{"id":803687,"date":"2026-10-15T19:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803687\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:18:14","slug":"ryan-garcia-set-to-face-us-rival-teofimo-lopez-next-after-emphatic-victory-over-conor-benn-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803687\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia set to face US rival Teofimo Lopez next after emphatic victory over Conor Benn | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Garcia is set to face Teofimo Lopez in his next fight after his emphatic victory over Conor Benn last month.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia defended his WBC welterweight title with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/13584754\/ryan-garcia-finishes-conor-benn-in-just-two-rounds-to-defend-wbc-welterweight-world-championship-in-las-vegas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second-round stoppage <\/a>of British contender Benn in Las Vegas and is now holding talks for a fight against Lopez, Sky Sports News understands.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow American Lopez also holds a world title in the same division after he sealed a majority decision win over Rolando Romero to claim the WBA belt in August.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/skysports-teofimo-lopez-jamaine-ortiz_6448102.jpg\"   alt=\"Teofimo Lopez became a world champion again after a win over Rolando Romero\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Teofimo Lopez became a world champion again after a win over Rolando Romero<\/p>\n<p>Lopez has been ordered to defend his WBA title against Lancashire fighter Jack Catterall, but is pressing ahead with a fight against Garcia instead.<\/p>\n<p>Benn is yet to confirm his next move after the second loss of his professional career against Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>His long-term trainer Tony Sims has confirmed that Benn will never fight again at welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old announced on social media that he will spend some time away of the ring, although he continues to be linked with a trilogy fight against Chris Eubank Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia is set to face Teofimo Lopez in his next fight after his emphatic victory over Conor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-803687","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\/803687","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=803687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}