Ryan Garcia

Can Ryan Garcia take down another opponent on his way to the top? The Sporting News will be providing coverage of Garcia's fight against Javier Fortuna.

Ryan Garcia vs. Opening up the card is Ricardo Sandoval vs. 8:15 p.m. ET - The undercard for Garcia vs. David Jimenez. Jimenez was aggressive to open up the first round, landing combination blows and avoiding the shots of Sandoval. Sandoval is now adjusting in round two, but Jimenez is finding his openings. Round four has Sandoval being the aggressor, and then he lands a below the belt shot. 9:10 p.m. ET - Jimenez continues his attack in the twelfth. Sandoval landed over 240 shots while Jimenez landed 163. Fortuna was involved in a scary scene in 2018 when he fell out of the ring against Adrian Granados. That fight ended up turning into a no-contest. After an amateur career of more than 190 wins, Fortuna turned pro in 2009. In November 2019 and February 2020, respectively, Garcia beat Romero Duno and Francisco Fonseca after two brutal knockouts to win and hold onto the WBC silver lightweight title. In April 2021, he was supposed to fight Fortuna but ended up working on his mental health. The bout he missed was an interim title fight against Joseph Diaz. He returned in April, beating Emmanuel Tagoe via unanimous decision.

Unfortunately for Fortuna, his predictive powers were lacking as Garcia dominated the fight from the opening seconds before scoring a sixth-round knockout to ...

Garcia also landed a hard straight right before coming around with a hook again. Garcia started mixing in a right hand to the body in addition to his work upstairs. Garcia bombed with a few big hooks and Fortuna got on his bike to the end of the round. Fortuna landed a left hand but ate some big left hooks and right straights from Garcia. Garcia continued to let big shots go and then landed a heavy hook to the body and Fortuna took a knee! Ryan Garcia vs. The fight also hinges on various promoters and networks being able to work out a deal that is fit for all involved. After the fight, Garcia made it clear that he was so comfortable at the weight that he would not be returning to the lightweight division. This time, Fortuna did not rise and Garcia was awarded the knockout at the 0:27 mark of the round. Things didn't get better for Fortuna in the fifth round as Garcia's left hand moved from the body back to the head. The patient long-range attack of Garcia (23-0, 19 KO) paid off in big ways as Fortuna's guard steadily came up, exposing his ribs. Official result: Ryan Garcia def. Javier Fortuna promised that when he stepped into the ring with Ryan Garcia, he'd prove Garcia was overrated.

LOS ANGELES – Ryan Garcia gave Javier Fortuna the beating he promised Saturday night. The hard-hitting lightweight contender dropped Fortuna three times ...

Fortuna mostly missed his attempts in the second round. His right-left combination sent Fortuna to one knee with 2:41 to go in the sixth round. Fortuna spit out his mouthpiece as he got to his feet, which bought him some extra time to recover because Cantu called for a break to wash it off. Garcia’s shot sent Fortuna to the canvas briefly, though, for the second time in as many rounds. Garcia snuck a right hand around Fortuna’s guard a minute into the fourth round. Before Garcia stopped him, only Jason Sosa had defeated Fortuna inside the distance.

Davis would likely be the favorite in that fight, as he's levels above anyone Garcia has fought, but the fight would be madness in the ring.

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Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia have been linked with a fight for several years and a bout may be one step close after the latter's KO victory over Javier ...

"That’s the fight that we’re going to go after and I strongly feel that the only way this fight can happen is by the fans rallying behind Ryan and myself and beating the drum and making noise," he said. By the fourth round, Garcia started to fire away at Fortuna and he made his breakthrough with a whipping left hook to the body which saw his opponent take a knee. The referee waved off the contest, leaving Garcia one step closer to a challenge against Davis. Garcia's promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, confirmed talks will now begin to stage what he believes is the biggest fight in boxing. I’m trying to tell you that I have the spirit of competition in me and you’re going to see it come out when I fight Tank and whip his a**. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” He settled down in the second period starting to dominate proceedings. There have always been obstacles to the fight as Davis is signed to Premier Boxing Champions and Garcia is contracted to Golden Boy Promotions.

Garcia, Fortuna Scorecard BoxingScene Live - This Saturday night, Ryan Garcia (22-0, 18KOs) of Victorville, CA, will step in the ring against former ...

Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) manages to secure his 19th career knockout by dominating Javier Fortuna.

The fifth round resulted in the second knockdown landed by Garcia when he scrambles the senses of his opponent with a brilliant left hook again. With 30 seconds remaining in the second round, the 23-year-old landed a lethal two-punch combination. He landed the first punches with a combination of left jabs and left hooks.

Garcia and Fortuna are set to throw down at super lightweight from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Alexis Rocha vs. Alexis Rocha vs. Alexis Rocha vs. Alexis Rocha vs. One more fight before the main event between Ryan Garcia and Javier Fortuna. It's Alexis Rocha vs. Alexis Rocha vs. Rocha started walking forward in the second half of the round, cutting off the ring and landing some good body shots and a big overhand left. Alexis Rocha vs. Veron is awkward enough that Rocha is having trouble connecting on shots that might stop the fight, so he has settled in to wear Veron down with shots to the body. Rocha did take the round off a bit, allowing Veron some moments to come forward, though Veron did little with the opportunity. Now, one year later, Garcia is looking to add Fortuna to his list of victims as he inches closer to a potential showdowns with other big names in the stacked lightweight division. Rising superstar Ryan Garcia returns to the ring on Saturday night for a fight one year in the making.

Ryan Garcia said he would never fight at lightweight again after defeating Javier Fortuna. Last year, Garcia was the WBC interim champion at 135lbs but ...

That could see a fight against Gervonta Davis be made at junior welterweight, - Ryan Garcia explains how Javier Fortuna made him fight better Ryan Garcia said he would never fight at lightweight again after defeating Javier Fortuna.