A significant fight is off the Mario Barios vs. Ryan Garcia card today.

IBF super lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins is out of his scheduled co-main event title defense against Oscar Duarte. Hitchins suffered an unknown illness and was unable to fight.

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Hitchins and Duarte had done the mandatory same-day IBF weigh-in. Both guys had to come within ten pounds of the 140-pound weight limit. Hitchins came in at 149.4 while Duarte was 149.6.

The 28-year-old Hitchins was looking to make his second title defense after capturing the title from Liam Paro in December 2024. He stopped former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos in June.

Now, his second title defense will have to wait.

Gary Antuanne Russell’s junior welterweight title bout against Andy Hiraoka will now be moved to the co-main event.

In the main event, Mario Barrios and Ryan Garcia will face each other in a battle for the WBC Welterweight Title.

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Barrios is set to defend his belt for the fourth time against the social-media sensation looking to get his career firmly pointing back up.

Ryan Garcia let it be known during Friday’s press conference that he’s “ready now as a person and as a fighter” to be the best world champion he could be.

To take the next step, ‘King Ry’ will look to dethrone WBC welterweight world champion Mario Barrios at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and live on Main Event and DAZN PPV (Sunday afternoon AEDT).

Garcia (24-2, 20 KOs) is coming off a disappointing, underwhelming performance in a unanimous decision loss at the hands of Rolando Romero back in May.

The defeat had ‘King Ry’ squandering his opportunity to become the WBA ‘regular’ welterweight world champion as he will aim to secure a 147-pound crown this time around.

To do that, Garcia will have to devise a way to defeat a rugged Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KOs) who is winless in his last two fights, having scrapped his way to back-to-back draws. That includes a hard-fought draw against a 46-year-old Manny Pacquiao back in July as Barrios kept the WBC title wrapped around his waist.

WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios and Ryan Garcia pose during the ceremonial weigh-in at T-Mobile Arena on February 20, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images

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WHEN IS IT?

Barrios vs Garcia will take place at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, US on Sunday February 22 from 12pm AEDT.

The pay-per-view card commences at the following times:

NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, ACT – 12pm AEDT

South Australia – 11:30am ACDT

Queensland – 11:00am AEST

Northern Territory – 10:30am ACST

Western Australia – 9:00am AWST

The ring walks for the main event are expected between 3-4pm AEDT.

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FIGHT CARD

Mario Barrios vs. Ryan Garcia; For Barrios’ WBC welterweight title

Richardson Hitchins vs. Oscar Duarte; For Hitchins’ IBF super lightweight title

Gary Antuanne Russell vs. Andy Hiraoka; For Russell’s WBA super lightweight title

Frank Martin vs. Nahir Albright; Super lightweight

Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Sena Agbeko; Super middleweight

This article includes portions from DAZN.com and was republished with permission.