Who will Ryan Garcia 🇺🇸 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Teofimo Lopez🇺🇸 (25%, callout / claim). Next: Isaac Cruz🇲🇽 (20%), Angel Fierro (15%).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Ryan Garcia's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 25%chance next opponentRyan Garcia beat Conor Benn on 12 Sep 2026 (TKO, round 2). Garcia is targeting a unification with Lopez, but Lopez has a WBA order to face Catterall.2027 (target)
- 20%chance next opponentCruz said 'bring it on', but his team says December may be too soon.December 2026 (Garcia's target)
- Angel Fierro15%chance next opponentMentioned as an option for Garcia's planned December return.December 2026 (Garcia's target)
- 4%chance next opponentParo is pushing to get in the way of Garcia-Lopez.No date
Field / other: 36%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Conor Benn · TKO, round 2 · 12 Sep 2026
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Ryan Garcia: frequently asked questions
When is Ryan Garcia's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Teofimo Lopez (2027 (target)).
Who did Ryan Garcia fight last?
Ryan Garcia beat Conor Benn on 12 Sep 2026 (TKO, round 2). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Ryan Garcia likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Teofimo Lopez (25%), Isaac Cruz (20%), Angel Fierro (15%), field / other 36%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Ryan Garcia's record?
26–2 (1) (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 12 Sep 2026, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does Ryan Garcia hold?
WBC welterweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other welterweight boxers
- Jack Catterall🇬🇧 · WBA (Regular) welterweight · next: Teofimo Lopez 45%
- Teofimo Lopez🇺🇸 · WBA (Super) welterweight · next: Jack Catterall 45%
- Devin Haney🇺🇸 · WBO welterweight · next: Liam Paro 25%
- Liam Paro🇦🇺 · IBF welterweight · next: Devin Haney 25%
- Brian Norman Jr.🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Conah Walker 15%
- Rolando Romero🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Teofimo Lopez 5%
More: Welterweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Ryan Garcia · record and last fight (revision 1377981490)
- Sky Sports: Ryan Garcia targets unification with Teofimo Lopez next
- BoxingScene: WBA orders Teofimo Lopez to next face Jack Catterall · 22 Sep 2026
- BoxingScene: Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz says 'bring it on' to Ryan Garcia, but December might be too soon
- boxingnews.com: Garcia announces December return after Benn win
- BoxingNews24: Liam Paro threatens Ryan Garcia's Teofimo Lopez plans
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.