{"id":771799,"date":"2026-09-15T21:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771799\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T21:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:16:23","slug":"ryan-garcia-targets-boxings-mini-mike-tyson-for-next-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771799\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia targets boxing’s ‘mini Mike Tyson’ for next fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Garcia<\/a> is only a few days removed from his latest win and he\u2019s already plotting his return.<\/p>\n

Garcia made an emphatic defence of his WBC welterweight title on Saturday as he stopped Conor Benn inside two rounds<\/a> at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Attention has already turned to what \u2018King Ry\u2019 may do next, with a unification clash with WBA welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez initially seeming to be the frontrunner option.<\/p>\n

It is believed that Cinco de Mayo weekend in May is the targeted date for that clash, and therefore Garcia has revealed his intention to fight before then, looking at a potential battle against the man that has been dubbed as \u2018mini Mike Tyson.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking to The Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>, Garcia discussed a possible match-up with former world champion Isaac Cruz.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kind of want to get in the ring either December or January. That\u2019s kind of where I\u2019m looking at. There\u2019s a lot of people out there. You\u2019ve got Pitbull Cruz, I wouldn\u2019t mind rumbling with him\u2026 I won\u2019t call it a tune up but I don\u2019t want to get caught off guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to wait until May to fight. Why do I have to wait until May? I have no bruises, I have no hits to the head, why can\u2019t I fight? So I\u2019ll give the fans a little treat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cruz won the WBA super lightweight title in March 2024 with a stoppage win over Rolando Romero, before losing the belt in his first defence in a split decision defeat to Jos\u00e9 Valenzuela.<\/p>\n

He has since become WBC interim super lightweight champion with a win over Omar Salcido, and was held to a draw with Lamont Roach Jr in his last outing, so a clash against Garcia could be an interesting spectacle before a showdown with Lopez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia is only a few days removed from his latest win and he\u2019s already plotting his return.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-771799","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\/771799","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=771799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}