{"id":185200,"date":"2025-10-08T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185200\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:08:06","slug":"ryan-garcia-targets-mario-barrios-for-wbc-welterweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185200\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia Targets Mario Barrios For WBC Welterweight Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Garcia says he wants to fight WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios next. Garcia (24-2, 20 KOs) says he\u2019s going to \u201cgo for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barrios: The Money Fight<\/p>\n<p>Garcia states that he\u2019d tell Barrios that if he wants to \u201cmake money,\u201d he\u2019ll fight him. With Ryan\u2019s large following on Instagram and X, Barrios\u2019 promoters at Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) will likely jump at the chance to fight him.<\/p>\n<p>Mario\u2019s not going to make the kind of money he can get fighting Kingry against anyone else at the moment. The way Barrios looked in his last two fights against 46-year-old Manny Pacquiao and journeyman Abel Ramos, he\u2019ll likely lose his title soon against almost anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan states that if he wins the WBC title from Barrios, he\u2019ll use it as \u201cleverage\u201d to set up a unification fight against the winner of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Rolly Romero fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not said this publicly, but I want Mario Barrios. I\u2019m going to go for it,\u201d said Ryan Garcia to The Warroom on Showbizz\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/_NYc7Un-zzQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> channel, naming WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios as the opponent he wants to fight next.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao\u2013Rolly Leverage Plan<\/p>\n<p>Ryan obviously knows that fighting Barrios is his best chance of winning a world title. If he fights WBO champion Brian Norman Jr, it likely won\u2019t end well for him. He hits too hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to go for it. If you want to make some good money, let\u2019s go run it. I can leverage to, \u2018Alright, Rolly, I got that,\u2019 or Manny [Pacquiao]. If Manny beats him, then I got to fight him. I only know how this [money] works,\u201d said Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>There would be a fan backlash if Garcia is given a title shot against Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KOs) because he\u2019s coming off a 12-round unanimous decision loss to Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero earlier this year on May 2 in a failed attempt to capture the vacant WBA welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Boxing Is Still a Business<\/p>\n<p>Ryan doesn\u2019t deserve a world title shot, but neither did Pacquiao, and he still got one against Barrios. It would just confirm that boxing is a business. In Barrios\u2019 case, he\u2019s so flawed that he almost has to take the fight against Ryan if he can get it because he\u2019s not going to hold onto his WBC title for much longer.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Ken Woods, Ringside Boxing Analyst covering world title fights since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Woods has been a senior writer at Boxing News 24 since 2013, covering the sport from every angle. With years of ringside reporting, he delivers fight news, results, and analysis that cut through the noise. Ken\u2019s work consistently spotlights champions, contenders, and prospects, giving fans a sharp, knowledgeable view of the global boxing scene.<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Ryan Garcia Says He\u2019s Targeting Mario Barrios for WBC Welterweight Title: \u201cI\u2019m Going to Go for It\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 10\/08\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia says he wants to fight WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios next. 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