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Ryan Garcia Reacts to Win vs. Mario Barrios & Calls Out Shakur Stevenson | The Ring: High Stakes · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Ryan, congratulations. You just said to me you don't know
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  Speaker 1: how to wrap that belt around. You never won a
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  Speaker 1: championship before. You said for a long time that world
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  Speaker 1: titles didn't mean all that much to you.
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  Speaker 2: What does it feel like now being a world champion?
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  Speaker 3: It feels great, man, But it feels better to be
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  Speaker 3: a child of God, to be honest, you know, my
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  Speaker 3: father in heaven, thank you. You know you guided me
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  Speaker 3: all the way through. I wanted to be able to
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  Speaker 3: do it without you, Lord, and you want to give
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  Speaker 3: all the praise, my Lord, and say for Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 3: this is about that's above everything.
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  Speaker 2: This is great. I'm dedicating this to my dad.
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  Speaker 3: Though.
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  Speaker 1: You said coming in, Ryan that despite was do or
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  Speaker 1: die for you, you needed.
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  Speaker 2: To put on a brilliant performance.
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  Speaker 1: And then you go out and you pitch a near
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  Speaker 1: shutout on all the scorecards.
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  Speaker 2: Was this the performance that you were looking for?
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  Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, it was one of the ones that I
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  Speaker 3: wanted to show, you know, my whole arsenal. I believe
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  Speaker 3: it was like a massive tize butt. I should have
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  Speaker 3: got the knockout. To be honest, I got a great
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  Speaker 3: myself on that. I had him hurt many times, but
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  Speaker 3: I hurt my right hands. The guys it wasn't just
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  Speaker 3: a left hook, y'all were saying left hook the whole time.
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  Speaker 3: I see my right hand working tonight. But yeah, it
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  Speaker 3: was a great fight. You know, Mari's a tough warrior.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I got respect frohim, fellow Mexican American, and
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  Speaker 3: you know we put on a hell of a show.
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  Speaker 1: Talk to me about that right hand, because you came
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  Speaker 1: out in the opening round and that was all you
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  Speaker 1: were throwing straight right hands. Scored the only knockdown of
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  Speaker 1: the fight with that right hand. Did you believe that
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  Speaker 1: he was underestimating that shot from you?
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I mean early in my career, all my
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  Speaker 3: knockout through the right hand.
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  Speaker 2: I just had to let it hail a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I had a lot of injuries with the
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  Speaker 3: right hand, so I had a master my left hook.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, my right hand was working really good
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  Speaker 3: today to the sixth, seventh round.
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  Speaker 2: But other than that, you know, it went well.
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  Speaker 1: I said during this fight week, this was going to
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  Speaker 1: be a classic Ryan Garcia fight, but this felt like
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  Speaker 1: a new version of you, going twelve rounds and winning
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  Speaker 1: wide in the scorecards. Did you show something different in
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  Speaker 1: this fight.
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  Speaker 2: I just showed my amateur pedigree. You know, I could box.
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  Speaker 3: You know I could move, I could box, I could
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  Speaker 3: take my time. You know, I don't always just have
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  Speaker 3: to go for the knockout.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't want to get to ahead of myself.
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  Speaker 3: Mario was countering a lot of fast shots. Could have
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  Speaker 3: caught me in between the shots. So I had to
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  Speaker 3: be very selective on my opportunities. And I didn't want
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  Speaker 3: to get caught with a with a big shot. So
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  Speaker 3: I took my time in there and picked my shots.
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  Speaker 2: You d said Mario was a tough guy. He is
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  Speaker 2: a tough guy. At any point during the fight, were
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  Speaker 2: you surprised that he was taking so many shots? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I thought he was gonna go.
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  Speaker 3: I'm surprised you he went all twelve. I was hitting
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  Speaker 3: him with some great shots. I heard him multiple times.
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  Speaker 3: But like I told you, it's a tough son him.
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  Speaker 3: That's that's all I can say.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you're back with your father went fifteen and
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  Speaker 1: ohero with him early in your career. Now, I want
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  Speaker 1: to know with the World Championship, now, what does it
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  Speaker 1: mean to you not just to win this title, to
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  Speaker 1: win it with your dad.
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  Speaker 2: In your corner.
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  Speaker 3: It's like it was written on a story, you know
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  Speaker 3: what I mean. It was something Uh, it's something that
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  Speaker 3: I wouldn't want any other way. You know, there's a
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  Speaker 3: special relationship with your father.
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  Speaker 2: Man, If you got your dad, tell him you love him,
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  Speaker 2: you know. And I love you Dad. I love you too.
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  Speaker 2: I love you all my heart love you. I love you.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: There was a lot of pressure Ryank coming into this fight.
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  Speaker 1: If you didn't perform and show out, who knows where
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  Speaker 1: your career would have gone. Did you feel that pressure
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  Speaker 1: during this fight?
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  Speaker 2: Week?
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  Speaker 3: Not really, man, Like this is like I was saying
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  Speaker 3: in the beginning, this is secondary to everything I really truly.
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  Speaker 2: Follow in my life. I just want to.
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  Speaker 3: Say everybody, a lot of distractions in the world, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of shit that's going on. You guys know what
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  Speaker 3: I talk about. But keep your eyes on Jesus Man, and.
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  Speaker 2: Always protect the children. Protect the children.
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  Speaker 1: You've always Ryan, Ryan, You've always been in a strong
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  Speaker 1: negotiating position when it comes to fights. Now you are
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  Speaker 1: not only a star, you're a world champion as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's a pretty good negotiating position to be in. As
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  Speaker 1: you look at your next fight, what do you want it.
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  Speaker 2: To be you know who I want.
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  Speaker 3: He's right there, Sir Kurt Stevens saying, let's go.
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  Speaker 2: Let's run that.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, I want to be a great champion, and.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not scared of I fight Devin Haney. I'll fight
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  Speaker 2: shir Kurt Stevens said, I'll fight anybody.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 1: Chir Course Stevenson, Ryan chir Course Stephenson was on our
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  Speaker 1: dis own broadcast earlier, said he's levels above you right now.
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  Speaker 2: What do you think of that?
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  Speaker 3: The thing is like, you gotta have some type of
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  Speaker 3: punch of power to get me off you because they'll
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  Speaker 3: be a different style and I'm not gonna hit them late.
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  Speaker 2: Every time I get I phone and put it on them.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I want that fight, Shakurt, Let's get it.
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  Speaker 2: I see hey, I like the hat. You look fly,
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  Speaker 2: but I want that work. Let's get it. Gratulate rich
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  Speaker 2: left upstanding performance. Yeah, well, thank you for