By Declan Warrington
“HE’LL come back with a vengeance,” says Joe Goossen of Ryan Garcia, with whom Goossen split after Garcia’s stoppage in April by Gervonta “Tank” Davis – their third fight as fighter and trainer. “Ryan, with only 24 fights, took on a very wily, strong, unbeaten knockout artist – a left-hander, who’s proven himself over and over again to probably be one of the top three fighters out there today. That was a tall order.
“But Ryan beats just about everybody else – especially the right handers. His artillery really hits the mark against right handers. It’s a little bit tougher against southpaws. That said, Ryan will come back, and he’ll be better than before. I guarantee it.
“God knows I hate to lose and he hates to lose, so that wasn’t something we enjoyed; it was a bitter pill to swallow. But that’s different to a personal relationship. That’s the business end of it. I understand the nature of this business. Nothing lasts forever. Sometimes it doesn’t last for more than a year. Sometimes it lasts for one fight. Sometimes it lasts seven, eight years. I’m ready for all of the variables and I can live with all of them.”