{"id":295238,"date":"2025-11-20T10:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/295238\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:30:06","slug":"ryan-garcia-announces-world-title-comeback-fight-is-now-signed-for-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/295238\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia announces world title comeback fight is now signed for February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/ryan-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Garcia<\/a> will have the opportunity to bounce back from defeat in the most significant way.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old was last out in May, losing via unanimous decision to Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero after suffering a knockdown in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>That marked Garcia\u2019s debut in the welterweight division, having previously struggled to make both the 135lbs and 140lbs limits of lightweight and super lightweight. \u2018Rolly\u2019 took the WBA Regular title with the win and has since been elevated to full champion. Garcia has decided on a different route from the rematch, but the stakes are just as high.<\/p>\n<p>He announced today that previously reported negotiations with WBC Champion, Mario Barrios, have now been finalised. <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/benn-may-have-agreed-his-next-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garcia \u2014 despite calling out Conor Benn this week<\/a> \u2014 posted a video confirming the news on Instagram, putting pen to paper on a contract beside the famous green and gold belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSigned. I am going to be fighting for the real WBC Championship belt against Mario Barrios, February 21st. Get ready, I\u2019m coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Official word from either promotion \u2014 PBC for Barrios and Golden Boy for Garcia \u2014 is yet to come.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans will argue he did not warrant such a shot as an unranked contender in the division. The situation becomes stranger still given that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierboxingchampions.com\/manny-pacquiao-vs-mario-barrios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mario Barrios\u2019 last defence was against the returning Manny Pacquiao,<\/a> a man also unranked at the time but awarded the title fight due to his status in the sport. Top contenders for the WBC, those who have fought and earned their rankings, have criticised the wait for a mandatory defence.<\/p>\n<p>Barrios picked up the title in June 2024 when he was elevated from interim to full champion after Terence Crawford moved up in weight. He has held on to it with two draws \u2014 first against Abel Ramos and more recently against Pacquiao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia will have the opportunity to bounce back from defeat in the most significant way. The 27-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-295238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}