Ryan Garcia

Who is Ryan Garcia?

Ryan Garcia is an American professional boxer who started boxing at his early age of seven. He is currently competing in the Super Featherweight and Lightweight divisions. Though he was born in the United States, he is often seen following both the American and the Mexican heritage. Likewise, he made his debut boxing against Edgar Mezza where he won the match by knockout. To date, he has already won 14 different titles for his nations and is named ‘The Flash.’ Moreover, he is also listed as the world’s sixth-best active lightweight boxer by ‘The Ring’ magazine. Apart from acting, he has also endorsed different brands such as ‘Bud Light.’

Bio

Ryan Garcia is also known by his nickname The Flash and King RY. He was born on 8 August 1988 in Victorville, California, United States. His father is Henry Garcia who is a boxing trainer while his mother is Lisa Garcia is a Personal Administration Assistant for commercial projects. Likewise, he grew alongside his three sisters named Demi, Sasha, and Kayla and a younger brother Sean who is also a boxer. Additionally, he is currently 22 years old with the zodiac sign of Leo.

Nationality and Physical Stats

Ryan Garcia holds an American nationality and as per his ethnicity, he belongs to Hispanic. He is of Mexican descent who follows Christianity as his religion. Besides this, he stands 5 feet and 10 inches (1.78m/178cms) tall and weighs around 72kg (158lbs). He has an athletic body type with six-pack abs and a dimpled chin. Moreover, he has dark brown eyes and hair color.

Early Life of Ryan Garcia

Ryan Garcia’s father always wanted to become a boxer but he ended becoming a trainer instead. He alongside his brother began training with his father at his early age. Talking about his early career as a child, he held a record of 215-15 in boxing.

Social

Ryan Garcia has active social media accounts. His Instagram handle (@kingryan) has 8 million followers and his Twitter account (@kingRyanG) has 486.5 thousand followers. Likewise, his Facebook page has 413 thousand followers, and his official YouTube channel has 759 thousand subscribers.

Personal Life

Ryan Garcia previously dated Catherine Gamez with whom he had a daughter named Rylie Garcia, born in March 2019. He is currently dating Drea Celina.

Career

2016-Present

Ryan Garcia landed his debut professional match against Edgar Meza which he won on 9 June 2016 by TKO (knockout). In that year, he played 7 total matches and he won all of them. Likewise, in February 2017 he played against Devin Jones and won the match.  Ryan then went to play against Tyrone Luckey, Mario Macias, and Noe Martinez Raygoza in 2017 which he all won. Moreover, he also won the title against Cesar Alan Valenzuela named NABF Junior Super Featherweight on 2 November 2017.

Similarly, on 4 May 2018, he won the titles like vacant NABF and WBO-NABO Super Featherweight against Jayson Velez. On 30 March 2019, he fought against Jose Lopez and beat him via corner retirement (RTD). Likewise, on 18 September 2019, Garcia fought against Duno and won the WBC Silver lightweight title. Recently, on 2 January 2021, he won the WBC interim lightweight champion which he won against Campbell by 7th round TKO.

More

To conclude, he has appeared in a total of 21 fights and has won all of them by winning through 28 knockouts and 3 decisions. Furthermore, some of the professional boxers whom he has fought against are Jayson Velez, Noe Martinez Raygoza, Mario Aguirre, Jose Antonio Martinez, Hector Garcia, Christian Cruz, Luis Lozano, Tyrone Luckey, Cesar Alan Valenzuela, Jonathan Cruz, Mario Macias, and Fernando Vargas.

Awards

Dawn Wells has won different titles like the vacant WBC interim lightweight title, WBO-NABO, and vacant Silver lightweight title. Moreover, he has also won the WBC-NABF Junior super featherweight title.

Net Worth of Ryan Garcia

Ryan Garcia is one of the finest boxers who has an estimated net worth of $10 million as of 2021.