Garcia dominates Barrios, wins WBC World welterweight title

Ryan Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) finally got the one thing he was missing in professional boxing – a major world title.

Garcia dominated Mario Barrios (29-3-2, 18 KOs) on Saturday night in Las Vegas and won the WBC World welterweight title.

Garcia dropped Barrios once in round one and he won via unanimous decision (119:108, 120:107 and 118:109).

“It was one of the fights where I wanted to show you my whole arsenal,” Garcia said. “I believe it was like a master class, but I should have got the knockout, to be honest. It wasn’t just a left hook. Y’all were saying watch out for my left hook the whole time, but you saw my right hand working tonight.”

After the fight Garcia called out Shakur Stevenson (25-0).  Stevenson is a four-division world champion.

“You know who I want? He’s right there. So, Shakur Stevenson, let’s go,” Garcia said. “Hey, I want to be a great champion, and I’m not scared of s—. I fought Devin Haney. I’ll fight Shakur Stevenson. I’ll fight anybody.”