Ryan Garcia discusses upcoming title defense against Conor Benn

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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JULY 27: WBC Welterweight World Champion Ryan Garcia in attendance during Monday Night RAW at Intuit Dome on July 27, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Craig Ambrosio/WWE via Getty Images) Ryan Garcia takes the time to chat with Fight Hub TV about his upcoming title defense against Conor Benn, feeling like Terence Crawford has been hating on him for attention, and more. Check out some excerpts of what Garcia had to say below with the full interview session in the link at the bottom. Garcia on training camp “Smooth. Smooth like butter, like you make a nice toast in the morning, you just put that nice butter on it, take a nice bite, even add bananas on it — it’s been going real well. Smooth as butter. Nasty. Sharp…He’s fresh cutted up since his last fight, so potentially those cuts could open up but I’m just sharp right now. Very sharp.” On if he thinks Benn will use the weight cut as an excuse “One million percent. He already set it up. You already heard him say ‘this is my last fight at 147’. Who wants to become a champion and then leave the division? Bro was making excuses. He’s not going to become a champion but who would do that? It makes no sense unless you’re setting up an excuses.” On having his own experience with a tough weight cut when he fought Tank “He’s not going through what I went through. I had to not gain 10 lbs. He don’t have a rehydration clause. That’s where it hurts you…It’s not being able to gain the weight back the right way is tough part. So I don’t really have any sympathy for him. I had to do it, everybody has to do it, UFC fighters have to do it, everybody got to do it. He’s just making excuses.” On Terence Crawford and Fernando Vargas Jr picking against him “You notice what they all have in common, they all sound bitter and hateful. Nothing good comes out of that, ever…I don’t really care what they think, they can’t fight for Conot Benn at all. They can’t punch for him. I know Crawford’s at Conor Benn’s gym trying to give him every technique he could give him — that sh-t ain’t going to help because I feel like I’ll beat your ass so what are you going to teach him? “At the end of the day they’re trying to all come together, trying to tear me down because they know I’m here and I’m about to take over. I could potentially be the face of boxing after this fight. “[Brian McIntyre], hateful dude. He don’t know nothing about me and then he just wants to say I’m trash, don’t wake up a sleeping giant. Like, my guy, one, I’m not afraid of giants…Crawford is the one that’s coming up and always slight hating on me little by little. “If they want to come back, they can. But in the meantime you’re retired, you should be in Turks and Caicos and chilling on a yacht, enjoying your family…you had your turn, you had your run. There should be no more talking, bro.”

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 18: Conor Benn speaks during the Zuffa Boxing Media Day at Fanatics Fest NYC 2026 at Jacob Javits Center on July 18, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Fanatics) | Getty Images for Fanatics Conor Benn sits down with Mike Coppinger on behalf of Ring Magazine to discuss his upcoming WBC welterweight title shot against Ryan Garcia. Here, Benn talks a bit about making his way back down to 147 after fighting Chris Eubank Jr up the scales, and more! You can read some excerpts from Benn below with the full video interview segment in the link. Benn on the weight cut for the Garcia fight “It’s hard, it’s brutal, but we’re getting it done. I’m not going to be complaining and moaning. Like, I know what I signed up for…I’m getting paid handsomely, I’m fighting for the world title and headlining in a mega fight in Vegas. So what’s there to moan about?” On his plans to apply pressure to Garcia “I’m coming with the smoke, I’m coming with it for sure…Who knows where is mental state is. All I can speak of is my behalf and we’ve prepared diligently hard, I’ve given 110% this camp, I’ve put my body through hell…I think in life nothing worth having comes easy, right? So we always knew it was going to be hard to get back down to 147 but it’s what I want to do.” On who he thinks is the bigger puncher between the two “We’ve both big punchers. We catch anyone on the chin flush, they’re going to sleep.” On how he expects the fight to go “I don’t [believe it goes the distance]. I hand on heart believe I get hold of him. That’s what I believe in my heart. I believe that 10 years in the game this year, I believe this is mine for the taking.” On how he thinks he’ll take Garcia’s punch at ‘47 compared to Eubank at ‘60 “It all depends on me and during the weigh-in, which is why I do my weight properly. I leave no stone unturned. I make sure that I do everything properly.”

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Ryan Garcia believes everything is coming together for him to put on an amazing performance against Conor Benn.