X<\/a> that contracts are being exchanged between Ryan\u2019s promoters at Golden Boy and Barrios\u2019 handlers at PBC for the fight.<\/p>\nBarrios is coming off a 12-round majority draw against 46-year-old Manny Pacquiao on July 19, 2025, in Las Vegas. The 30-year-old Barrios is the perfect champion for Ryan Garcia to capture a world title against.<\/p>\n
Fans Question the Opportunity<\/p>\n
Ryan, 27, is getting his second consecutive title shot at 147, and fans on social media are questioning why this is happening. He lost to Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero by a 12-round unanimous decision in a fight for the vacant WBA welterweight title on May 2, 2025, at Times Square in New York.<\/p>\n
If Kingry fights the way he did against Rolly, he\u2019s not going to dethrone Barrios, because he\u2019s a warrior and he has respectable power. He\u2019s not going to roll over for Ryan. We saw that in Marrios\u2019 performances against Pacquiao and Yordenis Ugas.<\/p>\n
Popularity Over Merit?<\/p>\n
Garcia hasn\u2019t fought since, and now he\u2019s getting another world title shot. It helps that Ryan has 12 million Instagram followers and is arguably the most popular fighter in the 147-lb division. Given Ryan\u2019s popularity, it\u2019s understandable why he\u2019s being given another quick title shot after his loss to Romero.<\/p>\n
Golden Boy\u2019s Strategic Move<\/p>\n
Earlier on Saturday, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya ruled out Ryan being used as the replacement opponent to face Jake Paul on November 14th in an exhibition match in Miami, Florida. Fans were excited last night about the possibility of Garcia being used as Jake\u2019s opponent this month. That would have been an enormous payday for Ryan.<\/p>\n
De La Hoya said in an interview with Fight Hub TV that Garcia is under contract with them and DAZN. Jake fights on Netflix. So, it wasn\u2019t going to work. That would have been an enormous payday for Ryan.<\/p>\n
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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KOs) and Ryan Garcia (24-2, 20 KOs) are close to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-239206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}