{"id":817979,"date":"2026-10-29T21:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817979\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T21:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:40:08","slug":"tony-bellew-sees-only-one-winner-in-ryan-garcia-vs-floyd-mayweather-fight-all-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817979\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew sees only one winner in Ryan Garcia vs Floyd Mayweather fight: “All day”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tony Bellew<\/a> suspects Ryan Garcia<\/a>, who he believes is the sport\u2019s \u201cpound-for-pound quickest fighter\u201d, could be involved in a \u201cnasty\u201d encounter with Floyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n

The two Americans may end up colliding in a bizarre showdown early next year, with Garcia having named February 6 as a potential date<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, the 28-year-old could face WBA welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez in a unification clash, which most would consider an infinitely more competitive matchup than the one with Mayweather.<\/p>\n

It has, after all, been nearly a decade since the Hall of Famer boxed professionally and, even then, his 10th-round stoppage of Conor McGregor was seen as more of a glorified exhibition.<\/p>\n

At the age of 49, too, Mayweather is unlikely to possess the reflexes that contributed to him becoming a five-division world champion and retiring with a 50-0 record.<\/p>\n

Some might argue that, defensively, he could still make for an intriguing contest with Garcia, given his superior boxing IQ and overall technical prowess.<\/p>\n

While considering Garcia\u2019s vastly superior speed and power, though, former world champion Bellew has told Fight Your Corner<\/a> that Mayweather would suffer an emphatic defeat.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I\u2019m picking] Garcia, all day. And I think it could be nasty. The first thing a fighter loses at that level is reflexes, and you need your reflexes against Garcia because he is, pound-for-pound right now, the quickest fighter in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most would agree that Garcia has entered his prime, or at least appears to have made considerable improvements since his unanimous decision defeat to Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero<\/a> in May 2025.<\/p>\n

Back then, \u2018King Ry\u2019 was coming off a year-long doping ban, whereas now he seems to be at the peak of his powers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew suspects Ryan Garcia, who he believes is the sport\u2019s \u201cpound-for-pound quickest fighter\u201d, could be involved in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-817979","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\/817979","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=817979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}