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Ryan Garcia is the main attraction on a card at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas this Saturday night, as he returns from a first professional defeat last time out. ‘King Ry’ tackles Mexico’s Oscar Duarte over a scheduled twelve rounds at lightweight.
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Garcia (23-1, 19 KOs) is still only 25 and built a reputation for himself with some stunning early wins that shot him up the rankings.
The Californian survived a 2021 gut-check with Luke Campbell, getting off the deck to win the WBC interim lightweight title, but then went into a long lay-off due to mental health issues.
He returned in April 2022 in a landslide points win against Emmanuel Tagoe, and then knocked out Javier Fortuna in six up at super lightweight that set up an eagerly-anticipated clash with Gervonta Davis in Las Vegas back in April.
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Garcia was second best though, behind on the cards, down in the second, and eventually knocked out in seven rounds.
He resurfaces this weekend against Duarte (26-1-1, 21 KOs), who arrives in Texas with a solid, but unspectacular record.
The 27-year-old has won 11 straight since a 2019 split decision loss to Adrian Estrella, but has mixed in limited company.
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His last contest came in May, retiring D’Angelo Keyes after seven rounds in Indio.
Prediction: Garcia will want to get back to his explosive best, and he can do that here. I fancy him to score a stoppage win before the halfway mark.
Schofield moves to co-main event
After Ohara Davies’ scheduled fight with Ismael Barroso was postponed due to visa issues for Davies, lightweight prospect Floyd Schofield has been elevated to the co-main event, putting his unbeaten record on the line against Ricardo Lopez Torres.
Schofield (15-0, 11 KOs) has been operating at ten round level in his last three contests, beginning with a wide points win against Alberto Mercado in January, and he then knocked out Jesus Valentin Leon in two rounds three months later.
The Texas-based 21-year-old last fought in July, winning every round against Haskell Rhodes.
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Torres (17-7-3, 12 KOs) is a typical rugged Mexican, but has been halted three times in seven career defeats, the last a seventh round reverse to Marc Castro in April.
‘Explosivo’ did return with a stoppage win in August, against the very limited Adalberto Garcia Covarrubias.
Prediction: Schofield can take an early win here.
Mosley meets Conley
Shane Mosley Jr tackles Joshua Conley over ten rounds at middleweight.
Mosley (20-4, 11 KOs) is in good recent form since dropping a majority decision over ten to Jason Quigley in 2021, winning three on the spin since.
The 32-year-old American took a majority nod against Gabriel Rosado in April last year, and then defeated Mario Alberto Lozano, before knocking out D’Mitrius Ballard in seven in his last bout in June.
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Conley (17-5-1, 11 KOs) boxed three times in 2022, and was spirited, but defeated on the cards against Sergey Derevyanchenko and Steven Butler, and has been out of action for nearly a year.
Prediction: Mosley should secure a clear decision win.
Remaining Undercard
The sole eight rounder is at super middleweight, where Darius Fulghum (8-0, 8 KOs) can extend his perfect knockout streak with another early night, this time against Pachino Hill (8-4-1, KO6).
In four rounders, Danilo Diez makes his debut, and he can take a points win against Jose Valenzuela Alvarado (2-10, 1 KO) at super lightweight, while at lightweight, Sean Garcia (6-0-1, 2 KOs) can do the same against Joseph Johnson (3-1-1).
In the battle of unbeaten bantamweight prospects, Gael Cabrera (2-0, 1 KO) can win on the scorecards against Alejandro Domingez (2-0, 1 KO), and Asa Stevens (5-0, 2 KOs) can bank a four round points win against Dominique Griffin (5-5-2, 2 KOs).