{"id":522269,"date":"2026-03-08T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522269\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:50:10","slug":"ryan-garcia-makes-it-clear-who-he-now-wants-to-fight-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522269\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia ‘makes it clear’ who he now wants to fight next"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Garcia<\/a> has named one opponent he would be eager to face next, despite that particular fighter being in negotiations for a different opportunity.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old comes off a dominant victory over Mario Barrios, who he floored in the opening round before claiming a unanimous verdict down the stretch.<\/p>\n

In doing so, Garcia dethroned his man to become the WBC world welterweight champion, while also securing his first win since 2023.<\/p>\n

Indeed, many took issue with the fact that \u2018King Ry\u2019, who suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Rolando Romero last May, had been given an immediate title shot against Barrios.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, Garcia twice tested positive for banned substance ostarine in April 2024, resulting in his majority decision victory over Devin Haney being ruled a no-contest.<\/p>\n

Garcia was also handed a year-long ban<\/a> by the New York State Athletic Commission, but is now considered one of the sport\u2019s most marketable champions.<\/p>\n

And while it is yet to be confirmed what the American will do next, it would seem that a rematch with WBO welterweight champion Haney sits near the top of his list.<\/p>\n

Taking to social media<\/a>, Garcia expressed his interest in their potential unification match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make it clear, I will do that fight next if we can figure this out. Point blank period. #GarciaHaney2.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Haney, too, has previously expressed his interest in their possible rematch, the 27-year-old now appears as likely to enter a unification showdown with Romero<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Dream\u2019 is rumoured to face his WBA counterpart on May 30, with the fight targeted to headline a card at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia has named one opponent he would be eager to face next, despite that particular fighter being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-522269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522269","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=522269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}