De la Hoya: Ryan Garcia needs 2025 after Rolly Loss

Oscar de la Hoya says he would like Ryan Garcia to take the rest of 2025 after his loss in Rolando “Rolly” Romero on May 2. Golden Boy’s promoter from La Hoya, wants Garcia (24-2, 20 kos) to curb her wounds and get “his right mind“Before returning in 2026.

Inactivity: A risk for Garcia?

The problem with Garcia, 26, who took care of the remaining year is that he had already been out of action for 13 months when he fought against Rolly. The New York State Athletic Commission had been suspended by the positive test for a Ped after its victory over Devin Haney on April 20, 2024.

Doing another year of rest would not be a good movement for a young fighter like Garcia. You will have missed too many actions to regain the form you before. However, if Ryan’s focus is only in money struggles, it will not hurt to have a bad time until 2026.

The way Garcia acted against Romero, his career is going down, regardless of whether he remains active. Ryan will not beat the highest fighters at 140 or 147 looking in the way he did Romero. If Garcia decides to fight again this year, you must take a trusted builder.

“I would like Ryan (Garcia) to put himself all year, putting in straight, getting comfortable wherever he feels good,” said Oscar de la Hoya a Sean Zittel On want Ryan Garcia to take the rest of 2025 after his loss in Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero on May 2.

Overwrite defeat: Garcia’s need

Keeping out of the ring for another year would be bad for Garcia. Would have a lot of time to do stewed in his defeat In Rolly, interpreting him in his mind daily and being tortured by memories. Would be better for Garcia to return and get a victory so I can overwrite The image of defeat in his mind. When a fighter fails, the worst thing he can do is sit inactive for a prolonged period.

“Nothing is lost for him. He has wounds and he has to solve -” he said of La Hoya. “But I think more importantly, he has to put his life in order because I am sure, because I have lived it, that everyone pulls him to the left and right, including the family.”

There is something “lost” by Garcia sitting inactive for the rest of this year. His confidence will remain low and he may never recover what he lost from all the inactivity. If he had already had a long career like Terence Crawford, he would not hurt to be inactive.

“There is nothing wrong, but you have to be able to breathe deeply, take a step back and evaluate your life and return it in order. This is my opinion. I hope it takes that year,” said Hoya about Garcia.

Of Hoya’s past against Garcia

It is easy for the Hoya to say that Garcia takes the rest of the year. It’s not your career. We know that Oscar did not do it when he had Ryan’s age. When I was 26 years oldHe fought against these three fighters in 1999:

Ike quartey
Oba Carr
Felix Trinidad

“I mean, I would like to be the seventh fighter who appeared,” said Hoya, when he asked if he would like Ryan Garcia to join with coach Eddy Reynoso.