Ryan Garcia

Ryan Garcia was born in California, United States.⁠[1]

Before turning professional, he compiled an amateur record of 215 wins and 15 losses and won fifteen national amateur championships in the United States.⁠[2]

He began his professional boxing career at seventeen.⁠[1][3]

He faced Jose Antonio Martinez on the undercard of Bernard Hopkins’s farewell bout at The Forum, making his debut under Golden Boy Promotions.⁠[3]

He stopped Romero Duno in the first round to win the WBC lightweight Silver title. Eddy Reynoso trained him during this period.⁠[4]

At Honda Center in Anaheim, he knocked out Francisco Fonseca with a left hook eighty seconds into the opening round, defending his Silver title.⁠[4][5]

Against Luke Campbell, he recovered from a knockdown and stopped his opponent with a left to the body in the seventh round, winning the interim WBC lightweight championship.⁠[6]

He withdrew from a planned fight with Javier Fortuna and stepped away to address his mental health, subsequently undergoing hand surgery. In a later DAZN interview, he described his difficulties and gradual recovery.⁠[7][2]

He returned at the Alamodome in San Antonio, dropping Emmanuel Tagoe in round two and winning their twelve-round bout by unanimous decision. By this stage, he had moved to trainer Joe Goossen.⁠[8][2]

At Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, he dropped Javier Fortuna in the fourth and fifth rounds before stopping him twenty-seven seconds into the sixth, extending his then-unbeaten record to 23 wins.⁠[9]

He faced Gervonta Davis at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and suffered his first professional defeat after a body shot ended the contest in round seven.⁠[10][3]

He rebounded in Houston with an eighth-round stoppage of Oscar Duarte, recording his twenty-fourth professional victory.⁠[11]

He exceeded the weight limit and was ineligible to win Devin Haney’s WBC super-lightweight title. After three knockdowns, he initially won by majority decision, but the result was later changed to a no-contest following drug-test findings.⁠[1]

The WBC confirmed Ostarine findings in A and B samples collected on April 19 and 20. On June 20, New York’s commission imposed a one-year suspension and changed the Haney victory to a no-contest. His lawyers denied intentional use and attributed the findings to contamination.⁠[12][13]

The WBC excluded him from its activities following racist and anti-Muslim remarks during a livestream, a separate action from New York’s drug-test sanction. He subsequently apologized publicly.⁠[14][15]

RIZIN announced that his exhibition against Rukiya Anpo, scheduled for December 31, had been postponed after he injured his right wrist in training.⁠[16]

He faced Rolando Romero in Times Square, New York, was knocked down in round two and lost by unanimous decision, with scores of 115–112, 115–112 and 118–109.⁠[17][3]

The WBC announced that its Board of Governors had voted to lift Garcia’s suspension after evaluating a documented process, welcoming his return to the organization’s activities.⁠[18]

He defeated Mario Barrios by unanimous decision over twelve rounds at T-Mobile Arena to capture the WBC welterweight world championship. His father, Henry Garcia, served as head trainer.⁠[19][3]

The channel’s Hollywood interview compilation features Garcia from 0:39. He discussed pre-fight self-talk, financial lessons and advice for younger people. Earnings figures in the program’s clip are his own statements, not audited personal net worth.⁠[20][21]

He stopped Conor Benn by technical knockout at 1:25 of round two at T-Mobile Arena, completing his first title defense. The organizer recorded 26 wins and two losses, including 21 knockouts; his record also includes the 2024 Haney no-contest.⁠[22][23]

He boxes from an orthodox stance and is known for hand speed and his left hook. In the Benn defense, a right-hand knockdown and follow-up combination produced the stoppage.⁠[1][22]

RIZIN’s official profile links his X account at https://x.com/RyanGarcia (opens in a new window) and YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel at https://www.youtube.com/@RyanGarcia (opens in a new window). YouTube also displays a channel-verification badge.⁠[1][24]