
Ryan Garcia has been told the only man who can beat him inside the squared circle is Shakur Stevenson after he destroyed Conor Benn on Saturday.
Garcia made a successful first defence of his WBC welterweight title against Benn, recording a dominant victory which was completed in the second round and after just four and a half minutes of action.
The fight was ruled as a technical knockout (TKO) after a deadly right hand from the 28-year-old.
World champion claims only man can stop Ryan Garcia
Garcia's only career defeats came against Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero - while his majority decision win over Devin Haney was ruled a no contest after a failed drugs test.
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But 'King' is entering his prime years and Hamzah Sheeraz, the WBO super-middleweight champion, believes Stevenson is the only person capable of knocking off Garcia.
He thinks Garcia gets the edge of Teofimo Lopez but not Stevenson, who won the WBO and The Ring junior welterweight titles in his last bout back in January.
Speaking to Fight Hub TV, Sheeraz said: “If anyone got caught by that shot [the right hand], they’re out. It’s Ryan Garcia at the end of the day – he’s a different breed.
“Ryan beats [Teofimo Lopez]. The only person to beat Ryan at the minute, in my opinion, is Shakur Stevenson. I don't think anyone beats him."
Stevenson's win over Lopez was at 140 lbs, while Garcia has two wins out of three at 147 lbs.
Ryan Garcia named the fight he wants next after hammering Conor Benn
While Stevenson is a potential opponent for a huge fight in the near future, Garcia made no secret that he wants to fight next after making easy work of Benn.
He is targeting a unification bout with Lopez, who was in attendance at the T-Mobile Arena.
Lopez suffered a second career defeat against Stevenson but bounced back with a win over Romero, who beat Garcia.
"I want to unify against Teofimo. I think that's the move," Garcia said post-fight.
"It's a huge fight and Teo's an entertaining dude and it's going to be a hell of a build-up and he's a good fighter too so let's run it."
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Zuffa Boxing will get to work on making the fight happen but Garcia has already decided the outcome - claiming that he can exploit Lopez's weakness and knock him out.
"I think he's weak in his defence," Garcia claimed in a post-match interview.
"I think that people kind of overrate his defence. I think that he's much easier to hit than people think he is. And I think that I will knock him out. I think that my punch is heavy, and once I crack him, I think that he'll stumble and I'll get him out of there. Now, I'm not going to say it's going to be the easiest fight, but I know I'll get him out of there."
Topics: Ryan Garcia, Conor Benn