By Miguel Maravilla
Unbeaten lightweight Ryan Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs) of Victorville, California, kicked off fight week hosting a media day workout Wednesday afternoon at the EC Young Champions Gym in Los Angeles. Garcia will take on former two-time world champion Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna (37-3-1, 26 KOs) of the Dominican Republic, this weekend Saturday, July 16 at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown L.A. live on DAZN.
Here is what Garcia had to say…
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Garcia should win and I’ll be watching because I want to be there when he gets ko’d. You can only get so far with that ‘chin up in the air’ style.
Well said. Yes, Garcia’s defense is limited since he has that bad habit of leaving his head stationery. Yep, sooner or later, someone will land the right punch on that spot and his record will be dented.
Yeah, Miguel Berchelt used to (still does) fight with his chin up in the air all crazy like that, I don’t get it. Garcia should win this though.
Miguel Berchelt, a dangerous fighter, for his opponents and himself.
Bullshit Berchelt is shot for good, he couldn’t take the power of a bigger guy like Garcia.
Garcia is very talented, has fast hands and good power, but there’s basics in his style that are lacking. Don’t know why, but think he could end up on the canvas often the more he steps up.
Yes, I feel Garcia’s lack of defense by limited head movement is his biggest setback. It really puzzles why he has not improved on this bad habit as any decent trainer could detect it and work out the issues. Garcia strictly relies on his hand speed and sneaky power to carry him through fights, but that is only a portion of the game. Who really knows…
As well as he should since that is expected from him. Since he’a all talk and no bite when it comes to Tank Davis.
He couldn’t even ko the dude he was suppossed to destroy in 2 rounds!
I kind of agree with him but and what ?!
The amont of hate about Garcia in the comment section is unbelievable. He’s such a talented kid. He sells his fights, he’s confident, he’s rich and good looking ?! What are the reasons you are hating on him ? I can give you 5 fighters in 2 seconds who are bragging way more and are way more arrogant that he is..
Stop being jealous, he’s still young and has too improve i agree but at his age he’s fantastic.
there is something off about this kid ,cant put my finger on it..just a weird creepy vibe.
I am also watching to see Garcia getting ko’ed. but only because I don’t like him. but he’s talented, fast, and has heart. on paper he he has a good chance to win. he’s taller, younger, faster.