Ryan Garcia is looking for his next opponent after defending his WBC welterweight title last month, and highly-respected trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts after seeing Floyd Mayweather linked as a possible challenger for the Californian’s belt.
‘King Ry’ blitzed Conor Benn inside two rounds in September, flooring the Brit with a brutal right hand before pouncing on the wounded visitor and drawing the early stoppage from referee Thomas Taylor.
Due to the nature of that win, Garcia is looking for a fast turnaround and may even fight for a third time this year as he eyes up an appearance in either December or January.
Another 2026 outing could possibly thrust him into the Fighter of the Year conversation, but a rumoured showdown with Mayweather – where Garcia could end the fabled 50-0 record of the boxing icon – is more spectacle than anything else.
In an interview with ESNews, Robert Garcia admitted that he does not believe the fight will happen, but that he would favour the reigning champion to come out on top if it does.
“I don’t think that it is true, but if it did happen I think Ryan [would win].
“Mayweather has been so inactive, he is 49 [years old]. I think that Ryan is too much for him right now, [back in the day] he would have had no chance at all, but right now I would pick Ryan.”
As well as Mayweather, ‘King Ry’ is also being mentioned for clashes against WBA welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez and Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz.
Lopez has recently lodged an appeal to the WBA in order to avoid facing mandatory challenger Jack Catterall, thus allowing him to proceed with the Garcia fight, with both ‘The Takeover’ and Garcia presumably awaiting that verdict before deciding their next move.
