Is Ryan Garcia a weight bully ? I don't see nothing special in terms of skills but a very good size advantage.

[apollo creed]

I call spade a spade. He's just a 140/147 - 5′ 10″ dude who is fighting at 135 lbs. I want to see him vs Teofimo Lopez Linares/Verdejo/Easter or Barthelemy.

[jamamb]

he is big for the weight, gotta say while hes been effective vs his opposition im not sure i see anything in particular that is really impressive. he seems upright and hittable

still, at his age hes done well so far and playing the weight right is a major part of the game today

[SenorPipino]

Just 20 years old.

Has a ways to go, but he looks fine. Dazzling speed. Decent power. Plenty mobility.

Fine attitude. Some say too cocky. I say just very confident.

If Garcia continues to improve, he'll be world class in 2020.

GBP may have yet another goldmine on its hands.

The kid has skills, showmanship, good looks and loads of charisma.

Oscar sees a lot of his younger self in Ryan Garcia.

[oogiebe]

I like Ryan and think his potential upside is huge.

[Cent0089]

He fought at 130 lbs year ago. If he will fight against top oponents i do not care if he rehydrate from 135 to 137 or from 135 to 147.

[apollo creed]

They just try to build the hype around him till 25-26 y/o if not a cherry pick goes really wrong. He remembers of Zurdo Ramirez.

I'd like to see Ryan vs Teofimo Lopez who is 21 y/o asasp to see who is who!

[ValMar]

They just try to build the hype around him till 25-26 y/o if not a cherry pick goes really wrong. He remembers of Zurdo Ramirez.

I'd like to see Ryan vs Teofimo Lopez who is 21 y/o asasp to see who is who!

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[ValMar]

I can imagine very hot LWW, very soon (current LWWs, Teofimo, R. Garcia, M. Garcia, even old Pac).

[SenorPipino]

They just try to build the hype around him till 25-26 y/o if not a cherry pick goes really wrong. He remembers of Zurdo Ramirez.

I'd like to see Ryan vs Teofimo Lopez who is 21 y/o asasp to see who is who!

Of course they have different promoters, different networks, so there's no chance of it happening any time soon.

And why waste a potential super fight when both are still just prospects?

Big names demand a big stage. A world championship or 2 needs to be on the line.

And why bother to take a relatively paltry $500,000 or whatever risk today? Especially when the purse could be 50 times that several years from now.

[jamamb]

Just 20 years old.

Has a ways to go, but he looks fine. Dazzling speed. Decent power. Plenty mobility.

Fine attitude. Some say too cocky. I say just very confident.

If Garcia continues to improve, he'll be world class in 2020.

GBP may have yet another goldmine on its hands.

The kid has skills, showmanship, good looks and loads of charisma.

Oscar sees a lot of his younger self in Ryan Garcia.

dazzling speed? i dont agree at all

young oscar was much faster and athletically gifted, garcia is big and strong though

[Cent0089]

I can imagine very hot LWW, very soon (current LWWs, Teofimo, R. Garcia, M. Garcia, even old Pac).

Devin Haney is here too

[SenorPipino]

Just 20 years old.

Has a ways to go, but he looks fine. Dazzling speed. Decent power. Plenty mobility.

Fine attitude. Some say too cocky. I say just very confident.

If Garcia continues to improve, he'll be world class in 2020.

GBP may have yet another goldmine on its hands.

The kid has skills, showmanship, good looks and loads of charisma.

Oscar sees a lot of his younger self in Ryan Garcia.

dazzling speed? i dont agree at all

young oscar was much faster and athletically gifted, garcia is big and strong though

I don't see Oscar as having been faster. Both are/were quick but I'm more impressed with Garcia's hand speed and mobility.

Oscar of course was a more complete, refined fighter from Day 1 in the pros. He had gold medal Olympic pedigree, so he entered professional boxing far more advanced than Garcia.

There was plenty talk of ODLH fighting for a world title in his third fight versus Chicanito Hernandez.

He probably would have lost to the savvy Hernandez but he was at least in the discussion.

There would have been no such title talk that early for Garcia.

[jamamb]

ya we see different things, garcia is big and strong but he isnt close to blazing fast, if he had this blazzing speed and great movement and size and power i doubt that carlos morales is pushing him to an md

oscar won gold at 18 and turned pro young too, his being more advanced was him just being better in all likelihood

[apollo creed]

I can imagine very hot LWW, very soon (current LWWs, Teofimo, R. Garcia, M. Garcia, even old Pac).

Devin Haney is here too

Another good opp. for him.

[apollo creed]

They just try to build the hype around him till 25-26 y/o if not a cherry pick goes really wrong. He remembers of Zurdo Ramirez.

I'd like to see Ryan vs Teofimo Lopez who is 21 y/o asasp to see who is who!

Of course they have different promoters, different networks, so there's no chance of it happening any time soon.

And why waste a potential super fight when both are still just prospects?

Big names demand a big stage. A world championship or 2 needs to be on the line.

And why bother to take a relatively paltry $500,000 or whatever risk today? Especially when the purse could be 50 times that several years from now.

lol With this kind of mentality we ain't gonna see intriguing matches any time soon. We are f-cking boxing fans, not promoters, not managers, so we need to see the fights that are appealing us, not 'extra marinate-faded buisness fights'.

[ValMar]

They just try to build the hype around him till 25-26 y/o if not a cherry pick goes really wrong. He remembers of Zurdo Ramirez.

I'd like to see Ryan vs Teofimo Lopez who is 21 y/o asasp to see who is who!

Of course they have different promoters, different networks, so there's no chance of it happening any time soon.

And why waste a potential super fight when both are still just prospects?

Big names demand a big stage. A world championship or 2 needs to be on the line.

And why bother to take a relatively paltry $500,000 or whatever risk today? Especially when the purse could be 50 times that several years from now.

lol With this kind of mentality we ain't gonna see intriguing matches any time soon. We are f-cking boxing fans, not promoters, not managers, so we need to see the fights that are appealing us, not 'extra marinate-faded buisness fights'.

[stevekrazy]

Hardly a weight bully, it's just that Saturday night was his third fight as a lightweight yet each fight they've brung a Super featherweight up, Lopez simply was grossly small, if my memory serves correct he fought 122 just a few years ago, definitely 126

[goose 5]

I agree that Garcia's skills are nothing special.No superstar future for him, imo. In fact, I would't be surprised if he's out of boxing in a few years after some really bad defeats.

[Best Coast]

Hardly a weight bully, it's just that Saturday night was his third fight as a lightweight yet each fight they've brung a Super featherweight up, Lopez simply was grossly small, if my memory serves correct he fought 122 just a few years ago, definitely 126

I was buying into the GBP hype on Garcia until recently but as you point out Lopez is the 3rd straight fighter coming up from junior light to fight Ryan at LW. He's also Garcia's 2nd consecutive opponent coming off a KO loss before fighting Ryan. If RG continues to face opposition like this he will not develop as thoroughly as he could with tougher comp.

I am increasingly thinking Garcia will not be at the level of other fellow prospects like Teofimo Lopez or Devin Haney by the time they eventually get around to fighting (or even if they fought now, though that is very unlikely to happen).

[bmilligan]

Kid has talent and marketability.

Has flashy and tested wins but his opponents have been selected very carefully.

Interesting to see his future, but he will have to move up

[Best Coast]

Kid has talent and marketability.

Has flashy and tested wins but his opponents have been selected very carefully.

Interesting to see his future, but he will have to move up

DeLaHoya was great at drawing the female fans & that is clearly GBP's target audience for Ryan Garcia. But they clearly need to step up the caliber of comp if they want to build a genuine quality fighter behind the pearly white smile.

[lazboy]

They just try to build the hype around him till 25-26 y/o if not a cherry pick goes really wrong. He remembers of Zurdo Ramirez.

I'd like to see Ryan vs Teofimo Lopez who is 21 y/o asasp to see who is who!

Of course they have different promoters, different networks, so there's no chance of it happening any time soon.

And why waste a potential super fight when both are still just prospects?

Big names demand a big stage. A world championship or 2 needs to be on the line.

And why bother to take a relatively paltry $500,000 or whatever risk today? Especially when the purse could be 50 times that several years from now.

lol With this kind of mentality we ain't gonna see intriguing matches any time soon. We are f-cking boxing fans, not promoters, not managers, so we need to see the fights that are appealing us, not 'extra marinate-faded buisness fights'.

Exactly. You’ve lost perspective senior. Now a business fan rather than a boxing fan.

[tiny_acres]

They just try to build the hype around him till 25-26 y/o if not a cherry pick goes really wrong. He remembers of Zurdo Ramirez.

I'd like to see Ryan vs Teofimo Lopez who is 21 y/o asasp to see who is who!

Of course they have different promoters, different networks, so there's no chance of it happening any time soon.

And why waste a potential super fight when both are still just prospects?

Big names demand a big stage. A world championship or 2 needs to be on the line.

And why bother to take a relatively paltry $500,000 or whatever risk today? Especially when the purse could be 50 times that several years from now.

lol With this kind of mentality we ain't gonna see intriguing matches any time soon. We are f-cking boxing fans, not promoters, not managers, so we need to see the fights that are appealing us, not 'extra marinate-faded buisness fights'.

Exactly. You’ve lost perspective senior. Now a business fan rather than a boxing fan.

Senor has not lost perspective.
He is a realist in posting exactly the way promoters think.
We can all hope and pray for these big fights from rival promotions but in reality we have to wait for them to be financially viable.
It doesn't make him less of a fan. He's just realistic.

[Enlightened-One]

Is Ryan Garcia a weight bully ? I don't see nothing special in terms of skills but a very good size advantage.

I call spade a spade. He's just a 140/147 - 5′ 10″ dude who is fighting at 135 lbs. I want to see him vs Teofimo Lopez Linares/Verdejo/Easter or Barthelemy.

Is Terence Crawford a “weight bully”? His average rehydration weight for his bouts against Beltran, Gamboa was Klimov 152lbs.

The average rehydration weight of his opponents for these fights was 144lbs.

[IKSRTFO]

No such thing. If you can make weight, then you can fight at the weight. In that case, all fighters are weight bullies because mayby .2% of them fight at their walk around weight. In some instances, weight draining is a disadvantage as fighters like Floyd and Manny seem to have unlimited stamina in their prime and longevity as older fighters from not killing themselves to make weight.