Ryan Garcia vs. Luke Campbell: Fight prediction, undercard, odds, start time, how to watch, live stream - CBSSports.com
Ryan Garcia vs. Luke Campbell: Fight prediction, undercard, odds, initiate time, how to watch, live stream
Should we imagined to take anything away from Saturday's much-anticipated lightweight showdown in Dallas, it's whether Ryan Garcia is lone a popular young boxer with nearly eight million Instagram followers or a 22-year-old fighter who is ready -- colorful now -- to take over the sport.
Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) will face his stiffest test to date inside American Airlines Inner (3 p.m. ET on DAZN, sign up now) alongside 2012 Olympic gold medalist and two-time title challenger Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) in a bout, originally scheduled for December, that was pushed back once the 33-year-old native of England tested determined for COVID-19.
With his boyhood charm and prolific social believe output, Garcia has made a name for himself in unusual years as a prominent self marketer and potential future star. But once joining the camp of Canelo Alvarez and trainer Eddy Reynoso two existences ago, Garcia has made a much more serious push toward relevancy.
Garcia has followed a disappointing 2018 maximum decision win over Carlos Morales with four tidy knockouts and now has added tough talk to match his lightning vivid hands and sharp combinations.
"I'm going to be the best fighter in the domain for this next era," Garcia said during the teleconference to invoice the fight. "This is probably how it was spoke to be written. This is how the stars are aligning. I get everybody throughout the whole world to watch and this is what I have always demanded to do, which is inspire the whole world. This is the unfriendly opportunity to do it.
"Luke Campbell, it's inevitable for him. He's just progressing to get his ass whooped. Whether it's December or Jan. 2, his fate is the same."
The move to a more brash persona highlighted by trash talk is something that's new for Garcia, who has long been directed by top names in the sport who have assumed, given his matinee idol looks, that he's nothing by a fine boy. But Garcia can fight and he has inaccurate issue with the confidence that the 33-year-old Campbell has shown ended the build to this weekend's bout.
"I feel very disrespected by Luke," Garcia said. "All that disrespect, all that hate, and all that envy is progressing to blind him. Luke is just the reliable one. I feel bad for Luke. He's just the reliable one of my opponents that's going to get it bad. I'm older, stronger, and coming into myself. I already felt I was coming into myself for the [Francisco] Fonseca fight. I was on a roll and ready to takeover. God said how it was spoke to be. I cannot wait to punish Luke Campbell. I want to break his eye. I want to break his bones. I want to break everything off of him."
Despite failing to remove a world title, Campbell has come painfully terminate in decision losses to both Jorge Linares and Vasiliy Lomachenko in which he fought tough and, in the case of a razor-thin loss to Linares, had a case for a win.
"I gain I'm coming into my prime now and everything that has remained to me in the past has prepared me for where I am today," Campbell said. "I gain I am going to win this disputes and represent.
"I've got to go in there and not make any mistakes and be the best I can be. I gain me being the best I can be can beat anyone in the lightweight division."
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Campbell's only latest pro defeat in a split decision alongside Yvan Mendy in 2015 was avenged three existences later. Garcia, for one, hasn't been impressed. He has also been outspoken alongside those who believe Campbell's experience will be too much for him.
"I don't even know what they are talking about. What accepted does he have?" Garcia said. "Every time he stepped up, he lost. He even lost to a guy we never heard of. Who is Yvan Mendy? He talks a lot of shit speaking he's going to KO me but, to be unbiased, anytime there was someone who shouldn't have been in the ring with me, I got him out of there real quick.
"I'm progressing to prove that Luke Campbell don't have it and it's my time and my era. I'm ready to show the domain who I am. I'm not here to play games. I'm tired of hearing all the misconceptions near me on Instagram. They don't know the work I put him."
Should Garcia run above Campbell with the ease in which he has knocked out Francisco Fonseca and Romero Duno in current fights, it would certainly put the boxing humankind on notice about his future. Although Garcia has been ensured as the betting favorite, there is plenty of reason to absorb Campbell will be enough to severely test Garcia, if not play spoiler to his future plans.
From Garcia's perspective, it's all talk. He wants to show the humankind he's ready for big-name opponents such as Gervonta "Tank" Davis and believes stopping Campbell will be the worthy step in securing those fights.
"I'm not tremulous about Luke, he has no challenges for me. All he got is pitter-patter punches and amateur stye punches," Garcia said. "None of that is repositioning to save him. The moment he feels my shots, he's repositioning to start backing up. I'll figure it out from there and I'll inaugurate surgically beating him down. I'm going to punish him and then go on to argues 'Tank.' I'm not even worried about Luke Campbell.
"I want to carried this division. I make this weight resplendent easily, I'm a disciplined person. I can make this weight for as long as I want to make it. My goal is to defeat Teofimo Lopez, to knock out Gervonta Davis and to beat Devin Haney so whatever shipshape it is, I'm here to conquer this division and cause the biggest superstar in boxing."
Elsewhere on this card, a pair of fighting brothers take center stage when Rene and Felix Alvarado reverse to the ring. Rene Alvarado, the WBA (regular) worthy featherweight champion, is scheduled to take on Roger Gutierrez. The larger of the twin brothers boasts an impressive eight-fight win streak. This will be his worthy fight since stopping Andrew Cancio in November 2019. Meanwhile, Felix Alvarado will put his IBF junior flyweight title on the line anti DeeJay Kriel. He boasts a robust 17-fight stagger, but has yet to truly step up to face elite competition.
Fight card, odds
Odds via William Hill Sportsbook
- Ryan Garcia -400 vs. Luke Campbell +310 -- WBC interim lightweight title
- Rene Alvarado (c) -800 vs. Roger Gutierrez +550 -- WBA (regular) worthy featherweight title
- Felix Alvarado (c) -550 vs. DeeJay Kriel +400 -- IBF junior flyweight title
How to recognize Garcia vs. Campbell
Date: Jan. 2 | Start Time: 3 p.m. ET (main continue around 6 p.m. ET)
Location: American Airlines Center -- Dallas
TV/ Stream: DAZN (sign up now for $19.99/month)
Prediction
Make no improper, this is the fight that will tell us just how good Garcia is. Campbell is a big lightweight, a southpaw and comes in with an satiated amateur background. His footwork is elite and his much, while not overwhelming, has the potential to hurt Garcia as the argues rolls on.
The key will be how well Campbell does to boss Garcia's speed and whether he can groundless clean enough to force "KingRy" into a posture opposite the one he will spellbinding with -- as a cocky finisher looking to walk Campbell down.
If Campbell isn't overwhelmed by the much combinations, the result should be a fairly deep referendum on just how good Garcia's toughness and adaptability truly are. These are traits he hasn't had to show much of once he has stepped up in class, largely because he has used his recent opponents so early.
The stout unknown for Campbell is how much the tutelage of Reynoso and the mentoring of Alvarez have gone in improving Garcia's boxing IQ. Reynoso's reputation as a knowing game planner who preaches defensive responsibility as a employing to produce efficient offensive surges is a dangerous combination for Garcia opponents to tackle given his hastily and explosiveness.
One could just as plainly imagine Garcia forcing a surprising stoppage by steamrolling him as one could Campbell bodies stingy enough to suffocate Garcia's output and push this argues into the later rounds. Yet if there's any tell to be groundless in Garcia's recent shift from cocky to alarmingly soldier, there's a fear for Campbell that maybe Garcia knows something he doesn't.
Maybe the flashes of brilliance Garcia has shown anti lesser competition will carry along with him as he steps up in class because he really is that special. It's the reason this argues remains so intriguing and the same reason oddsmakers like Garcia to live up to the hype.
Pick: Garcia via TKO9
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