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Ryan Garcia says he will fight Teofimo Lopez when he returns to the ring this year after his suspension expires. This goes hand in hand with what Garcia’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, says.
Garcia moves on
Oscar said there’s no point in Ryan fighting Devin Haney again because he already “destroyed” him. He says the fight he wants for Garcia is WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo (21-1, 13 KOs), who is unopposed after opting not to defend against Subriel Matias.
Teofimo’s career has stalled since his loss to George Kambosos Jr. in 2021. Although he captured the WBO 140-pound title from a gutted Josh Taylor in 2023, he has looked awful in fights against Steve Claggett, Jamaine Ortiz and Sandor Martin. .
It’s obvious that Top Rank guessed wrong with Teofimo and should have dropped him after his loss to Kambosos instead of giving him an extension. He hasn’t shown any improvement since that loss.
Garcia claims that he would “talk” to Haney, but would have to drop the lawsuit he has against him. Haney hasn’t said if he will, but his recent comments suggest he won’t. Unfortunately, that leaves him high and dry, but he still has Turki Al-Shiekh. He still believes in him and will help him this year.
If Devin loses a time or two, it will be interesting to see if Turki gives up on him and realizes that it’s not worth artificially propping himself up with time and money.
“I’ll call his ass**” – Garcia
“I’ll be ready for whatever happens. It looks like I’m going to fight Teofimo López. So this is good. I saw him today. It’s a little weird, but other than that, I’m ready to give him a dick**,” Ryan Garcia told secondsout about him fighting next with Teofimo López.
“I don’t know. You have to wait and see,” Ryan said when asked about his fight with Teofimo. “But after I fight him, I’ll be the first to fight all three of the so-called ‘Four Kings.’ I am the only one among them who fought against all of them. Tank, Devin and Teofimo Lopez.
“I’m out here to throw it down with everybody. It seems like everybody’s scared or whatever’s going on around here
“Not for me,” Ryan said when asked if it’s important to fight Devin Haney again so that he can be vindicated because his win has been tainted and pulled by the New York State Athletic Commission due to of his positive drug test. “Fighting Teofimo Lopez would be as satisfying as a rematch with Devin.”
Ryan would get a lot more credit for beating Teofimo than Haney at this point since he has defeated Devin. Few people will give Haney much of a chance in a rematch with Garcia after the way he whipped him last April.
The boxing public would be very interested in a fight between Garcia and Teofimo because the two have never fought before. The WBO 140-pound belt would be on the line and Teofimo can do his part to help promote the fight. In Devin’s case, he relies on his father, Bill, to do much of the work of creating interest. This doesn’t work so well.
“Again, I’m not saying I wouldn’t. I’d go down with him (Haney) again, but they had to stop all that nonsense (dropping the lawsuit) before I got in there,” Garcia said.
It doesn’t appear that Haney and Bill plan to drop the lawsuit. They seem to be buried and will probably fight to the end in their suit, even though doing so would be shooting themselves in the foot.
