Ryan Garcia vs Rukiya Anpo, December 2024.
Ryan Garcia to fight Rukiya Anpo in December 2024 in an exhibition bout.
This is shocking news as despite ban Garcia is facing Anpo. Yes you all heard it right, Ryan Garcia faced one year ban after being found positive for PED tests.
There was a settlement between New York State Athletic Commission for the positive tests. He was tested positive for a performance enhancement drug called ostarine. This occurred during the fight with Devin Haney. Ryan Garcia won this fight.
Ryan was also indulged in forfeiting his purse, this was said by New York State Athletic Commission. It is said that, the amount was a whopping 1.2 million dollars. Garcia was fine for 10k Dollars.
Garcia was supposed to be reinstated in April 2025. His announcement of December fight is a shocker. As it’s still 5 months pending for the ban to lift.
The December fight is going to take place in Japan Tokyo. This will be an exhibition bout against Anpo on December 30, 2024.
Anpo recently face Manny Pacquiao in July in The United States. It was a 3 round bout, which was declared draw.
Garcia showed his eagerness to knock out Anpo as a revenge for Pacquiao. In a recent interview Ryan said, he did not like Anpo’s eagerness to knock Manny out. Therefore Garcia decided to avenge Manny.
Ryan Garcia current record is 24-1-1 NC, 20 KO’s. After the past incident with Daven, Ryan is definitely looking for an absolute win against Anpo.
Rukiya Anpo’s record is 27-8-1, has impressive record to put up an fight against Ryan Garcia. Anpo did prove how worth by fighting Manny, but Anpo received severe damage from Manny. Anpo does has the benefit of his height 6ft. That’s massive for a boxer.
Anpo made his MMA debut in in December 2023. He got defeated by Yuta Kubo, since then he didn’t fight any boxing bout. It would be the first after the MMA loss.
Rukiya was seen sparring with Sean Strickland few months back. Rukiya has fought in Super Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. He is K-1 Super Lightweight champion too.
Both the fighters have a lot to prove. Garcia has superpower in his punches. Whereas Rukiya has an advantage of reach due to his tall height.
Rukiya does strikes hard, but Garcia quickens, and focus is far better than Rukiya. Wheels Rukiya adapts the opponent’s style and deals with them smoothly.
After the draw against Manny, Rukiya is some sort of confident that he would definitely beat Garcia. On the other hand, Garcia is full of revenge for Manny.
The fight has been fixed for 8 rounds considering 2 minutes per round. The bout will be contested at 153 pounds. Definitely both of them are making the weight.
The Japanese boxer is training hard to get a win over Garcia, same Garcia is grinding hard to get a win over Rukiya. The two young bloods will clash each other for the ultimate win.
Garcia hates the aggressive nature of Anpo. Same aggressiveness was seen during the Anpo vs Manny fight.
For an exhibition bout there has to be a proper knockout from either of the fighters. The reason behind Ryan agreed to the bout was, he is banned for any official / professional boxing fight till April 2025. There this fight won’t be judged and there has to be proper knockout from either of the fighters.
Garcia in a recent post said, he would be heading to Tokyo to teach Rukiya a lesson. 153 will be a considerable weight as Garcia failed to make the weight against Daven Haney, Garcia came overweight.
Garcia said he would knockout Anpo in 3 rounds. Garcia seemed very confident about the same. The fight against Anpo can prove a turning point for Garcia as he his professional fights fixed after he ban lifts. Whereas Anpo will eye on huge pay from the Garcia vs Anpo fight.
It’s tough to say as in who would dominate the fight. Considering Ryan’s super run and his momentum, Ryan has an upper edge over Rukiya. But defeating or knocking out Rukiya won’t be an easy task for Garcia.
