De La Hoya: Ryan Garcia ‘became a particular person tonight’

Ryan Garcia picked up the largest disclose of his occupation, with the present 22-one year-mild beating Luke Campbell and establishing himself as an true contender at 135 lbs. He stopped Campbell with a 7th-round body shot, nonetheless what’s extra spectacular is that Garcia needed to live on a knockdown earlier as neatly.

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya gave him an “A+” grade for the disclose, and said that Garcia is at final a “man” now.

“It became cherish a flash knockdown, correct? However it became a scary flash knockdown,” De La Hoya told Fight Hub. “And he became a particular person, that’s all there may possibly be to it. He became a particular person tonight. He wanted this fight for validation. He wanted this fight to display to the boxing world that he belongs in there, and he handed with flying colors.

“He did what every expansive champion does, receive correct abet up. In particular from a essentially vicious correct hook, it became a vicious correct hook.”

“A-plus. A-plus! He did what he needed to end. He took his time, he went after him when he had him injure in (the sixth round). Americans went crazy, and that’s the making of a celeb.”

De La Hoya also spoke about the chance of battling WBC champion Devin Haney next “when Ryan is ready.” If it pushes by, it could possibly possibly possibly be Garcia’s first crack at a exact title.

“Yeah, we are able to be ready to appear that occur when we’re ready, when Ryan is ready. Obviously Ryan is ready to face any one, that’s by no arrangement a doubt. However it’s gonna be on our terms of Ryan Garcia. And it doesn’t point out replace or this and that. No, when he’s ready, when he wants to. Every champion in the market wants Ryan Garcia, it’s no longer the a amount of draw round.”

De La Hoya and Garcia hasn’t had the stutter working relationship, with the promoter and fighter publicly clashing extra than one occasions prior to now. They previously argued about money as Garcia wasn’t cheerful about his $250,000 minimum shrunk purse. He reportedly obtained a critically elevated guarantee for this contest.

De La Hoya misplaced his biggest celeb in Canelo Alvarez no longer too prolonged prior to now, and is also claiming to be making ready for a comeback fight of his indulge in.