{"id":433354,"date":"2026-02-19T02:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433354\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:38:07","slug":"teddy-atlas-goes-out-on-a-limb-with-barrios-vs-ryan-garcia-prediction-thats-my-guess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433354\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddy Atlas goes out on a limb with Barrios vs Ryan Garcia prediction: “That’s my guess”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teddy Atlas has delivered his verdict on Mario Barrios<\/a> vs Ryan Garcia<\/a>, insisting that the outcome should ultimately be determined by Garcia\u2019s psychological state.<\/p>\n

The pair will square off this Saturday at Las Vegas\u2019s T-Mobile Arena, with Barrios gearing up for the third defence of his WBC world title.<\/p>\n

His last two outings both resulted in a draw, against Abel Ramos and a 46-year-old Manny Pacquiao, though the 30-year-old is nonetheless considered a solid test for Garcia.<\/p>\n

Entering his second world title challenge, Garcia has had just one outing at 147lbs, a unanimous decision defeat to Rolando Romero<\/a> in May, since moving up from super-lightweight.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, the American claimed a majority decision victory over Devin Haney in April 2024 which, due to him testing positive for banned substance ostarine, was later over-turned to a no-contest.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but Garcia was also handed a year-long ban by the New York State Athletic Commission<\/a>, during which time he has openly admitted to \u2018drinking and partying\u2019.<\/p>\n

As a result of such antics, many have questioned the 27-year-old\u2019s dedication to the sport, which appeared particularly problematic throughout the build-up to his showdown with Haney.<\/p>\n

During that time, Garcia\u2019s erratic behaviour led many to express concern over his psychological state in general, let alone any perceived lack of application to his craft.<\/p>\n

And those same questions, it seems, are still lingering ahead of his clash with Barrios, though Hall of Fame trainer Atlas has opined on his YouTube channel<\/a> that Garcia\u2019s relative silence could be taken as an encouraging sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point in Barrios\u2019 career \u2013 Garcia being younger; Garcia being faster with his hands, a little more explosive \u2013 I think that you\u2019d favour Garcia.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut again\u2026 is he okay, mentally? Where is he at? You\u2019ve got to take a gamble: Is he right, mentally?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been quiet on the western front [and], if it\u2019s quiet on the western front with Garcia, that\u2019s good news. If there\u2019s no noise, then maybe things are good \u2026 And if I\u2019m going to go with that, I\u2019m gonna say I favour Garcia. Where you\u2019ve got to favour Barrios is you know what you\u2019re gonna get. With Garcia, you don\u2019t know for sure what you\u2019re gonna get.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, I\u2019ll guess that Garcia will be together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many others would likely agree with Atlas\u2019 assessment of the situation, believing that a mentally-focused Garcia has the beating of Barrios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teddy Atlas has delivered his verdict on Mario Barrios vs Ryan Garcia, insisting that the outcome should ultimately…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-433354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433354","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=433354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}