Boxing
Ryan Garcia blows out Mario Barrios to seize WBC welterweight crown: Relive blow-by-blow coverage
3 fight nights. 1 unmissable weekend. Only on DAZN
It was now or never for Ryan Garcia on Saturday as he looked to capture his first world title against Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight championship from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and live and exclusively on DAZN PPV . He struggled the last two years, and many wondered which Garcia would show up.
Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) put on quite argubaly the best performance of his career, dropping Barrios in the first 30 seconds and then using every single tool in his arsenal from start to finish to win by unanimous decision (120-107, 119-108, 118-109) and claim the WBC welterweight title, the first world championship of his career. DAZN News scored the fight 120-107 for Garcia.
DAZN News has what happened throughout the card below
Headlines
- Gary Antuanne Russell def. Andy Hiraoka by unanimous decision (117-110, 116-111, 116-111) to retain the WBA super lightweight championship
- Frank Martin and Nahir Albright fight to a draw (95-95, 95-95, 95-95)
- Bektemir Melikuziev def. Sena Agbeko by TKO at 2:58 of the seventh round
- Amari Jones def. Luis Arias by fourth-round TKO at the 3:00 mark
- Mohammad Alakel def. David Calabro by knockout at 2:27 of the second round
- Joshua Edwards def. Brandon Colantonio by unanimous decision (60-54x3)
- Richardson Hitchins drops out of the co-main event tilt against Oscar Duarte.
3 fight nights, 1 unmissable weekend - only on DAZN
Watch three amazing fights this weekend - Feb 21-22 - exclusively on DAZN. It's Barrios vs. Garcia for the WBC welterweight title on PPV, with Wood vs. Warrington II, and Shields vs. Crews-Dezurn II on DAZN subscription. Get all three included with DAZN Ultimate Tier.
