin.boxingnews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boxing news<\/a>\u00a0and MMA breaking updates on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxingblitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">boxingnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WBC Welterweight Champion Ryan Garcia wants to stay active following his first world title win in February against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-638144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}