Ryan Garcia dethroned Mario Barrios to become the WBC welterweight world champion on Saturday night and former WBO lightweight champion, Keyshawn Davis, has offered his thoughts on both the performance and what comes next for ‘King Ry’.
At the third attempt, Garcia was finally able to find become a world champion, dictating the entirety of his showdown with ‘El Azteca’ by dropping the Texan early and then cruising to a unanimous-decision victory, winning every round on David Sunderland’s 120-107 scorecard.
As a result, the Californian has lined himself up for a number of major fights, including but not limited to a fierce rematch with Devin Haney, a war with Conor Benn and the chance to avenge to his defeat to Rolando Romero.
However, during the post-fight interview, Garcia opted to call out four-division and reigning WBC super-lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson, who rose the pound-for-pound rankings with a victory over Teofimo Lopez last month.
Speaking to Fight Hub TV, despite being close friends with Stevenson, Keyshawn Davis credited Garcia with an ‘amazing performance’.
“I think that it was an amazing performance, so shoutout to Ryan, you a world champ.”
Although, when quizzed on what comes next for the newly crowned champion, Davis welcomed the Garcia-Stevenson fight, confidently stating his belief that the 29-year-old would get ‘whooped’ by the Newark-born sensation.
“I think that he fights Shakur Stevenson [next] and I think that he gets his a** whooped.”
Stevenson, a former featherweight, has openly agreed to the fight, even without a rehydration clause, but he has insisted that the contest takes place at a 144lb catchweight, rather than at welterweight (147lbs).
