Ryan Garcia flew to Japan to watch Manny Pacquiaoâs exhibition match with Rukiya Anpo at Super RIZIN 3, and he added the Japanese promotion to a list of potential future homes.
Garcia, a former WBC champion whoâs currently serving a one-year doping suspension, said after Sundayâs event that he wants to fight âthe best fighter in my weight class in Japan,â but mentioned UFC stars as specific targets for MMA or bare-knuckle bouts.
âI would fight â whatâs his name? Sean OâMalley? âSugaâ Sean OâMalley? [And] Conor McGregor in bare-knuckle,â Garcia said. âBut yes, itâs a very big possibility. I know how to wrestle, I know how to do a lot of things that people donât know. So yeah, I would do it.â
âI would knock out Suga Sean OâMalleyâs rainbow hair off his head [in MMA],â he added.
Aside from his doping suspension, Garcia was also expelled from WBC for using racial slurs on social media and charged with misdemeanor vandalism following an arrest days later.
The controversial but talented boxer entered the RIZIN ring on Sunday and called out both Pacquiao and Anpo, who fought to a draw in their exhibition match. Anpo is a former K-1 champion who had a massive height advantage over the 45-year-old boxing legend.
Garcia explained his callouts after the event.
âI donât even know who [Anpo] is, but I mention his name because he definitely was trying to knock out Manny Pacquiao and that kinda pissed me off, so now I want to knock him out,â Garcia said. âI would love to fight Manny Pacquiao â in a real fight, though, 12 rounds. I wouldnât do an exhibition at all. I would want to do a real fight, old lion versus young lion.â
RIZIN has now featured two boxing legends in exhibitions, with Floyd Mayweather also previously knocking out Japanese superstars Tenshin Nasukawa and Mikuru Asakura.
âSeeing this event has really inspired me to want to come here and knock somebody out in front of the Japanese fans,â Garcia said. âMayweather did it, but Iâd do it way better. Iâm a young lion. Iâm a guy in his prime, and thereâs a difference.â
During a recent appearance on the IMPAULSIVE podcast, Crawford weighed in on Garciaâs recent controversies.
âI donât have a relationship with [Garcia] like that, thatâs not my place,â Crawford said of Garcia. âThe guys that surround him, for you to call yourself a friend, a brother, a cousin, to watch a man like that self-destruct. What type of friend are you? Anything that I do thatâs gonna challenge me, anything negative, or lead me down the wrong path, thereâs not one person in my camp right now that wouldnât grab me and be like âHey, why you doing that?ââŚ
âWhether I agree with them or not, now thereâs an argument with them because they care about me so much. âImma take the fire because [Iâm] wrong, and [theyâre] gonna tell me Iâm wrong, and [theyâre] not gonna let [me] be wrong because [they] love you that much. If you go fight somebody, you gonna have to fight meâŚand thatâs everybody in my camp, no matter who it is.â
Garcia recently shared that heâs entering rehab for substance abuse, although itâs uncertain if heâs followed through with the declaration. His win over Haney was overturned to a no-contest after failing a post-fight drug test.
Interesting
Would be a fun build up hahaha,
Cocaine championships
- Who wins in Bare Knuckle
- Ryan
- Conor
Tough one.
Garcia takes it easy.
Onward Christian warrior. WAR.
Church hymn 480
âOnward Christian Soldierâ
We need strong Christians like Garcia in parliament I donât care how this sounds given his recent controversies
You better beleive this place would be SAFE and CLEAN lollll thatâs all Iâll say.
Love Garcia he is a warrior.