One of the great promises of boxing in the lightweight category, the undefeated Ryan Garcia, will make his second fight in 2022 against an experienced boxer with more than 40 fights on his professional record, none other than the Dominican Javier “El abejón” Fortuna, who is also a former champion of the featherweight category.

Finally, this fight will take place, which was actually planned to take place in 2021, but it did not take place due to the withdrawal of the American due to health problems. At that time, the Dominican said that it was actually that Garcia was afraid of him and now he assures that he will end the American’s undefeated record.

Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna: Fight information

Date: Saturday, July 16
Time: 8:00 PM (ET)
Location: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California
Live Stream: DAZN

Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna: Time by State in the US

ET: 8:00 PM
CT: 7:00 PM
MT: 6:00 PM
PT: 5:00 PM

Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna: Storylines and Head-to-Head

Ryan Garcia will make his second fight of this 2022 with which he arrives with a very good shooting to this combat. In addition, his record as a professional leaves no doubt about the power of his punch: no less than 22 wins (18 KOs) 0 losses and 0 draws. In other words, a worse KO percentage greater than 80%.

His rival, the Dominican Javier Fortuna, also has a fearsome punch, with a professional record of 37 wins (26 by KO), 3 losses, 1 draw and 2 no contests in 43 fights. Without a doubt, it will be necessary to be attentive to the crosses since some could end up with a knock down. Likewise, it will be interesting to see if, knowing both that his rival is dangerous due to his punch, they will try to protect themselves more and not unleash more blows than necessary or if they will go out to finish the fight as soon as possible.

How to watch or live stream Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna in the US

This fight between Ryan Garcia and Javier Fortuna in the lightweight division that will take place today, July 16 at 8:00 PM (ET), with the main evet expected around 11:00 PM (ET), can be watched in the United States ante the rest of the world on: DAZN.

Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna: Predictions and Odds

The Oddsmakers have a favorite for this fight. These are the odds according to DraftKings: Ryan Garcia is the favorite to take the victory with -1200 odds, while +650 odds will be for the Javier Fortuna’s victory.

*Odds via DraftKings

King Ry is the clear favorite to win this bout. His record endorses him as one of the most solid prospects in the Lightweight division, because at just 23 years of age, he already has 22 fights as a professional boxer, of which he has won all of them, with a record of 18 knockouts.

On the other hand, Javier Fortuna has experience on his side. He is 9 years older than Ryan Garcia and has almost twice as many fights as him. His career can be summed up in one world championship won, at Super featherweight, and a record of 37 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw and two No Contests. His knockout percentage is 60% (26 KOs).

The only way Javier Fortuna can beat Ryan Garcia is if he can beat him.

Having fought 43 fights in 13 years in professional boxing, Javier Fortuna has a lot of experience, which leads him not to lie to himself, as he has indicated that he is aware that he is not the favorite to win his fight against Ryan Garcia, so he has only one chance to succeed: the knockout.

“I have to knock him out. I can’t let it go to the scorecards. Even if I drop him several times, I won’t win the fight on the scorecards anyway.I left it up to the judges and it wasn’t a good thing. Now, you know, it’s either he kills me or I kill him.”, stated Fortuna to Boxing Scene.

Javier AbejonFortuna’s need to knock out Ryan Garcia will allow fans to witness a great fight, as the American prospect has only allowed four of his 22 fights to require judges’ scorecards to determine the winner. The most recent of those came in April 2022, in his most recent fight, when he defeated Ghana’s Emmanuel Tagoe by UD.

But for that to happen, the 135-pound prospect will have to deliver perhaps the best performance of his career. Despite the fact that in his 22 fights so far, all wins, he has faced tough opponents like Luke Cambpell or Jayson Velez, El Abejon Fortuna represents a leap in quality of resistance that he will have to overcome.

Ryan Garcia will find in Javier Fortuna his first opponent who already knows what it is to be World Champion. The Dominican fighter has almost twice as many fights as he has, and has previously fought tough wars, such as the one he held against Joseph JoJo Diaz in July 2021, so if at any point in his career King Ry has been at risk, that is against Fortuna.

The reward that awaits Ryan Garcia if he beats Javier Fortuna

Ryan Garcia has an uninhibited personality and tends to express how he feels in front of the media without much hesitation. That’s why he knows he has to beat Javier Fortuna in order to get the fight he craves to prove his worth at 135 pounds: against Gervonta Tank Davis.

“Golden Boy will not be able to (prevent the fight with Gervonta to happen). They can’t. I will not allow it. There’s no way. I will go to war to fight Tank. I’m ready to do whatever I got to do, because at the end of the day that fight is going to get me my respect, and I think I deserve that. So I’m up for the challenge. I’m very confident in beating him. He’s a great fighter, don’t get me wrong. But I’m just that much greater. And I want to show him, I want to show everybody what I could do, and that that’s the fight to make. Everybody wants to see it, and I’m ready now.” stated Garcia to insider Chris Mannix.

Given Ryan Garcia‘s clear tendency to take it for granted that he will beat him, Javier Fortuna pointed out that the American prospect will be in for a surprise that he won’t like because he is determined to leave everything in the ring in order to get a win that would be revitalizing for his career.

“I see that he is very focused on another fight instead of focusing on the fight he has this Saturday. And we hope that after I beat him on Saturday he doesn’t have any excuses. When you enter the ring you risk your life. I am risking my life, sacrificing for my children and I promise that I will give him everything I have. I am focused on what I can do to win.“, said Fortuna according to Boxing Scene.

Garcia, 23, comes into this fight as one of the most successful boxers in the world of social media: 103 thousand followers on Twitter, 8.9 million on Instagram, and 4.8 million on TikTok. In the ring, although his career has not been bad at all, it does not reach the brilliance of his time on the Internet.

A California native, Ryan Garcia has a record of 22-0-0, 18 KOs. At one time, he held the interim WBC Lightweight division belt. However, a one year and three month hiatus, due to injuries and problems with depression and anxiety, caused him to lose his status as a contender for the division’s absolute title, a status he wants to regain as soon as possible, although, to begin with, he must beat Javier Fortuna.

How old is Javier Fortuna?

Nicknamed El Abejón (the Bumblebee), Fortuna was born on July 15, 1989 in the town of La Romana, in the Dominican Republic, a land that has an area of 185.52 km2. So, on the day he faces Ryan Garcia, Javier Fortuna will be 33 years and 1 day old, and will be looking to celebrate his birthday with a surprise win over King Ry.

How heavy is Javier Fortuna?

Throughout his career, Ryan Garcia’s opponent in turn has been mostly at light heavyweight, that is, in the 130-135 pound range (58.9 – 61.2 kg). However, his greatest glory in the sport came in the Super featherweight division, between 126 and 130 pounds (57.1 – 58.9 kg).

How tall is Javier Fortuna?

The advantage here clearly goes to Ryan Garcia, as the Bumblebee is ten centimeters shorter, or less tall, than the California prospect. According to Box Rec, Fortuna has a height of 5′ 6½ (1.69 meters). For the Lightweight division, in which the July 16 fight will take place, Fortuna’s weight-to-height ratio is good as he will not lack muscle mass.

What is Javier Fortuna’s boxing record?

His journey in professional boxing began in March 2009. Since then, Javier Fortuna has been in the sport for 12 years and has fought a total of 43 fights: 37 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw and 2 no contests. He was World Super featherweight Champion from May 2015 to June 2016. Clearly he wins the experience round against Ryan Garcia.

What are Javier Fortuna’s social media profiles?

It is a fact that Fortuna has not dedicated himself to strengthening his presence on the Internet and that is why his verified and official social media profiles do not compare in the least with those of Ryan Garcia. On Twitter, the Dominican fighter has just 2506 followers (@AbejonFortuna), and on Instagram, he has 31800 followers (@javier_fortuna135).

The American Ryan Garcia returns to the ring for what will be the second fight of this year 2022 for him (the previous one was on April 9 against Emmanuel Tagoe) for this fight against the Dominican Javier Fortuna, which was originally planned to take place on last year, but had to be postponed due to Garcia‘s health problems.

Both are experienced fighters with high KO percentages. In the case of the American fighter, they have an unbeaten professional record of 22 wins (18 KOs) 0 losses and 0 draws; while his rival as a professional played 43 fights with 37 wins (26 by KO), 3 losses, 1 draw and 2 no contests. In other words, we can expect a fight with many exchanges of blows.

Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna: Date

The fight in the lightweight category between Ryan Garcia and Javier Fortuna, will take place this Saturday, July 16 at 8:00 PM (ET) with the main event expected around 11:00 PM (ET).

Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna: Time by State in the US

ET: 8:00 PM
CT: 7:00 PM
MT: 6:00 PM
PT: 5:00 PM

TV channel in the US to watch Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna

This Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna in the lightweight division will take place this Saturday, July 16 at 8:00 PM (ET) with the main event expected around 11:00 PM (ET) can be watched in the United States on: DAZN.

The clash between the California native and Fortuna has been set for Saturday, July 16. Ryan Garcia will fight in the warmth of his home crowd as the bout will take place at the Crypto Arena, formerly known as the Staples Center, in Los Angeles.

The fight against Javier Fortuna will represent the second presentation of King Ry so far in 2022, after he defeated Ghana’s Emmanuel Tagoe by UD last April, in his return to the ring after more than a year of absence from professional boxing. Garcia is one of the most exciting prospects in the Lightweight division, which features champions like George Kambosos Jr. and Devin Haney, and top contenders like Gervonta Davis and Vasyl Lomachenko.

Who is Javier Fortuna, Ryan Garcia’s opponent in his next fight?

Javier Fortuna’s 33rd birthday will be a very different one, as he has two options: either celebrate outrageously a day later with a resounding win over Ryan Garcia or overlook it. Fortuna was born on July 15, 1989; he will be facing King Ry on July 16 in Los Angeles.

The boxing career of Fortuna, a native of the Dominican Republic, is quite decent. For starters, he has one achievement to boast of: his status as a former World Super featherweight Champion. The also known as Abejón (drone/bee) was the holder of the WBA belt at 130 pounds in 2015. He made two defenses before losing it to Jason Sosa by TKO in 2016.

Currently, Javier Fortuna has a record of 37-3-1, 26 KOs, which is nearly twice as many fights as Ryan Garcia (22-0-0, 18 KOs). Definitely a factor he should use to his advantage when facing the American prospect. In his last 3 fights, the Dominican fighter has 2 wins (Antonio Lozada, Rafael Hernandez) and a loss to Joseph Jojo Diaz