“If that opportunity presents itself, I’d love to fight Shakur Stevenson, or we could bring Gervonta back, you know, from wherever he’s at. You know what I mean? Like, let’s go. I want it,” Ryan told ESPN’s First Take.
“I just want boxing to be at the top. I want these fights to happen, and I know I can beat these guys.”
Ryan has made it clear that he has no intention of staying locked in one division, even though he is now campaigning at 147.
“Well, my intention, look at my strength and conditioning coach, he said he believes I can make 140 comfortably. I trust the people around me,” Garcia said.
The comments came during an appearance on ESPN’s First Take after Garcia was asked about a possible fight with Conor Benn, who called him out publicly.
Ryan said Benn targeted him long before the recent exchanges.
“He’s been talking for quite some time. It wasn’t even recently. It’s been maybe a year, two years,” Garcia said.
“He actually grabbed me in London and tried to fight me, started trouble at an awards event. He’s been on my radar ever since.”
Garcia also revisited his loss to Gervonta Davis, claiming he was the fighter willing to accept tough terms to make that fight happen at a time when big names were avoiding each other.
“Nobody was fighting each other. Everybody was scared of each other. Everybody was ducking each other. Everybody was trying to protect the O,” Garcia said.
“I took all the clauses Gervonta Davis put on me and I’m the one who made that fight happen.”
Later in the interview, Garcia mentioned Tank again while questioning why the former lightweight champion remains such an important topic in boxing discussions.
“I’m a world champion now. What did he do? Why are we talking about him? He didn’t do anything,” says Ryan.
