Ryan Garcia can challenge Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz for his WBC -Tussentage Lights Welterweight title. This is not the battle that Ryan (24-2, 20 CO’s) wanted against the WBA champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ of the WBA, Romero, but he will have a better shot to win.
Cruz’s relentless style and power
The fight is very risky for Kingry as a rematch with Rolly, because Pitbull can hit, and he will be on the attack 24/7. I wouldn’t take the battle if I was Ryan. He is not equipped to go to war with a fighter like Cruz, and he would not be able to count on his left hook. Cruz has an excellent chin.
It will not be an occasional bomb that Ryan would hit, as in his fight against Romero. He would find almost as hard as hard with bumps several times as those who dropped Rolly in round two of their fight in May last year.
If Ryan still insists on getting a massive payday for his next fight, he will not be happy that he will face Cruz (28-3-1, 18 COs). It will not match the $ 20 million he received on May 2 at Times Square in New York against Rolly against Rolly.
“Reports indicate that Isaac Cruz would make its first defense of the interim WBC Super Lightweight Championship against Ryan GarcÃa,” said ESPN Knockout.
Weight issues haunt Garcia’s career
It is very doubtful that Ryan, 26, can make the 140 -pound limit. In three years since his fight against Javier Fortuna in July 2022, he did not gain weight to the light welterweight division.
If Ryan is drained and killed on the weight, he will be an easy victory over ‘Pitbull’ Cruz because it is his weight class. Cruz easily makes the 140 pound limit. This is not the kind of fighter Ryan has to face if he is not 100% after he has made weight. It is likely that RTAN will not make weight, and Cruz will be at stake with no belt.
Was Garcia washed up?
Fighting for the 140-pound WBC title is useless for Garcia because it is not as if he will stay in the division and defend the belt. He couldn’t even if he wanted to, and he wouldn’t be eager to fight the WBC 140-pound champion Subriel Matias for the full belt. That’s who Cruz should fight.
Some fans believe that Ryan is being washed now after his loss of Romero. They feel that the magic he had for his victory over Devin Haney in 2024 is now gone.
Last updated on 08/08/2025
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