{"id":439770,"date":"2026-02-22T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/439770\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:57:08","slug":"he-wipes-the-floor-with-him-ryan-garcia-vs-shakur-stevenson-not-close-says-crawford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/439770\/","title":{"rendered":"“He wipes the floor with him”: Ryan Garcia vs Shakur Stevenson not close says Crawford"},"content":{"rendered":"

After winning his first world title, Ryan Garcia was quick to call out pound-for-pound star Shakur Stevenson.<\/p>\n

Garcia dominated proceedings against Mario Barrios<\/a> to win the WBC belt at 147lbs, delivering on his potential after some years of blowing hot and cold. The performance adds yet more intrigue to welterweight and the surrounding divisions.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the DAZN broadcast post-fight, former undisputed champion at the weight, Terence Crawford, praised Garcia\u2019s performance, but said that Barrios was not as good as he thought he would be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was surprised how Barrios looked. I thought he was going to do better. Ryan showed he can box a little. He got the job done in spectacular fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about a potential fight against his friend and training partner, Stevenson, Crawford of course backed his man to win in emphatic fashion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019ll wipe the floor with him. Ryan won\u2019t be able to hit Shakur like Barrios. Barrios is there to be hit. He was too slow and had no game plan. Shakur is not going to be there to be hit. It\u2019s simple.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether or not the fight materialises remains to be seen, particularly with Stevenson\u2019s demand for it to take place at a catchweight of 144lbs<\/a> \u2013 something Garcia may struggle with.<\/p>\n

Both men have options, particularly Garcia, who could pursue a rematch with Devin Haney that now has the added credentials of two world titles. Conor Benn, who made the headlines this week after a controversial big money move to Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing, remains an option for both<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After winning his first world title, Ryan Garcia was quick to call out pound-for-pound star Shakur Stevenson. Garcia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-439770","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\/439770","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=439770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}