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The propaganda that has long surrounded Ryan Garcia was tested by real conflict and adversity Saturday night, but the young American greeted it emphatically as he rose from the canvas to knock out Briton Luke Campbell.
Garcia, a 22-year-old whose online popularity has so far surpassed his in-ring credentials, made his entrance onto a golden throne, but soon found himself sprawled on the ground in the second round courtesy of a heavy counterattack and his reckless self-confidence. .
The ensuing sense of dread in Dallas, Texas, was largely the brainchild of Garcia himself. His style of arrogant arrogance and lofty prophecies leave no room to hide and, having won all of his previous 20 fights with relative ease, he was forced to look beyond the glamorous facades and into his own well of courage. There, he found and displayed a courage and spite that should dispel the condemnations of him as an “Instagram boxer”; rather, with his 8 million followers, he is perhaps the embodiment of a new breed of fighters, whose heart and steel lie behind. online expert.
The punch that finished him, a brutal left hook to the liver, was no fluke but the culmination of a sustained attack by Garcia, who has now established himself as a legitimate contender in the highly talented lightweight division. Campbell is a seasoned veteran and represented a gamble, but this loss may mark the end of the 2012 Olympic gold medalist’s days among that elite when he succumbed to the first stop of his decorated career.
Ryan Garcia celebrates after winning by knockout in the seventh round
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“I think I showed a lot of people who I really am. Today I showed that I am special,” Garcia said. DAZN. “They wanted to show me as a fighter on social media. Anyone who belittles you, remember that you are not who people tell you who you are, you are who you choose to be. I chose to be champion tonight.
“He got me, I was like, ‘They let me fall, this is crazy.’ They never let me fall in my life. I had to adapt. I knew I could beat him, I just had to get back up.”
Garcia, who is mentored by pound-for-pound kingpin Canelo Alvarez, has long been touted as a waiting superstar and was a firm favorite heading into the fight, despite being very inexperienced compared to Campbell. However, for what Garcia is lacking in age, he counters confidently and started quickly, grabbing the front foot, locking down Campbell and unleashing a flurry of punches against the ropes.
Ryan Garcia falls to the canvas in the second round
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Soon, however, his arrogance would prove his undoing and, while chasing an early finish, Campbell responded with a fierce left that knocked his opponent down.
Garcia claimed it was the first time he had touched the ground and, although he was visibly shaken, he reacted well, getting up early for the count. Campbell could not reach the goal and, only in that window, his opportunity was lost.
In the third, Garcia began to reestablish his pace and range, respecting Campbell’s threat before opening up and firing in bursts again. And as Campbell mustered moments of danger as Garcia’s defense glowed with vulnerabilities, the end seemed to become more inevitable.
Seconds before the bell sounded in the fifth round, Garcia caught Campbell with a brilliant counter left hook and the Briton stumbled back to his corner injured and exhausted, admitting to his coach, Shane McGuigan, that he was feeling “excited. ”. He survived one more round, but the finish in the seventh was clinical, with Garcia lifting Campbell’s hands before planting a low hook to the body. The Briton writhed on the canvas in agony and could not meet the earl.
Garcia’s celebrations were ecstatic, both with joy but, perhaps, largely with relief. This was the biggest test of his fledgling career and he passed it in an absorbing style, proving that a lot of skeptics were wrong, even if he is destined to always divide opinion.
Online his star was already born. Tonight, in the ring, it really came to life.
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