WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios says he’s uncertain if Ryan Garcia deserves a title shot towards him when he returns from his suspension in 2025.
Barrios (29-2, 18 KOs) states that as a result of Ryan examined constructive for a banned PED, he’s unsure that he would wish to become involved with him. He feels that Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) ought to return and get some fights beneath his belt earlier than he considers defending his WBC 147-lb title towards him.
Apparently, Barrios might be making a title protection of his WBC belt towards Abel Ramos (28-6-2, 22 KOs), a fighter with a 1-2 report in his final three fights, once they meet on November fifteenth at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
If Ryan doesn’t deserve a title shot, why is Ramos being given an opportunity to problem Barrios for his WBC belt? Ramos has misplaced two out of his final three fights to Cody Crowley and Luke Santamaria. The place are the requirements for that struggle? Perhaps Ryan wants to start out dropping the best way Ramos is to get a title shot towards Barrios.
“Does he actually deserve it? If he comes again. Yeah, it might be good cash,” mentioned Mario Barrios to the media when requested if he would welcome defending his WBC welterweight title towards Ryan Garcia subsequent yr when he returns from his suspension.
Barrios was lately elevated to full WBC champion exterior of the ring. He didn’t truly win his welterweight title. He gained the WBC interim belt towards Yordenis Ugas final yr on September thirtieth after which was later elevated to full champion. It’s not the best method to turn out to be a champion, however Barrios wouldn’t flip it down.
“Hopefully, he comes again and will get on his s***, and he will get among the fights that he needs,” mentioned Barrios about Ryan Garcia. “It’s bizarre. The entire thing with Haney and him. Him popping up soiled. Regardless, as a fighter, I’ve acquired my very own views on that. It’s f*** up.”
Barrios is probably not pondering issues via. The cash he would get combating Ryan Garcia can be way over he’ll obtain defending towards Abel Ramos or whoever PBC digs up for him after that struggle in 2025.
If Barrios goes to show down Ryan, he could remorse it later as a result of he’s not a adequate fighter to carry onto his WBC title for any size of time with out being protected by his administration. We already noticed ring-rusty Keith Thurman beat Barrios by a one-sided 12-round unanimous resolution coming off a two-and-one-half-year layoff on February 5, 2022. Earlier than that, Barrios was knocked out within the eleventh spherical by Gervonta Davis on June 26, 2021.
Barrios has gained his final three fights since, beating journeyman Jovanie Santiago, Yordenis Ugas, and Fabian Maidana. Ugas was coming off a knockout loss to Errol Spence in a struggle through which he suffered a watch damage. This wasn’t the contemporary Ugas that had misplaced a questionable 12-round cut up resolution to Shawn Porter on March ninth, 2019.
“Like I mentioned. If he comes again, cleans up, and continues to achieve success, yeah, I might welcome a struggle with him,” mentioned Barrios. “As a fighter, we’re placing our lives on the road each time we step in there. I feel it exhibits extra about your character than no matter it’s you’re popping up soiled for.”
The possibilities are that Barrios gained’t be the WBC champion for much longer. So, if his promoters are pondering issues via clearly, they need to give Ryan Garcia or Devin Haney a title shot in 2025 if both of these fashionable fighters exhibits curiosity. Even Regis Prograis can be an improve for Barrios to Ramos and the fellows he’s been going through since his loss to Thurman in 2022.
“I get it. I feel it’s a little bit bit additional, however I get it,” mentioned Barrios about his ideas on Haney suing Ryan. “Our lives are on the road. They’re going about it in an fascinating method. I don’t know. My group handles all that. They carry the fights for me. We simply to the best way that makes extra sense.
“I feel Ryan Garcia is a rattling good fighter. He has a number of attributes about him which might be actually nice within the ring. What has occurred previously yr or two. Yeah, I do know I wouldn’t,” mentioned Barrios when requested if he wouldn’t wish to become involved in Ryan’s scenario.
