After careful consideration and countless communications with all parties involved, the WBC has confirmed the course of action for the lightweight division. Ryan Garcia won the WBC interim title and mandatory position. Javier Fortuna had a signed contract to face Linares which Covid prevented from happening and also earned a mandatory position. The WBC is hereby ordering Ryan Garcia vs. Javier Fortuna for The WBC interim lightweight championship and mandatory position in the division. The free negotiation period has begun and if no agreement is reached a purse bid will take place on Friday, April 16.
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I bet 5k that Garcia and de la Holla will found any excuse to not fight, fortuna because he represents a big treat to Garcia.
This could be a hell of a fight if Fortuna enters the ring in top shape. I favor Garcia, but not by a wide margin.
This is a potential messy, highly physical fight; but I will pick Garcia to win. Heck, Fortuna may end up getting disqualified for excessive holding and/or excessive foul punches. I hope this fight occurs.
Fortuna is done De La Hoya getting cherrie pick for yours boxers.
Jose, huh?
Whetto: ok, its not jus me. I had to read Jose’s statement like 4 times and still dont get it. Lol
If it happens this will be a fight worthy of watching and if Garcia beats him easy then surely Haney will vacate the belt and move up in weight.
Kingry in 2!
Forgive me if I’m being thick here but if RGs previous fight was for the interim belt shouldn’t this fight be vs Haney for the title?
You hear of champions not wanting to oblige their mandatories but it seems much more of a rarity for the mandatory fighter not seeming to want to fight the champion.
I always thought the idea with the interim title was for a fighter who had been due a shot but unable to get one because the champ was out of action or maybe in a unification and it would be a one off fight and the next fight would be a match between the interim winner and the champ or the champ gets stripped. The WBO heavy interim fight between Usyk and Joyce being a good example.
Maybe it’s the WBCs way of making more money (the interim title sounding better than the mandatory position)
@John, you have a great observation, also why the WBC didn’t order Haney vs. Garcia and the winner obligated to face Fortuna after?
Don’t forget there is also a WBC franchise champion who is the real WBC 135lb ruler. They’re going full-on WBA now.
As long as the fans put up with this nonsense these organizations will create champions for every fight and push boxing further into irrelevance for the average sports fan.
Yes, Ryan was the mandatory for Haney title but Ryans people did all the can to get out of fighting Haney for the title and the WBC was happy to oblige. Hany continues to be the “Darkhorse” of the division, even with a WBC belt. The casual fans will continue to blame Haney for having “never fought anybody”
Excellent test for Ryan Garcia if he decides to finalize the deal. Fortuna is not just a gate keeper but a legitimate top dog, he’s a southpaw and loves to mix it up keeping dirty at times. If Ryan succeeds he could graduate from boyhood to manhood because he will be in a street fight and won’t be against a British gentleman like Luke Campbell.
this will be test for young garcia.
Should be fun while to lasts…
I like Garcia and I want him to keep on winning but I’m just worried that he’s going to end up cross dressing and playing with food utensils. Maybe Oscar has given him ideas on what types of fishnets to wear and stuff. I cringe when I think of it but I believe this will happen.
Yes I think he will do that stuff….