“You know who I want. He’s right there. Shakur Stevenson. Let’s go. Let’s run that s***,” Garcia said on DAZN. “I want to be a great champion and I’m not scared of s***. I fought Devin Haney. I’ll fight Shakur Stevenson. I’ll fight anybody. Let’s f****** go.”
Garcia doubled down when told Stevenson had said he was levels above.
“The thing is you’ve got to have some punching power to get me off you as I’m not going to hit him light. I want that fight. Shakur let’s get it.”
Stevenson nodded as the callout echoed through T-Mobile Arena. Then he spoke.
“Was VADA involved in this fight? I saw him with Rolly he didn’t look like that. If he’s fighting me next, I’m all for the challenge but VADA will be involved,” Stevenson said.
He also addressed weight.
“We’ll meet in the middle [144lbs]. Two big stars, we don’t need a belt for the fight. I think it’s a great fight to make. I’m in this for big fights. Me and Ryan would be an even bigger fight and would be a tremendous fight.”
Then he made the testing issue clear.
“I want to fight him and he want to fight me so it should be easy to get done. We’ve just got to make sure he’s on VADA and there’s no cheating involved.”
Garcia thrives when exchanges open up and he can throw combinations with his left hook leading the way. Against Stevenson, that space narrows. The fight becomes about ring positioning, shot selection, and who dictates pace early.
Terence Crawford also weighed in earlier, backing Stevenson and saying he does not see Garcia landing clean the way he did against Barrios.
At 144 pounds with year-round testing, this turns from a callout into a real negotiation. Technically, Stevenson’s control gives him the edge over twelve rounds unless Garcia forces exchanges and makes it physical from the start.
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