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Ryan Garcia overcomes heavy knockdown to stop Luke Campbell with a body shot

Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) overcame being knocked down to stop Luke Campbell (20-4, 16 KOs) in the seventh round, becoming the new WBC interim lightweight champion. He’s in line to face champion Devin Haney (25-0, 15 KOs) but Garcia wasted no time calling out Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) instead.

Garcia started the fight by pressing Campbell up against the ropes throwing some hard punches. Campbell was fighting well defensively landing jabs to the body, trying to time Garcia as he pressed towards him.

In the second round, Garcia continued the heavy pressure stalking Campbell against the ropes.