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WBC interim lightweight champion Ryan Garcia has plans to hang up his boxing gloves and try his hand at mixed martial arts in the future.<\/p>\n

Garcia, 22, is currently riding an impressive knockout win over Luke Campbell, and has been chomping at the bit for a fight with Floyd Mayweather protege Gervonta Davis. Beyond that, the young star could find himself in fights with the likes of Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney, and Vasily Lomachenko.<\/p>\n

Despite the huge fights on the horizon, Garcia recently revealed that he plans to retire from boxing at 26, then transition into MMA for new challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I plan to. If I say it, I plan to do it,\u201d Garcia told Rich Eisen<\/a> recently (via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI plan at 26 to retire, I don\u2019t know, officially. You\u2019ve seen in the past, fighters have retired and come back. This is what I will say: I still plan to retire at 26, yet, yet if I am to return back to the ring, I will only battle people that people will say at that time ‘There\u2019s no way Ryan will beat them.’ That\u2019s the only time I\u2019m coming back and I will always give the glory to God after I win. That\u2019s what I plan to do. All I box for is to give the glory to God, so once I win I say thank you Lord, Jesus Christ is coming, there it is. That\u2019s my plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo answer your question, 26, I still plan to retire,\u201d Garcia added \u201cBut if I do return back in the ring, I will promise everybody that I will fight people that they say I won\u2019t beat. You know what I\u2019m willing to do? I really haven\u2019t said this out loud but what I plan to do is, say at 26 I\u2019m done retired and boxing is all good. You know what I\u2019ll do?<\/p>\n

“If they say, ‘Okay, you\u2019ve beaten everybody in the ring, right?’ But somebody goes, ‘This ain\u2019t real fighting. Real fighting is legs, choking, submission, all that.’ Guess what I\u2019ll do? I\u2019ll go prove to them that I\u2019m the best fighter all around in the world,” Garcia continued. “I\u2019m talking about hands, I\u2019m talking about wrestling. I will go to MMA to prove a point that God is greatest and I\u2019ll beat whoever in MMA that they say I won\u2019t beat. If it has to be Conor McGregor, I will. And I\u2019m not saying this to get money. I don\u2019t care about money. I\u2019m saying this because that\u2019s just how I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

While this is the first time Ryan Garcia has laid out plans to compete in MMA, he has previously jawed back-and-forth with former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champ Henry Cejudo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How do you think he’d do in mixed martial arts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WBC interim lightweight champion Ryan Garcia has plans to hang up his boxing gloves and try his hand at mixed martial arts in the future. Garcia, 22, is currently riding an impressive knockout win over Luke Campbell, and has been chomping at the bit for a fight with Floyd Mayweather protege Gervonta Davis. 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