Who is Ryan Garcia?
Ryan Garcia is an American professional boxer who competes in the Super Featherweight division. He is of Mexican descent and often carries both flags of America and Mexico.
A featherweight prospect from Victorville, California, Ryan Garcia has been saying that he’s ready to turn pro for a while now. The young fighter with a fast-growing fan base has been boxing since childhood when his father taught him the ropes in his hometown gym. His amateur career included multiple national titles before transitioning into the professional ranks in 2015 at age 17.
Boxing skills
As a pro Garcia has continued to impress, going 5-0 in 2017 by showing off increased power and becoming more fluid as a pressure boxer with skills to match his natural strength. That includes scoring three knockdowns in a four-knockdown performance in March against then-undefeated Librado Andrade.
Ryan has an aggressive boxing and fighting style, good looks, and a charming personality. He has the fighting skill of relying more on a defensive game and counter-punching his opponents. He also relies on his fast hands and power punches to defeat his opponents for most of his career. Ryan has a punching speed of around 80 punches in 10 seconds, naming him the fastest punching boxer. He also dropped out for the first time after receiving the left hook punch from Luke Campbell.
Popularity of Ryan
Garcia is very popular on social media with over 100,000 followers on Instagram and many more on Facebook and Twitter. Despite his young career he’s also been talked about as a potential future star for the sport, especially after having signed an endorsement deal with Nike earlier this year.
Achievements
Ryan Garcia won the 2017 Boxcino Tourney at Lightweight by defeating the top 3 seeded boxers starting with Juan Rojo (29-2) KO6, Fernando Carcamo (24-5) MD8 and Randy Caballero (24-1) SD10 to become the champion of this tournament.
Ryan Garcia started 2018 with a hard-fought win over Elio Rojas (25-3) via UD10. Ryan Garcia showed stubborn resistance to the experienced pressure fighter and overcame some difficult moments in the fight to ease through on the cards.
Education of Ryan Garcia
Despite his interest in the sport, Garcia also understood the importance of education from an early age. He attended local schools in Victorville and worked hard to balance his academic responsibilities with his training.
In high school, Garcia continued to excel in both academics and boxing. He attended the Victor Valley High School, where he maintained a 3.0 GPA while simultaneously training for fights. However, during his senior year, Garcia decided to drop out of high school to focus entirely on his boxing career.
Start of career
Fighters are usually launched into their respective careers during early adolescence once they show promising talent for developing skills required around the ring and around the sport itself. The earliest this process begins is often around 12 years old but can be started as young as 8 or 9 years old if a fighter shows great potential or promise. Athletes generally reach their physical peak between late teens to mid 20’s depending on genetics and proper training that enables them to maximize their mental and physical capability.
Fighters are usually launched into their respective careers during early adolescence once they show promising talent for developing skills required around the ring and around the sport itself. The earliest this process begins is often around 12 years old but can be started as young as 8 or 9 years old if a fighter shows great potential or promise. Athletes generally reach their physical peak between late teens to mid 20’s depending on genetics and proper training that enables them to maximize their mental and physical capability.
Career in boxing
The average career in boxing lasts only 4 years, less than most other professional sports which accounts for the scarcity in opportunities in young athletes willing to train professionally year-round in order to pursue higher level competition. Upon reaching their peak performance, fighters are often forced to retire with physical ailments or injuries that may be healed by time off but are likely irreversible.
Ryan Garcia is a professional boxer who currently holds the NABO super featherweight title. He began his career at an early age of just fourteen years old. However, he has already gained an impressive record of being undefeated so far.
Ryan won the following matches:
On January 19, 2014, Ryan Garcia defeated Jose Salinas by KO in round one of four rounds scheduled for the junior welterweight match-up. It was held at Fantasy Springs Casino and Resort in Indio, California.
On March 14, 2014, Ryan Garcia defeated Freddy Lopez by TKO in round three of six rounds scheduled for super featherweight division. The fight was held at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino and it was named as Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN: Moreno vs Zuniga.
On August 16, 2014, Ryan Garcia defeated Lucas Rafael Baez by KO in round two of ten rounds scheduled for featherweight division. This fight took place at Diamond Stadium and was organized by Golden Boy Boxing.
On May 23, 2015, Ryan Garcia defeated Carlos Ruiz by TKO in round three of four rounds scheduled for super featherweight match-up and was held at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio California.
On August 22, 2015, Ryan Garcia drew against Brandon Phillips after 10 rounds of scheduled fight for junior welterweight division at Fantasy Springs Casino and Resort in Indio, California.
On November 28, 2015, Ryan Garcia won his first title which was NABF super featherweight title defeating Christopher Martin by unanimous decision after 12 rounds of scheduled fight for the same division at Fantasy Springs Casino and Resort in Indio, California. It was named as Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN: Viloria vs Arroyo.
On June 18, 2016, Ryan Garcia defeated Erick Daniel Martinez by KO in round two of eight rounds scheduled for super featherweight division at Fantasy Springs Casino and Resort in Indio, California.
On March 3, 2017, Ryan Garcia fought against Carlos Morales for the recently vacated NABO super featherweight title and won it after defeating him with a unanimous decision result after 12 rounds of scheduled fight held at Fantasy Springs Casino and Resort in Indio.
On August 26, 2017, Ryan Garcia defeated Robert Easter Jr to win WBC lightweight belt after knocking him out during round one of their contest held at Fantasy Springs Casino and Resort in Indian Wells.
Frequently Asked Questions
As mentioned above, Ryan got much success and fame in people with his career and his boxing skills. He is one of the best boxer.
He started his career very early. At the age of 12 he start all this.
