{"id":130801,"date":"2026-01-23T10:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130801"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:17:33","slug":"mario-barrios-ryan-garcia-stun-fans-on-press-conference-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130801","title":{"rendered":"Mario Barrios &#8211; Ryan Garcia Stun Fans At Press Conference &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130801\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130802 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barrios-Vs-RG-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barrios-Vs-RG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barrios-Vs-RG-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barrios-Vs-RG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barrios-Vs-RG-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barrios-Vs-RG-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barrios-Vs-RG-730x485.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA ahead of their highly-anticipated 12-round contest for the WBC Welterweight Championship title, reigning World Champion Mario Barrios (29-2, 18 KOs) and Ryan Garcia (24-2, 20 KOs) took to the stage to discuss their February 21 showdown, which will be streamed live worldwide exclusively on DAZN from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.<\/p>\n<p>Barrios, who secured the WBC Welterweight World Championship more than two years ago after fending off prior challengers in Abel Ramos and former world champion Manny Pacquiao, will now look to put down Garcia, who is set to make his first world title appearance at 147-pounds. The former WBC Interim Lightweight Champion has previously faced numerous top-ranked fighters in the division and will look to add to his knockout total through his explosive power. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While the full fight card has yet to be revealed, below is what the fighters and their teams had to say ahead of the blockbuster bout:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mario Barrios<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On competing in \u2018The Ring: High Stakes\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShoutout DAZN, Golden Boy, Tom Brown, and everyone from my PVC family. Everyone knows what I bring every time I step in the ring. They said that he\u2019s [Ryan Garcia] focused, that we\u2019re going to get a Ryan that\u2019s 100%, and that makes me happy to hear. So when I whoop his a** on February 21 there will be no excuses. The boxing fans are going to get a great fight and it\u2019s not a fight that you\u2019ll want to miss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On if he places Ryan Garcia on the same level as Manny Pacquiao, Gervonta Davis, Keith Thurman<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone said that I rate him [Ryan Garcia] on that level, but he\u2019s an opponent. We have to fight against him. We have to defend against him and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On if Joe Goossen\u2019s history with Ryan Garcia factored into his training decision<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. The fact that Joe Goossen trained Ryan Garcia had nothing to do with it. The move to go with Joe was going to happen whether this fight happened or not. Me and my team just felt that we needed a change to get this last stretch with my career. That was the reason for the move with Joe. We\u2019ve gotten familiar with him and his style and everything he has accomplished with his fighters. We\u2019re going to have a good camp and look forward to February 21.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Ryan\u2019s comment on the fight being bloody and physical<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. It could be. Whether I\u2019m cut, hurt, I get back up and keep fighting. I don\u2019t know if he can say the same, but that\u2019s something we\u2019re going to see come fight night. He said we\u2019re getting a Ryan that\u2019s 100%. That\u2019s exactly what I want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On being called the worst champion of today<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think much into it. I stay quiet, work, and do my job. Whether you like me or not, you\u2019re going to see me on these big cards fighting in these big venues. That\u2019s exactly why I am where I am. It\u2019s been quite the journey, but I still have a lot to do. I\u2019m just thankful and happy to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ryan Garcia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On competing in \u2018The Ring: High Stakes\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m truly honored to be a part of this huge fight. This is how it\u2019s supposed to be. I am super prepared for this fight and have been really focused. You can do a lot of talking, but at the end of the day, the fight is on February 21, and I\u2019m ready to put a beating on somebody. I\u2019m 154-pounds right now, so I\u2019m ahead of schedule. Joe [Goossen] knows when I\u2019m locked in, so he knows there\u2019s going to be a real fight. My prediction is that there&#8217;s going to be a lot of cuts in this fight. One thing that we do know about Mario Barrios is he\u2019s a very durable fighter, so he can come back the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th round and keep fighting even though he may be hurt. One thing I want to mention is they have three guys that used to train me, not just Joe. This man [Mario Barrios] called them The Avengers, but I call them traitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On which version of Ryan Garcia we\u2019re going to see this fight<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy energy speaks for itself. I try to tell people, when I\u2019m quiet, not interested, that\u2019s when you have to worry. When I\u2019m on it, posting it, and excited about something, that\u2019s when you have to be careful. At the end of the day, I know what I went through after the [Devin] Haney situation and it took a toll on me. They wanted me to try and force a fight and my performance showed. In order to be a great quarterback like Tom Brady, you have to forget what happened and focus on the next play. I have to go out and go grab that title. I\u2019m hungry, I\u2019m excited, and I\u2019m ready to put on a show. I actually have to be way more careful fighting him because if I\u2019m sleeping, he\u2019ll beat my a**. I\u2019m super locked in, and you\u2019ll see the best version of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On not getting his third loss<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo is cool, but three is too much. I don\u2019t wanna get this third loss at all. He doesn&#8217;t want to get it. It\u2019s debatable that he lost his last fight, but it was called a draw. But at the end of the day, we don\u2019t want to lose and we\u2019re both at this moment. That\u2019s why I think this is a sleeper fight. Some people don\u2019t think this is gonna be a good event. I think it is, and I predict that it\u2019s gonna be very bloody. I can see a lot of cuts and grueling fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On Joe coaching Mario Barrios<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hurt me when he didn\u2019t show up after my Tank [Davis] loss. That was a pretty big defeat and I didn\u2019t see him after the fight. Before that camp, he was pretty cool. We had a lot of great moments and that\u2019s where you build a relationship with your coach. It shifted when a big money fight comes along and a lot of people are involved. I\u2019m a little disappointed in his decision to go against me but that\u2019s what fires me up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On how he visualizes the fight ending<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a great, grueling fight. We have a plan when we get to it. I can see a lot of outcomes, but the fight paints a picture of itself when you\u2019re fighting, when it\u2019s happening, when you\u2019re moving. We\u2019ll see when we get in the ring because we don\u2019t know how somebody is going to show up come fight night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On if he thinks beating Mario Barrios would cement him and his dad as one of the best boxing father\/son duos<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told my dad, I\u2019m dedicating this W to him. I really want to win this championship for him. I made that promise and commitment to be the best version of myself, and I\u2019m showing him that we can do this. I\u2019m grateful for my experiences with all the coaches I\u2019ve had. I\u2019ve had a lot of great memories and they\u2019ve taught me a lot of stuff. Hopefully all the knowledge soaked in me and carries me through all these fights. I\u2019m really blessed to be a part of this and I\u2019m grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the biggest lesson he\u2019s learned since his last fight and the statement he\u2019s trying to prove<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy body is not invincible. That\u2019s something I learned for sure. Your body is a temple and you have to take care of it\u2026it\u2019s simple. Treat your body like a temple and everything else will start coming to you a little easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO, Golden Boy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On being part of another major fight card in \u2018The Ring: High Stakes\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really an honor to be a part of \u2018The Ring: High Stakes.\u2019 It\u2019s an honor to be working with Ryan [Garcia] and [Mario] Barrios in this fight. This weight class \u2013 147-pounds \u2013 you\u2019re in the middle of a division where they\u2019re hitting hard, they\u2019re fast, they\u2019re trying to knock each other out and it\u2019s exciting. The 147-pound weight class is serious business. Watching Ryan right now puts a smile on my face because I think we\u2019re going to see the old version of him that we\u2019ve seen in the ring who is determined, strong and wants to go out there and knock their head off. Then you have Barrios who is the champion. He\u2019s coming off the confidence in drawing with [Manny] Pacquiao, who is a legend. I\u2019m really grateful and excited that we can do this again to promote the very best at the biggest stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rick Reeno, CEO, Ring Magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On the anticipation ahead of \u2018The Ring: High Stakes\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank everyone for supporting this event, The Ring: High Stakes \u2013 what can you say? WBC Welterweight champion, Mario Barrios and King Ry, Ryan Gracia, both of these guys have something to prove this year. They had some ups and downs last year, but they\u2019re both young and at this stage of their careers neither one of them can afford a loss. That\u2019s why the stakes are so high. They\u2019ve both made adjustments in their careers, with their teams, and I know Mario wants to get a solidified victory to solidify himself as one of the top champions in the weight class. Ryan, in my opinion, is still the moneyman of the weight class, the name of the weight class and this event proves it. Back off his last fight, he\u2019s part of the main event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, a major PPV card and a world title fight. Ryan\u2019s following speaks for itself. I look forward to this fight and I think both of these guys are coming to bring it \u2013 they can\u2019t afford a loss and it makes for a very anticipated match up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Opening Remarks<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you Oscar. It&#8217;s great to be here. I want to thank Turki Alalshikh, Ring Magazine, Sela Promotions and our partners. This will be a tough and grueling fight. Both of these guys are gonna take some serious shots and they\u2019re both going to take some serious punishment, which is what the fans want to see. Mario Barrios is just can\u2019t miss TV. He loves to go to war and he\u2019s always in action packed fights. Now that he\u2019s training under the tutelage of hall of fame trainer Joe Goossen over at the famous Ten Goose Boxing Gym, I know that Joe&#8217;s gonna pull out all the stops on his gameplan for this fight. Mario is just an old school warrior. He\u2019s never turned down an opponent, never turned down a fight. He\u2019s been in the ring with legends like Manny Pacquiao, been on even terms for much of the fight with Tank Davis \u2013 a thrilling fight of the year candidate. He moved up to welterweight and took on a former unified world champ in Keith Thurman, so he has that elite experience against the best in the sport. Once again, I just want to thank everyone involved. We\u2019ll see you out in Las Vegas, the fight capital of the world, on February 21. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Henry Garcia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On Joe Goossen training Mario Barrios<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first found out that Joe Goossen was going to train Mario Barrios, I was taken aback. I was like, \u2018What the heck is going on here? Why would a coach that trained my son all of a sudden turn around and train somebody else to go against my son?\u2019 I find that very disrespectful and it just isn\u2019t right. But then again, I remembered, he told me a while back that he\u2019s done this in the past. He would train someone then later on he would go against them. Again, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s right, but maybe it\u2019s something he has to prove. Maybe it\u2019s just an ego thing. I also remember he told me specifically that when Ryan is 100%, no one can beat him. And I\u2019m going to tell you this right now, Ryan is 100%. Come February 21, you\u2019re going to see it. It\u2019s going to be a great show and we\u2019re here to win and take this title.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On how it feels being his son\u2019s head trainer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel honored that my son has picked me to be his trainer. I\u2019ve been with Ryan since day one when he was seven years old. My brother gave him his foundation, which I highly appreciate, until he was nine years old. Ryan obtained 15 national titles as an amateur. Then, when we turned pro, he secured 12 wins with 11 KOs. To come back from a cycle of journeys, I\u2019m honored. I feel proud and I know my son more than anyone in this room including the coaches, which I do respect because they go through sacrifices and all that. But I know my son and come February 21, he\u2019s going to be the Ryan I know and that I love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On if Joe Goossen\u2019s knowledge of Ryan is going to help Mario on fight night<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always said that you can teach anyone anything, but there\u2019s one thing that a coach cannot teach is how to take a punch from my son Ryan Garcia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Joe Goossen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On training with Mario Barrios<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a little bit of a difficult situation, but you know things change in boxing. I got a call from Mario and his people and they offered me the job. Of course, I said yes without a doubt \u2013 who wouldn\u2019t want to train the welterweight champion of the world? But again, like I said, things can get a little awkward. I had a great time with Ryan and I know he\u2019s gonna be in great shape. I know that. He always trains hard, but I have to tell you I think we got an early start on this camp with Mario. We started on December 1, I integrated him into my system and he took to it very well. We\u2019re putting in a lot of rounds and thankfully we got great sparring. I just know both of these guys, and they both will be in great shape. I predict a classic fight. Ryan will bring 100%, like Henry [Garcia] said, and we\u2019re looking to bring 120%. This is a pay-per-view fight and a lot of people should tune in, because it\u2019s not going to be boring at all. Both guys will dish out a lot of punishment, but punishment will be taken, too. Nobody\u2019s going to be messing around dancing around the ring, I can tell you that. That being said, we\u2019re preparing for that type of fight, and I can\u2019t wait to see us come out on top. That\u2019s our goal. Why else would we be here but to win? I have to support my guy, and I\u2019m here 120% for Mario Barrios\u2026it\u2019s business. It\u2019s already exciting and they haven\u2019t even done anything yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On going against a former fighter he trained<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs there an extra incentive for me? No. My incentive is always the same for every fight \u2014 for my fighter to win. The bottom line is I have nothing against any fighter I\u2019ve ever gone against. I don\u2019t go to bed at night thinking about revenge or anything of that sort. I go to bed thinking how I can better my guy that I\u2019m training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On if he is bringing any knowledge into his training with Mario following prior training with Ryan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery trainer wants knowledge, but all you need to do is put on the tape. If you\u2019re a discerning, fairly intelligent person \u2013 a trainer \u2013 you\u2019re going to see what\u2019s there, but that\u2019s not always what presents itself on fight night. You have to be prepared for many different things and you have to be prepared for something you didn\u2019t see as a threat previously. I acknowledge Ryan\u2019s abilities \u2013 they&#8217;re great. I acknowledge that this man\u2019s [Mario Barrios] the world champion for a reason. He\u2019s got tremendous abilities. He\u2019s fought some great guys, and it\u2019ll be a great fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans can catch all the action when they sign up for DAZN\u2019s Ultimate Tier subscription, which includes access to The Ring events. 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