SPORTSCLOPEDIA 45: RYAN GARCIA CONSIDERS HIMSELF MEXICAN-AMERICAN
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 15 Mar 2023
Ryan Garcia, age 24, of Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A. held the WBC interim lightweight title in 2021. On February 24, 2023, it was announced that Garcia would face Gervonta Davis in one of the most-awaited confrontations on April 22, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both boxers along with their respective broadcast partners made the official announcements on social media.
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Ryan Garcia's Opponents:
Javier Fortuna W-KO6
Emmanuel Tagoe W-UD12
Luke Campbell W-TKO7
Francisco Fonseca W-KO1
Romero Duno W-KO1
Jose Lopez W-RTD2
Braulio Rodriguez W-KO5
Carlos Morales W-MD10
Jayson Velez W-UD0
Fernando Vargas Parra W-KO1
Noe Martinez Raygoza W-TKO8
Cesar Alan Valenzuela Zatarain W-TKO3
Miguel Carrizoza W-KO1
Mario Antonio Macias W-KO1
Tyrone Luckey W-TKO2
Devon Jones W-KO2
Jose Antonio Martinez W-KO2
Mario Aguirre W-RTD2
Jonathan Cruz W-TKO2
Cristian Cruz Chacon W-UD4
Luis Lozano W-TKO1
Hector Garcia W-TKO1
Edgar Meza W-TKO1
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He stopped Luke Campbell by TKO 7 at 1:58 on January 2, 2021 at the American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A to win the vacant WBC interim lightweight title.
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His last fight was on July 16, 2022 against Javier Fortuna in a super lightweight bout at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Garcia dominated Fortuna and knocked him down three times en route to a 6th round TKO.
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He also won minor titles:
WBO–NABO lightweight title
WBC Silver lightweight title
WBC-NABF super featherweight title
WBO–NABO super featherweight title
WBC-NABF Junior super featherweight title
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Garcia fought at the co-main event of the Canelo Álvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev WBO light heavyweight championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Garcia defeated Filipino Romero Duno with a first round knockout, capturing the WBC Silver lightweight title.
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Ryan Garcia's parents are Henry Garcia and Lisa Diaz. Garcia always come out with the Mexican flag on display. According to marca.com, he has Mexican blood, even though his parents were born in the United States, but his ancestors are Mexican.
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Henry Garcia's family is from Anahuac, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and his parents who are Ryan's grandparents, migrated to the United States in the middle of the last century. Henry was born in Chicago, but speaks Spanish fluently.
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Lisa Diaz was born in New Mexico, but her family traces their roots from Mexico. Lisa's ancestors lived in New Mexico when it was still a Mexican territory. During the war of Mexico against the United States between 1846 and 1847, the Mexicans lost that land to the invading Americans. But Lisa Diaz's family had been living there, that is why they consider themselves as Mexican.
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