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Shakur Stevenson has two demands for fight with new champion Ryan Garcia

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Shakur Stevenson and Ryan Garcia could be on a collision course after ‘King Ry’ became world champion on Saturday.

Garcia dropped Barrios on his way to a dominant unanimous decision victory to secure the WBC welterweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Following the bout, Garcia made it clear that he wants to face Stevenson next, the newly crowned WBO super-lightweight champion who claimed his belt with a win over Teofimo Lopez last month.

Shakur Stevenson has two demands for fight with new champion Ryan Garcia

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Stevenson laid out his demands for the bout to take place whilst speaking on DAZN, insisting that it would have to take place at a 144lbs catchweight and that VADA testing would be required.

“Was VADA involved in this fight? I saw him with Rolly he didn’t look like that. If he’s fighting me next, I’m all for the challenge but VADA will be involved.

“We’ll meet in the middle [144lbs]. Two big stars, we don’t need a belt for the fight.

“I think it’s a great fight to make. I’m in this for big fights. Me and Ryan would be an even bigger fight and would be a tremendous fight. I want to fight him and he want to fight me so it should be easy to get done. We’ve just got to make sure he’s on VADA and there’s no cheating involved.”

Garcia failed a drugs test in 2024 after facing Devin Haney, resulting in his win being overturned to a no contest. He returned after a 12-month ban and suffered a loss to Rolly Romero, but looked like a completely different fighter against Barrios tonight in Las Vegas.

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Video highlights: Ryan Garcia vs. Mario Barrios live streaming resul

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Ryan Garcia vs. Mario Barrios live streaming results, video highlights from Las Vegas

Ryan Garcia cruised to a lopsided decision win over Mario Barrios on Saturday, winning the WBC welterweight title in the process.

Garcia dropped Barrios in the very first round, and while he could not replicate or better that moment as the fight wore on, he stayed in complete control throughout.

After the final bell sounded, Garcia was declared a unanimous-decision winner (119-108, 120-107, 118-109), as he became a full world champion for the first time.

Ryan Garcia v Mario Barrios - Weigh-in

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The precocious 27-year-old previously held an interim world title at lightweight, but Saturday marked a grander triumph for “King Ry”, as he dethroned Barrios in Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena.

BARRIOS VS. GARCIA QUICK RESULTS

147 lbs.: Mario Barrios vs. Ryan Garcia
140 lbs.: Richardson Hitchins vs. Oscar Duarte – Canceled
140 lbs.: Gary Antuanne Russell vs. Andy Hiraoka – Russell via unanimous decision
140 lbs.: Frank Martin vs. Nahir Albright – unanimous draw
168 lbs.: Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Sena Agbeko – Melikuziev via seventh-round TKO
160 lbs.: Amari Jones vs. Luis Arias – Jones via fourth-round TKO (corner stoppage)
130 lbs.: Mohammed Alakel vs. David Calabro – Alakel via second-round knockout
Heavyweight: Joshua Edwards vs. Brandon Colantonio – Edwards via unanimous decision

BARRIOS VS. GARCIA PLAY-BY-PLAY

Round 1:

Garcia comes out aggressive. Shots to the body and then lands a big right hand and drops Barrios right away! WOW. The champ gets back up and Garcia is now pouncing. Barrios has recovered. Nice body shot lands for Garcia, then a big left hook. Barrios pushing forward and Garcia lands another body shot. Garcia looking for the kill but Barrios is evading. Left hook again for Garcia and Barrios just needs to escape the round. Great start for Garcia. 10-8 Garcia

Round 2:

Garcia takes the center of the ring. Jabs his way in and connects a nice straight right hand. Barrios counters with a left and then Garcia lands a body shot. Garcia lands to the body. Barrios pushing forward with his jabs. Hasn’t landed much. Garcia again working the body with his left hook. Good round for Garcia again 10-9 Garcia

Round 3:

Barrios trying to push the pace early in round three. Lands a good right hand. Barrios again with a body shot and Garcia eats it and returns fire with two jabs. Garcia pushing ahead and lands a left hook to the body. Barrios doubles up the jab. 10-9 Garcia.

Round 4:

Barrios has the size advantage here. Garcia showing off his speed with a snapping right hand that lands. Mice jab lands for Garcia. Lightning quick jab lands for Barrios. Huge overhand right hand lands for Garcia and it rocks Barrios momentarily. Barrios needs to use his footwork. Stiff jab connects for Barrios. One-two connects for Garcia. 10-9 Garcia

Round 5:

Garcia tags Barrios with another big right hand and rocks him. He’s recovered now but he is in danger. Garcia with a straight right hand down the middle that lands flush. Three-punch combo lands for Garcia and he is showing off his speed again, along with precision. Big left hook lands for Garcia. Barrios has no answer, despite being the bigger man. Left hook clips Barrios’ chin. A big right hand lands for Garcia. Barrios trying to close the distance. One-two lands for Garcia. Barrios with a nice right hand of his own as he pushes Garcia up against the ropes. Right hand again for Garcia. 10-9 Garcia

Round 6:

Garcia lands an overhand right, Barrios falls but it is called a push. The right hand finds a home again for Garcia. Barrios connects with a right hand of his own. Left hook barely grazes Barrios’ head. Barrios looks so much bigger than Garcia, but has no answer for the speed. Action slowed just a bit in this round but Garcia controlled it. 10-9 Garcia

Round 7:

Garcia opens up with a three-punch combo. Barrios needs to really turn it around and win the next six rounds or get a knockout to have a chance. Uppercut lands for Garcia, then a shot to the body. They trade jabs and Garcia unloads another three-punch combo. 91 punches landed for Garcia to Barrios 42 so far. Stiff jab lands for Garcia, who is now feeling very confident with his approach. 10-9 Garcia

Round 8:

Garcia once again leaves his stool early, takes the center of the ring right away. He is really feeling himself her, and rightfully so. Overhand right lands for Garcia, and then another. Left hook is partially blocked, Garcia follows it up with two jabs. Barrios needs to get it going here. Right hand lands for Barrios and he eats a left hand to the body. Both men get a stern warning from mthe referee after the clinch. Barrios with two shots to the body. 10-9 Garcia

Round 9:

Barrios gets Garcia up against the ropes and connects with a couple of rabbit punches. Garcia escapes and takes the center of the ring. Pumps the double jab, then a left hook to the body. Shot to the body lands for Barrios. Garcia’s father just revealed Garcia has injured his right hand. Double left jab from Garcia and Barrios whiffs on a right hand. Not a ton of action here in this round. 10-9 Garcia

Round 10:

Garcia touching the body and then goes upstairs with a three-punch combo. Barrios lands an uppercut and it backs Garcia up for a minute. Barrios gets in on the inside and unloads a barrage of strikes. Garcia escapes the ropes and takes the center. Three-punch combo lands and the last shot whips Barrios head clean back. Overhand right lands and then a shot to the body for Garcia. Very disciplined approach from Garcia. Garcia for some words for Joe Goosen in the middle of the action. Uppercut for Garcia to close out the round. 10-9 Garcia

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Crowned at last: Ryan Garcia outpoints Mario Barrios

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Finally, a world title has been strapped to boxing’s most popular personality, Ryan Garcia.

In a sensational showing opened by a first-round knockdown of former titleholder Mario Barrios, Garcia moved beyond the disappointment of his three prior title-fight failures to capture the WBC welterweight belt.

His convincing unanimous decision triumph came by scores of 119-108, 120-107, 118-109.

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“It feels great. I’m dedicating this to my dad,” Garcia said of his father, Henry, whom he re-hired after Henry coached him through his amateur and early pro career. “It was what I wanted to show: my whole arsenal. I should’ve had a knockout, but I hurt my right hand.

“We put on a hell of a show. … I showed my amateur pedigree. I can move, I can box. I hurt him multiple times. He’s a tough son of a bitch.”

Garcia, 25-2 (20 KOs), wasted little time getting to his craved feat, knocking down Barrios with a vicious right to the side of the head just 27 seconds into the bout.

Showing immediately that he was more than a one-trick pony who leaned on the left hook to knock down Devin Haney in an overturned 2024 victory, Garcia’s rights and jabs were productive against Barrios, making the hook almost an early afterthought.

“Early in my career, all of my knockouts were from the right hand. I hurt it around the sixth or seventh [round],” Garcia said. “Other than that, it all went well.”

The power rights forced two-division champion Barrios, 29-3-2 (18 KOs), to cover in the third, as he reached to land punches of substance on the Southern Californian Garcia.

Throwing the rights so rapidly had Barrios literally on his toes because the champion coming off two straight draws – including July’s versus 46-year-old Manny Pacquiao – was ill-equipped to deal with this 27-year-old prime performer.

Another right in the fifth staggered Barrios, and a left hook to the body brought another grimace. Barrios turned to protective measures, covering up and backing up at points.

“He fought very smart, very intelligent,” Barrios said. “We figured to expect the right hand. I wasn’t expecting it the way he threw it, a looped overhand.

“He fought a very smart fight.”

Garcia retreated to the corner where his father-trainer Henry resided after Garcia had cycled through cornermen including Eddy Reynoso, Derrick James and Joe Goossen, who cornered Barrios on Saturday.

A left hook to the head in the sixth wobbled Barrios, as Garcia retreated to his father for reminders delivered with a confident smile.

“It’s like it was written for a story,” Garcia said. “There’s a special relationship with your father. If you’ve got a dad, tell him you love him.”

Powerful head combinations by Garcia in the seventh diminished Barrios’ hopes. Garcia eased through the eighth, then returned to discouraging Barrios with the power shots that noticeably swelled Barrios’ nose.

Garcia spent the opening minute of the 10th further weakening Barrios with wicked deliveries, appearing to turn to Goossen in a confident display of work that reminded the trainer Garcia referred to as “traitor” couldn’t inspire any magic on this evening.

“Tough guy to track down, fleet-footed, quick-handed,” Goossen said of Garcia. “Mario was trying to get the knockout in the later rounds. That was our opportunity. We couldn’t capitalize on it.”

Nodding to the crowd after the 11th, Garcia neared his moment of reckoning after the 2023 body shot by Gervonta Davis that stopped him, the Haney fiasco and the surprise, sluggish showing last year against Rolando “Rolly” Romero in New York’s Times Square.

All that’s over now for the new titleholder who, in a time of great debate over the importance of title belts, savored his.

In victory, Garcia called out unbeaten four-division champion Shakur Stevenson.

“You know who I want: Shakur Stevenson,” Garcia said. “I’ll fight anybody. You’ve got to get some kind of punching power to keep me off you. I want that fight.”

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