Jeff Mayweather has supplied his ideas on Mario Barrios vs Ryan Garcia, whereas caveating his prediction by suggesting that each males can win by knockout.
The pair will collide for Barrios’ WBC world welterweight title this Saturday, headlining a card at Las Vegas’ T-Cellular Enviornment.
Regardless of being the defending champion, ‘El Azteca’ is but to determine his reign with a victory, having tied his final two outings in opposition to Abel Ramos and Manny Pacquiao.
Many even felt that Pacquiao, regardless of being 16 years his opponent’s senior, had achieved sufficient to edge their closely-fought contest final July.
As for Garcia, the 27-year-old comes off a unanimous choice defeat to Rolando Romero, who additionally scored a second-round knockdown, in Could, which adopted his controversial outing with Devin Haney in April 2024.
Again then, ‘King Ry’ claimed a majority choice victory which, as a result of American testing constructive for banned substance ostarine, was later overturned to a no-contest.
In consequence, Garcia was handed a year-long ban by the New York State Athletic Fee and, primarily based on his efficiency in opposition to Romero, has not seemed the identical fighter ever since.
When requested in regards to the Barrios battle on his YouTube channel, Jeff Mayweather insisted that there are actually query marks over Garcia’s skill as a fighter.
“Ryan had one, masterful, nice efficiency – in opposition to Devin Haney. And the unhappy half about that’s that, on the finish of the day, he was on one thing. And he bought caught for it.
“So, mainly, is Ryan actually pretty much as good as he gave the impression to be [against Haney]? He looks like he’s an amazing fighter however, ever since that battle in opposition to Devin, [he’s looked] extraordinary.
“I feel both man [Garcia and Barrios] can win by knockout, as a result of each guys can punch. [But] with [Garcia] being caught [failing a drugs test], after which with him combating Rolly [Romero] and looking out approach lower than common… I’ve to go [with] Barrios.”
Regardless of his limitations, Barrios is thought for at all times bringing a high-intensity strategy to the ring, whereas Garcia appeared to lack such urgency in his final battle in opposition to Romero.
