Via Dan Ambrose: Ryan Garcia will return to the ring in April against Mercito Gesta or Saul Rodriguez rather than Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz. Gesta and Saul will be the ones to tune in to get Ryan back on his feet before he goes on to face off against the top lightweights.
If Ryan were to face Gesta or Saul Rodriguez, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, Leonard Ellerbe, would likely say, ‘I told you so,’ because he predicted that King Ry would not fight with a dangerous guy like Pitbull Cruz, and that would be easy to mark. Looks like Ellerbe was right with her prediction.
Golden Boy Promotion cannot or will not host a fight between Ryan and Pitbull Cruz in April, but it is not shocking that it does not happen.
Ryan Garcia is not ready for Pitbull Cruz
It was a good move by Golden Boy not to do the Ryan vs Pitbull fight as they could have saved King Ryan from an inevitable knockout loss.
Sooner or later, Golden Boy will need to start matching Ryan to counter the opposition of quality, and he will eventually be exposed if he doesn’t improve. It’s hard for Ryan to improve when he only fights once a year and pulls out of the left and right fights for various reasons.
Pitbull has proven himself against the best in his battles with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Francisco ‘El Bandito’ Vargas. Ryan is NOT ready for a fighter the size of Pitbull Cruz, and it remains to be seen whether he will ever join.
Given the way Cruz is up against Tank and Vargas, Ryan won’t stand a chance against him. Someone at Golden Boy gawked and probably concluded that it would be a bad idea if they pitted Ryan against Isaac Cruz.
Cruz is a real person. There’s a lot of doubt about whether Ryan will ever become a boxer as he’s more of a social media guy now.
In Ryan’s most brutal battle to date with Carlos Morales in 2018, he was said to have been defeated but won a questionable decision. Pitbull Cruz will probably destroy Carlos Morales. That fight won’t be competition.
It’s all just a front and shame in front of the media, to whom we are giving this stupid ass story. All looks good, knowing full well it’s not happening. It’s all a surprise to see how quickly this happened that 360 and a new target opponent showed up lol. https://t.co/G5fNxz4h1I
– Leonard Ellerbe (@LEllerbe) January 7, 2022
The 34-year-old Gesta (32-3-3, 17 KOs) and 28-year-old Rodriguez (24-1-1, 18 KOs) are two of the names being watched by Golden Boy in the 23-year-old. – King Ry will fight his first battle in 15 months, according to Dan Rafael.
King Ry is absent in 2021
Ryan has picked up injuries and mental health issues that have sidelined him since his win over Luke Campbell in January 2021.
Although Ryan was able to take on Javier Fortuna, Gervonta Davis and Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz Jr last year, a combination of injuries, mental health issues and loss of interest has caused him to miss some. a big chance.
On a last resort, it’s good that Ryan didn’t fight any of those guys because he likely lost to all of them.
Those guys are more challenging and much more experienced than Ryan, who has been up against the second-tier opposition almost his entire career until his final game against Campbell last January. Ryan did not perform well in the match against Campbell, when he was knocked down by the British boxer.
Nampaw Gesta was a fighter that was highly appreciated by some boxing fans ten years ago in 2011. However, after he was defeated by then-IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez by a best 12 round. In December 2012, his career quickly went downhill, and he has been doing nothing since.
In addition to the one-sided loss to Vazquez, the Gesta were also beaten by Jorge Linares and Juan Antonio Rodriguez.
