{"id":625775,"date":"2026-06-07T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625775\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:56:17","slug":"ryan-garcia-clarifies-naoya-inoue-comments-names-him-no-1-p4p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625775\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia Clarifies Naoya Inoue Comments, Names Him No. 1 P4P"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Garcia took to social media to explain that he was not challenging Inoue or suggesting he wanted to spar him. Instead, the WBC welterweight champion said he was expressing admiration for one of boxing\u2019s most accomplished fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI meant no disrespect to Inoue. I have him as #1 p4p,\u201d Ryan Garcia said on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RyanGarcia\/status\/2063085878399123738\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said I would like to train with him \u2013 not spar lol people like to be so negative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan\u2019s comments came after a discussion online regarding his interest in working with Inoue. The unbeaten Japanese star is widely regarded as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport and currently holds multiple world titles at junior featherweight.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia continued his praise of Inoue while addressing criticism from fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s a great fighter \u2013 ima fighter. I have respect for him,\u201d said Ryan.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old also pointed to his own accomplishments, noting that he remains a world champion and is preparing for a major title defense later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy preparation for my last fight should prove I\u2019m serious,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cThe hate can come all you want I\u2019m still a WORLD CHAMPION and will be defending against the number 1 contender. You have to respect that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garcia is expected to defend his WBC welterweight title against Conor Benn on September 12 in Las Vegas, one of the most anticipated fights currently on the boxing calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garcia took to social media to explain that he was not challenging Inoue or suggesting he wanted to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-625775","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\/625775","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=625775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}