“All of us can’t await @RyanGarcia comeback,” promoter Oscar De La Hoya has posted on social media. “What do you assume @TeofimoLopez ?” Though Ryan Garcia nonetheless primarily has till subsequent spring earlier than he can get within the ring with anybody (getting popped for a banned substance comes with penalties, in any case) it’s clear De La Hoya is – on the floor, at the least – trying to get his fighter again in motion in opposition to high competitors as quickly as potential. In fact, being a promoter, De La Hoya could merely be preserving his fighter’s title on the market whereas Garcia rides out a yearlong suspension for having banned substances present in his system across the time he was going through Devin Haney final yr.
Then once more, Garcia-Lopez would have all of the makings of a attention-grabbing battle. Garcia is extraordinarily in style – although clearly eccentric – whereas Lopez is daring and flashy in his personal proper. Garcia is from California. Lopez is from New York. Each males have been identified to ooze confidence. Lastly, they’ve each stunned fairly a couple of individuals by defeating the very high degree of competitors. Lopez defeated the seemingly unstoppable Vasyl Lomachenko in 2020 whereas Garcia completely beat up Devin Haney final spring (although admittedly some really feel that having banned substances in his system could actually have helped).
Maybe most significantly, a Garcia-Lopez match would current two excessive finish fighters squaring off – one thing that continues to be too little seen this present day (although issues have positively gotten higher over the previous few years). If there’s one frequent gripe in terms of the candy science, it’s that high names don’t throw down almost sufficient. No matter an individual can say about both man, Garcia or Lopez, it will probably’t be denied that these two have confirmed they’re prepared to take a loss or two if want be. Neither of those guys is valuable about his document, one thing that’s good to see.
Main fights are laborious to make, although. With Garcia not being obtainable till at the least the spring it will doubtless take some time till he and Lopez lastly answered the opening bell. And once more, De La Hoya, being a very good promoter, may properly merely be getting his fighter’s title on the market whereas Garcia sits on the sports activities’ sideline. Ought to De La Hoya be critical, nevertheless, followers might be desperate to see a Garcia-Lopez match sooner reasonably than later…and with good cause. Too many probably nice matchups have fallen by, in any case.
