Ryan Garcia let it be known during Friday’s press conference that he’s “ready now as a person and as a fighter” to be the best world champion he could be.
To take the next step, ‘King Ry’ will look to dethrone WBC welterweight world champion Mario Barrios at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and live on Main Event and DAZN PPV, tonight (Sunday afternoon AEDT).
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Garcia (24-2, 20 KOs) is coming off a disappointing, underwhelming performance in a unanimous decision loss at the hands of Rolando Romero back in May.
The defeat had ‘King Ry’ squandering his opportunity to become the WBA ‘regular’ welterweight world champion as he will aim to secure a 147-pound crown this time around.
To do that, Garcia will have to devise a way to defeat a rugged Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KOs) who is winless in his last two fights, having scrapped his way to back-to-back draws. That includes a hard-fought draw against a 46-year-old Manny Pacquiao back in July as Barrios kept the WBC title wrapped around his waist.
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WHEN IS IT?
Barrios vs Garcia will take place at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, US on Sunday February 22 from 12pm AEDT.
The pay-per-view card commences at the following times:
NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, ACT – 12pm AEDT
South Australia – 11:30am ACDT
Queensland – 11:00am AEST
Northern Territory – 10:30am ACST
Western Australia – 9:00am AWST
The ring walks for the main event are expected between 3-4pm AEDT.
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FIGHT CARD
Mario Barrios vs. Ryan Garcia; For Barrios’ WBC welterweight title
Richardson Hitchins vs. Oscar Duarte; For Hitchins’ IBF super lightweight title
Gary Antuanne Russell vs. Andy Hiraoka; For Russell’s WBA super lightweight title
Frank Martin vs. Nahir Albright; Super lightweight
Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Sena Agbeko; Super middleweight
This article includes portions from DAZN.com and was republished with permission.
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