After consultation with camps of Ryan “King” Garcia and Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, it has been confirmed that both fighters had prior scheduled fights, consequently the process ordered by The WBC has been now cancelled. The door remains open for a possible match in the future between these two sensational fighters.
Mauricio Sulaiman
WBC President
What a soap opera!!
Well you put this out there so no one thinks that one of them ran away from the fight. So I’m just guessing – Garcia is fighting Jojo Diaz and Cruz… maybe Fortuna?
Garcia might be fighting Yuriorkis Gamboa and Isaac Cruz Camaron Zepeda
Maybe Zepeda for Garcia since they both fight for Golden Boy. I would think Gamboa’s unacceptable at this point. Garcia passing on Cruz to fight the guy who he just beat would be awful imo.
I agree Lucie. I think Gamboa has finally been recycled beyond. I think Garcia will fight Jo Jo. It is easy to make and I think Garcia has a better chance beating Jo Jo then Cruz. Yes Jo Jo lost to Haney but was reasonably competitive. His KO % is not that high and they are both with Golden Boy.
Yeah, definitely. I expect Gamboa to fight again, but it’ll probably be some lesser opponent, or maybe a fighter in a similar situation like Linares or someone like that. But if you’re trying to be a serious world title contender, you can’t fight Gamboa anymore. He’s 40, lost his last three and hasn’t won a fight in three years.
I know a couple of years ago they tried to put together Juan Manuel Lopez and Gamboa but I guess it fell through just like it did when they were in their primes. I can see Gamboa in a fight like that or maybe even fighting Berchelt at this point. I know these guys probably should not be fighting but if they are going to fight I would like to see them fight each other. I would be prefer Berchelt vs Gamboa over Mayweather’s exhibitions any day.
Gamboa – Juanma is one of fights that should have happened a few times that just never came off. I think Gamboa would have beaten him, but it would have been crazy for as long as it lasted.
Berchelt would be another one yeah, definitely. Funny thing is Berchelt is a decade younger than Gamboa, but I’m probably more worried for Berchelt going forward than Gamboa. Ray Beltran would be another guy in that mix.
Bob Arum over marinated this fight until both were in different paths
They definitely did. I remember the first time Juanma didn’t look so good, he had such a hard fight against a fighter named Rogers Mtagwa and Gamboa was on that undercard and then Juanma came back and Gamboa fought Mtagwa on that undercard and ran him over. They should have fought right then but instead, Gamboa went on to fight Salido and then Juanma fought Salido and the rest is history.
Face it Garcia doesn’t want anything to do with Pitbull that’s the way I see it Jesus Christ he doesn’t even fight once a year what a primadonna
Finally got my interim belt. Lol
Of course they did. And of course Golden Boy pretended like they didn’t already have another fight in place. Oscar is a pathological liar. Maybe Ryan Garcia is too.
What rubbish. “..both fighters had prior scheduled fights’ that nobody knows anything about.
Anyone believe this BS? So if both fighters had prior scheduled fights lined up, who is Queenry and Pitbull fighting? LOL
Im teying to figure out what the WBC has to do with it. Don’t the promoters make the matches and the WBC. IBF, WBA, WBO accept money to whomever they apprive to fight for the titles?
Does this mean that the wbc wasn’t updated? They sure make it sound like they are the authority.