Who is Ryan Garcia?
Ryan Garcia is a professional boxer from the United States who fights in the Super Featherweight and Lightweight weight classes. Despite having been born in the United States, he incorporates Mexican background into his image and is frequently seen waving both the American and Mexican flags. He rose to fame after eliminating Miguel Carrizoza in less than 30 seconds during his early professional boxing career.
Ryan Garcia Net Worth
Ryan Garcia’s estimated net worth in 2022 will be $10 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. This follows the conclusion of a five-year contract with Golden Boy. Garcia has developed a following on social media, although it is unknown how much money he has made from Instagram and TikTok.
In 2020, SportsPro ranked him as the 12th-most marketable athlete, ahead of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.
To start his career, Garcia earned roughly $55,000. Garcia received a $250,000 payoff for his battle with Romero Duno, which ended in a dramatic knockout victory. Garcia reportedly felt undervalued by Golden Boy at the time, according to Forbes. After that battle, he would ultimately receive purse money of roughly $500,000.
The live gate for Garcia’s matchup with Luke Campbell in Dallas in 2020 was $353,835.
Garcia became the first American boxer to ever appear on a Gatorade campaign in 2021 after signing a deal to appear in television advertisements for the sports drink. Ryan Garcia features in some advertisements alongside NBA basketball player Damian Lillard.
Career
In his first match, he defeated Edgar Mezza via knockout (TKO). Garcia, known as “The Flash,” has won 14 separate championships for his countries. Junior Olympics, Junior Golden Gloves, National Pals, and Silver Gloves are among the championships. Golden Boy Promotions, owned by Mexican-American professional boxer Oscar De La Hoya, is his promoter.
Ryan Garcia had a 215–15 record in boxing as an amateur. On June 9, 2016, he faced off against Edgar Meza in Tijuana, California, for the first time as a professional. He prevailed with a TKO.
On September 15, 2017, he won the NABF Junior super featherweight championship by TKO in just under 30 seconds against Miguel Carrizoza. Before Garcia claimed it, the position was open. Later, he won victories over American Cesar Alan Valenzuela on November 2, 2017, and Mexican Fernando Vargas Parra on March 22, 2018, to win back the title.
When he faced Jose Lopez of Puerto Rico on March 30, 2019, he won by corner retirement to keep his perfect record (RTD).
He has won 15 of these 15 fights by knockout, and 3 of them by decision.
On May 4, 2018, he won the vacant NABF and WBO-NABO super featherweight belts by defeating Puerto Rican boxer Jayson Vélez in a Unanimous Decision (UD).
He has engaged in combat with a number of different professional boxers, including Jayson Velez, Noe Martinez Raygoza, Mario Aguirre, Jose Antonio Martinez, Hector Garcia, Christian Cruz, Luis Lozano, Tyrone Luckey, Cesar Alan Valenzuela, Jonathan Cruz, Mario Macias, and Fernando Vargas.
He is a 15-time national amateur champion boxer, which adds to his list of accomplishments. He was also chosen to play the lead in the web series “Brat.”
Family
Henry and Lisa Garcia gave birth to Ryan Garcia on August 8, 1998 in Victorville, California. Demi, Sasha, Kayla, and Sean Garica are his siblings. Sean is a trained boxer as well.
Originally intending to become a boxer, his father changed his career to trainer. Sergio Garcia, Garcia’s uncle, was a successful boxer as well. Along with his brother, Ryan started training at the young age of seven under the instruction of his father.
Both of his parents work for USA (Amateur) Boxing. Although Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s trainer Eddy Reynoso is the one he currently works under, his father continues to be the second assistant on the coaching staff.
Ryan Garcia girlfriend
Ryan Garcia has expressed his love and admiration for singer Selena Gomez and stated that he would like to date her even though he is not dating anyone right now.
Social Media
Ryan Garcia is available on Instagram with about 9 million followers.
Depression
Boxing champion Ryan Garcia talked about his battles with depression and mental health issues before his April matchup with Emmanuel Tagoe.
The 23-year-old fighter revealed he once had suicide thoughts during an appearance on Inside Boxing Live with Dan Canobbio (h/t TMZ Sports).
Garcia dropped out of the fight in April 2021 because to sadness and anxiety, even though he was supposed to fight Javier Fortuna in July 2021.
At the time, Garcia stated that he was looking for professional assistance to help him become “a stronger version of myself.”
The unbeaten lightweight said to Canobbio that his problems were caused by poor stress management and a lack of a strong support network, but he is now in a better position.
Garcia is still one of boxing’s quickest-rising stars despite not having fought in over a year.
He has a 21-0 record, 18 knockout victories, and in January 2021, he defeated Luke Campbell with a technical knockout to claim the vacant WBC interim lightweight title.
Ryan Garcia would be making his ring comeback on April 9 against former IBO lightweight champion Emmanuel Tagoe, it was confirmed on February 4, 2022. He scored a knockdown in Round 2 and comfortably defeated Tagoe, earning a unanimous decision with scores of 119-108, 119-108, and 118-109.
