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Ryan Garcia Names His Dream Fight As He Eyes Legendary Showdown

Ryan Garcia Names His Dream Fight As He Eyes Legendary Showdown

Garcia is gunning for a boxing legend.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Ryan Garcia wants a "dream" fight against the legendary Manny Pacquiao following his breakout performance against Luke Campbell.

Garcia survived a huge scare as he climbed off the canvas to stop Campbell with a vicious body shot to earn his 21st victory.

He's now mandatory challenger to WBC world lightweight champion and fellow unbeaten American star Devin Haney.

But the flashy 22-year-old appears to be more interested in facing WBA (regular) world lightweight champion Gervonta Davis while revealing his desire to take on boxing great Pacquiao.

"That's the dream. Manny is a legend and it would be like surpassing him in the humblest way," Garcia told ES News.

"I don't want this to sound like I'm being disrespectful, Manny knows my respect for him.

"People love him because he fights with his heart. You don't even have to tell people to respect him, because more than one entire country supports him."

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Pacquiao, though, doesn't seem too interested in fighting an out-and-out boxer as he eyes a bout against UFC star Conor McGregor.

Speaking about his options, he said: "(Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr are) options, but right now I want to experience fighting an MMA [mixed martial artist].

"I will also donate a big portion of my income to Filipino Covid-19 victims."

On Spence, he added: "[Spence] is too slow. Spence is slower than Thurman but it's going to be a good fight."

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Of course, Garcia and Pacquiao are two divisions part. But the young lightweight phenom could move up in weights to face the 42-year-old who has previously campaigned at the smaller weights.

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Topics: Manny Pacquiao, ryan garcia, Boxing News, Boxing, Fight News

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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