Ryan Garcia Bringing Back Former Trainer For Next Fight

Ryan Garcia will have a familiar face in his corner for his bout vs. Rolando "Rolly" Romero.

Ryan Garcia and Eddie Reynoso before his fight vs. Braulio Rodriguez on Dec. 15, 2018, at Madison Square Garden. | IMAGO/Hoganphotos

There's going to be a familiar face in Ryan Garcia's fight against Rolando "Rolly" Romero in May.

Garcia's father, Henry Garcia announced that Eddie Reynoso will be his son's trainer for his upcoming fight. Reynoso, who has a stable of current and former titleholders, is primarily known for his work with unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez.

"Canelo and Ryan worked everything out, it was a misunderstanding," Henry said on Mill City Boxing. Everything’s back to the way it was, we’re good.” "

Reynoso was previously Garcia's trainer for five fights and he went 5-0 with five stoppage victories, including a knockout of 2012 Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell in their last bout together on Jan. 2, 2021. Garcia left Reynoso to work with former Trainer of the Year Joe Goossen. After a three-fight stint with Goossen as the chief second, which included his seventh-round knockout loss to Gervonta "Tank" Davis, Garcia parted ways with him to hire Derrick James, who was ESPN's Trainer of the Year in 2022.

Garcia and James were together for two fights, including his no-contest against Devin Haney on April 20. Garcia is still serving a one-year suspension for that bout after testing positive three times for Ostarine, a performance-enhancing drug.

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Garcia (24-1-1, 20 KOs) has since enrolled in VADA and is also being randomly drug tested through the California State Athletic Commission. Should Garcia and Haney win their next fights, the plan is for the two to rematch later in 2025. Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) is reportedly fighting former unified junior welterweight champion Jose Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs) on the undercard of Garcia vs. Romero.

Garcia's bout vs. Romero (16-2, 13 KOs) will be for the welterweight WBA Regular World Title, per The Ring. The winner will be in line to fight the winner of Jaron Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) vs. Eimantas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs), which takes place on April 12 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic, NJ.

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