Ryan Garcia ’s perfect record was tainted when he lost to Gervonta Davis, but he maintains Tank isn’t the hardest puncher he’s faced. Ryan Garcia ‘s record currently sits at 24-1 after his most recent victory over Devin Haney was later ruled a no-contest when Garcia was found to have used PEDs. Garcia dropped Haney three times in the fight, and put on a career-best performance two fights on from his loss to Gervonta Davis .
The loss was the first of Garcia’s career, but he claims the hardest puncher was actually a man he knocked out. Ryan Garcia claims Oscar Duarte had “bricks in his hands” In 2023 Garcia faced Davis, who rocked a child when he was seven , in a mega-fight, the biggest of both of their careers. Garcia, who beat Luke Campbell , would fall short on the occasion, though, and was dropped in round two and again in round seven with a lethal body shot that left him unable to continue.
Garcia’s comeback fight happened eight months later when he faced then 26-1-1 Oscar Duarte. !!️Ryan Garcia REVEALS Oscar Duarte is the HARDEST PUNCHER He’s ever FACEDNot Gervonta!!️says “that Dude punched like he had bricks in his hands & was the first one to cut me” pic.twitter.
com/lpl9d6ngoJ Garcia, who hopes to win back fans , outboxed and stopped Duarte in the eighth round, but he claims in a clip from The DAZN Boxing Show that the fight saw him receive the toughest punches of his career: “That dude had bricks in his hands. [..
.] He’s the only one that’s ever cut my eye.” Ryan Garcia returns against one of the most controversial former world champions Garcia is set to return to the ring in Times Square in May on the same card as Haney, in a bid to set up a rematch between the pair.
He will face Tank’s former opponent, Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, who became a world champion in 2023 when he beat Ismael Barroso via ninth-round stoppage. Romero stopping Barroso..
#boxing https://t.co/pgfA2pcveK pic.twitter.
com/gl1pvYGEra Barroso was ahead on every scorecard at the time of the stoppage, which fans branded ridiculously premature and uncalled for. Barroso stopped Ohara Davies in one round in his next fight, whilst Romero lost to Isaac ‘Pitbull Cruz’, who was homeless until boxing changed his life. This article first appeared on Bloody Knockout and was syndicated with permission.
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Ryan Garcia snubs Gervonta Davis to reveal the hardest puncher he’s faced... “He had bricks in his hands”

Ryan Garcia’s perfect record was tainted when he lost to Gervonta Davis, but he maintains Tank isn’t the hardest puncher he’s faced. Ryan Garcia‘s record currently sits at 24-1 after his most recent victory over Devin Haney was later ruled a no-contest when Garcia was found to have used PEDs.