Ryan Garcia Defeats Oscar Durate by 8th Round Knockout

By Tom Donelson / Member Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA)

Ryan Garcia was making his comeback after losing to Gervonta Davis against Oscar Durate, who was 26-1 coming into this bout with twenty-one knockouts.  Until the eighth round, it was even fight that proved round for Garcia as Durante mauling and aggressive tactics troubled Garcia most of the fight.   Both fighters landed a similar number of punches with Garcia landing more jabs and Durante more power shots.

Punch Stats

PUNCHESGARCIADUARTE
Total landed7069
Total thrown300287
Percent23%24%
Jabs landed157
Jabs thrown162112
Percent9%6%
Power landed5562
Power thrown138175
Percent40%35%
— Courtesy of CompuBox

Garcia found a home for lightening left hook that stunned Durante in the eighth round before landing several power shots sending Durante down.

 

In the early rounds,  Garcia came out early to take advantage of his reach, but he  also showed defensive inconsistencies that hurt him against Davis in his previous fight.  Durante didn’t back down and stalked Garcia with successes early in the fight with body shots digging to the body.   Durante continued to pressure Garcia into the middle rounds.   The pressure exposed Garcia defensive inadequacy  Garcia noted , “He was building momentum, momentum and I was like, ‘Man, I gotta cut this off somehow.’ … He was a strong fighter. He took a good punch. … I hit him with some hard shots, and he just kept coming.”

Ryan Garcia now is back in the win column and looking for his shot at a title as he managed to stop Durante who had not been stopped before 27 fights before.

2 thoughts on “Ryan Garcia Defeats Oscar Durate by 8th Round Knockout

  1. Excellent reporting, as ALWAYS. I’m really looking forward to dmboxing.com covering yet another year of boxing. Congratulations! PS- Garcia is in over his head, is whistling in the dark and I think he’s peaked.

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