Ryan Garcia has maintained his desire to face one potential opponent, who he believes is more like a \u201cpuppy\u201d than a \u201cmonster\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old is coming off arguably a career-best victory over Mario Barrios<\/a>, who he dethroned with a unanimous decision victory after scoring a first-round knockdown.<\/p>\n In doing so, Garcia became the WBC world welterweight champion in his first outing since losing a unanimous decision to Rolando Romero last May.<\/p>\n That defeat followed his year-long drugs suspension, which the American was forced to serve after testing positive for banned substance ostarine in April 2024.<\/p>\n Not only that, but his majority decision victory over Devin Haney was overturned to a no-contest, with Garcia\u2019s latest result representing his first triumph since an eighth-round finish over Oscar Duarte in 2023.<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, he then called out Shakur Stevenson shortly after defeating Barrios last month, having previously exchanged words with the four-division world champion via social media.<\/p>\n Stevenson claimed his WBO super-lightweight title with a dominant performance against Teofimo Lopez in January, but has since expressed his interest in moving back down to 135lbs for a potential clash with Lamont Roach<\/a>.<\/p>\n