I was a little surprised that Canelo went so hard in the paint at Ryan Garcia.
That lets me know two things. Garcia likely hurt his hand/wrist doing something he shouldn’t have been doing, Canelo isn’t buying the mental health issues, and Garcia has been doing his trainer Eddy Reynoso wrong. Reynoso is like a father to Canelo and runs a tight ship. He took Garcia on, so if Garcia is screwing around with Reynoso’s time, that will upset Canelo, who has spent a lot of time trying to mentor Garcia.
Here is what he had to Complex about Garcia wasting his potential.
I love to see all the fighters who really thrust themselves into the sport. Especially in this gym. This has really been Eddy Reynoso’s school of boxing. I love to be here to help them, support them, and explain to them things from boxer to boxer the feedback Eddy gives them. I’m not a big watcher of boxing. I don’t sit down and watch fights. But I do love to see the fighters out there who are dedicated and disciplined and really want to make the sport a good one.
Look, Ryan Garcia has a lot of talent. But to me, in my eyes, he’s wasting a lot of time and wasting his talent. I look at him and don’t see him 100 percent dedicated, and, to us, that’s a bad signal. We always remind him as a team to come to the gym, to train, and to learn because you need to be in the gym. You’re learning day-by-day, at the very minimum, fighting five times a year. When I was beginning my career, I did 15 fights in one year. That’s where I was at the beginning of my career. So definitely, he needs to be a little more dedicated.
Interestingly, all of Canelo’s answers were very short and direct, but he took his time to answer about Ryan Garcia.
There is more than meet the eye that is going on there.
While you ponder what that could be, I URGE you to flip the page and watch the video of IBFP boxing, putting Ryan Garcia in a bodybag.
