Boxing News: Ryan Garcia KOs Luke Campbell, Wants Gervonta Davis Next
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Campbell admits Garcia is a hard-hitter
Garcia wants Gervonta Davis to be his next opponent
Ryan Garcia likely needed a knockdown to focus against Luke Campbell in their scheduled 12-round showdown at the American Airlines Center Saturday in Dallas, Texas, for the interim WBC Lightweight Championship.
After being carried to the ring on a throne, the 22-year-old American got the scare of his life when he got knocked down in the second round by Campbell. It was the first time Garcia had been knocked down in his career. It was also the first time for him to fight beyond the first round and beat the count, and he admitted that he got too excited, Boxingscene reported.
Ryan Garcia stops Luke Campbell after surviving knockdown in Dallas
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3 January 20213 January 2021.From the section Boxing
Garcia s team raced into the ring to lift him when Campbell could not beat the count
Luke Campbell s hopes of another world title shot suffered a severe blow as Ryan Garcia rose from the canvas to land a superb stoppage in Dallas.
In a gripping lightweight fight, Briton Campbell landed a left hook in round two to floor Mexican-American Garcia.
Some asked how the much-hyped Garcia might respond to adversity and while he fought on emotion, he found answers.
Undefeated Garcia recovers from Campbell knockdown to stay undefeated
Luke Campbell was stopped for the first time as Ryan Garcia claimed the interim WBC lightweight title. By Press Association Sunday 3 Jan 2021, 12:46 PM Jan 3rd 2021, 12:46 PM 6,440 Views 8 Comments
Ryan Garcia (file pic).
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RYAN GARCIA BELIEVES “it showed a lot of people who I really am” after he rose from an early knockdown to hand Luke Campbell the first stoppage defeat of his professional career.
Campbell was an underdog with the bookmakers but decked his much-hyped opponent in the second round of their lightweight encounter with a savage left hook to the jaw at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Posted on 01/02/2021
Jr middleweight prospect Raul Curiel (9-0, 7 KOs) took care of business against late replacement Ramses Agaton (22-13-3, 12 KOs) at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas tonight.
With only a week to prepare himself for the undefeated Curiel, Agaton proved that he was simply no match for his younger opponent.
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Ryan Garcia seizes interim WBC lightweight title as Luke Campbell knocked down
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3 January 2021, 1:53 am
Rising American star Ryan Garcia has claimed the interim WBC lightweight title after Luke Campbell suffered a technical knock out in Texas.
Returning to the ring for the first time since being beaten by Vasyl Lomachenko almost 18 months ago, the Briton was felled with a body blow by Garcia in the seventh round.
Garcia, who amassed an amateur record of 215-15 before turning to the paid ranks and is followed by 7.8million people on Instagram, had to summon all his strength for the victory after his 33-year-old opponent knocked him down in the second round with a left hook.