Ryan Garcia’s return to boxing was an outright failure as he lost toRolando Romero last Friday at Times Square in New York, and his prestige continues to plummet after the poor performance, in a card in which Teofimo Lopez stood out, defeating Arnold Barboza Jr. to take away his undefeated record.
After returning from a year-long suspension for testing positive for ostarine in his fight against Devin Haney on April 20, 2024, KingRy needed to make a statement, but he paid dearly for his lack of rhythm and overconfidence, which caused him to be sent to the canvas by Rolly Romero in the second round and, fearing being knocked out, he went on the defensive.
Although Teofimo Lopez has been mentioned as a possible opponent for Ryan Garcia, the New York-born Honduran’s promoter, Bob Arum, head of Top Rank, spoke on the subject after the fight last Friday in an interview with Fight Hub TV, in which the name of Devin Haney also came up, and he dismissed them as fights that would appeal to them.
“Those are not really competitive fights for Teofimo,” Arum replied, which gives a blow of reality about how KingRy is seen in the boxing world, after his last fights, being knocked out by Gervonta Davis, testing positive against Devin Haney and falling with Rolly Romero in his reappearance.
Ryan Garcia’s obsession with a rematch with Devin Haney
Ryan Garcia also lacked focus, as during the week he talked more about a rematch against Devin Haney than the fight he had in store against Rolly Romero, where at the ‘Grand Arrivals’ event held in New York, he also threatened to beat up Bill Haney
“Yes, I’m willing to prove it. I can’t wait! I’m also going to beat up his father,” Ryan Garcia threatened about Bill Haney and added: “It’s him I want to beat up, but Devin can win again. I’m going to do the same thing I did last time. Maybe we can run it back in New York. Why not? Let him come back and do what I did to him last time.”
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