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Canelo Alvarez Gives 5-Word Verdict On Ryan Garcia's Disappointing Upset Loss

Canelo Alvarez got honest about Ryan Garcia's upset loss on May 2.
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Many were hoping to see a vintage performance from "King" Ryan Garcia during his May 2 fight against Rolly Romero in the main event of the highly anticipated Times Square "Fatal Fury" card.

Instead, Garcia produced the worst performance of his career, got dropped in the second round, and suffered an upset defeat to Romero in an overall unexciting fight, putting a cap on a card that didn't come close to delivering.

Garcia was visibly emotional after the loss, and it remains to be seen where he'll go at this point in his career.

If there's any silver lining for Garcia, it's that his performance was far from the only disappointing one of the weekend. Several fighters put together duds, including Saul "Canelo" Alvarez during his May 3 fight against William Scull.

However, the difference between Canelo and Garcia is that Canelo won and Garcia did not. This (combined with him making a reported $100 million) is why Canelo was still in a relatively good mood after his bout ended.

At one point after the Scull fight, Canelo was asked his opinion about Garcia's defeat and sent an honest message.

"I feel sorry for him," Canelo said of Garcia, per Fight Hub TV. "I feel sorry for him, but it's boxing. It's boxing. You know, things happen."

Canelo later added that he doesn't have a specific indication of who Garcia should fight next in his career.

As for Canelo, it was announced as soon as this fight ended that he would be facing Terence Crawford in a September super-fight.

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Grant Young is a Staff Writer for On SI’s Boxing, New York Mets, Indiana Fever, and Women’s Fastbreak sites. Before joining SI in 2024, he wrote for various boxing and sports verticals such as FanBuzz and NY Fights. Young has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in creative writing with an emphasis on sports nonfiction from the University of San Francisco, where he played five seasons of Division 1 baseball. He fought Muay Thai professionally in Thailand in 2023, loves a good essay, and is driven crazy trying to handle a pitpull puppy named Aura. Young lives in San Diego and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.