Specific details of the multi-year deal were not disclosed. In September 2019, Garcia extended his contract with a new five-year deal with Golden Boy Promotions. He trained with Eddy Reynoso, who also works with Canelo Alvarez and Oscar Valdez in their San Diego, California, facility, from October 2018 to February 2022. Garcia won the fight by knockout in the second round. Oscar De La Hoya announced Garcia would make his debut on December 17, 2016, on the Smith-Hopkins light-heavyweight main event at The Forum. Garcia soon signed with Golden Boy Promotions in November 2016. In his first professional bout, he fought against Edgar Meza in Tijuana, winning the match by TKO. Garcia turned professional at age 17 on June 9, 2016. He became a 15-time national amateur champion and amassed an amateur record of 215–15. García started boxing at the age of seven and dreamed of one day representing the United States in the 2016 Olympics. As of May 2023, he is ranked as the world's fourth-best active lightweight by The Ring magazine, seventh-best by BoxRec, eighth-best by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and the sixth-best active junior welterweight by ESPN. He held the WBC interim lightweight title in 2021. Ryan Garcia (born August 8, 1998) is an American professional boxer.
