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Rising star Ryan Garcia scored the biggest win of his professional boxing career on Saturday against former gold medalist Luke Campbell. After facing some troubles in the opening round and even being knocked down in the second, the 22-year-old American turned the tables by knocking out the 33-year-old veteran in the seventh round to win the fight. With the victory, Ryan Garcia remains undefeated and brought his record to an impressive 21-0.
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Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell: NBA stars react to Garcia’s victory
After the fight, Ryan Garcia received praise from many well-known athletes, including NBA legend LeBron James, who shared a clip of the fight on his Instagram story, with the caption: “¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ The kid is no joke! ”. Like LeBron James, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers was also impressed with the performance of “King Ry.” He claimed Ryan Garcia showed “some real toughness” against Luke Campbell, adding that the lightweight division is “on fire.”
Ry Garcia dropped down and showed real toughness … a really bad streak … he showed me something today! 135 in 🔥🔥🔥
– Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) January 3, 2021
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Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell: Correa, Paul and Haney praise Garcia
In addition to LeBron James and Damian Lillard, many other athletes, including boxer Devin Haney, baseball player Carlos Correa, Logan Paul, and actor Michael B. Jordan also praised Ryan Garcia. While Jordan congratulated Garcia on the victory, Correa praised Garcia’s coaches for keeping the 22-year-old focused during the fight.
“It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can take a hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward ”Congratulations, young king 👑 @KingRyanG https://t.co/YYNajsxON9
– Michael B. Jordan (@ michaelb4jordan) January 3, 2021
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Ryan Garcia calls Gervonta Davis and Devin Haney
During his post-fight interview at DAZN, Ryan Garcia wasted no time calling out Floyd Mayweather’s porter, Gervonta Davis. He said he is “ready” to face The Tank, who recently defeated Léo Santa Cruz. Gervonta Davis is also undefeated (24-0) and has been in talks to fight Garcia for months.
Later, Garcia called Devin Haney, who was present at the arena. “I want to fight Devin too. I want to be a man of my word and fight Tank, I know people are worried about that, but I’m ready for that,” he said. Devin Haney has held the WBC lightweight title since 2019. Speaking about Garcia’s performance afterward, the 22-year-old said: “It was a good fight.”
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Image source: Ryan Garcia / Instagram, AP
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