Ryan Garcia stops Oscar Duarte in comeback fight: Results, play-by-play and video highlights

Preview

Ryan Garcia will have the opportunity to get back in the win column when he takes on Oscar Duarte tonight. Having suffered his first loss at the hands of Gervonta Davis in April, all eyes are on Garcia to see how well he rebounds from that loss.

Another factor to consider is how absolutely messy his camp was for the Davis fight, with multiple accusations that there was a mole feeding information to Team Davis. Now, after giving his team a hard reset, he’s added notable trainer Derrick James to the mix with hopes that he’ll shore up any weaknesses he has.

Oscar Duarte is a power-punching juggernaut on a 10-fight win streak. Blessed with speed, power and good footwork, Duarte presents a challenge that shouldn’t be overlooked as someone that could hand “King Ryan” his second career defeat. Both men have a lot to gain, but Ryan Garcia has a lot more to lose here. Let’s take a look at how their facts and figures stack up.

Ryan Garcia

• Held the WBC interim lightweight title (2021)
• First American boxer to ever appear in Gatorade commercials
• Age: 25
• Record: 23-1 (19 KOs)
• Last opponent: Gervonta Davis (L)
• Orthodox stance

Oscar Duarte

• Won the NABF lightweight title
• Age: 28
• Record: 26-1-1 (21 KOs)
• Last opponent: D’Angelo Keyes (W)
• Orthodox stance

Ryan Garcia vs. Oscar Duarte live play-by-play

Round 1

Garcia pops the jab out to get the action started. Duarte with a jab is answered by a body shot from Garcia. Garcia with a three-punch combo. Duarte with a left hook, but it falls short. Garcia continues with the left jab.

Duarte with a nice left uppercut. Ryan with a big hook to the body. Duarte comes in and roughs up Garcia against the ropes. Ryan spins out. Hard right to the body by Garcia. Lightning uppercut for Garcia. Duarte throws a left that misses. Round over.

Round 2

Garcia with the double left jab. Duarte extending his own jab. Garcia doubles up the jab and sneaks a right in behind. Garcia picking off shots as Duarte tries to bulldoze him in the corner. The ref separates them. Garcia with a left jab followed by that sneaky uppercut.

Hard left from Garcia. Duarte with a right to the body. Right up top by Duarte followed by a body shot. Left hook from Duarte. Garcia with a triple jab followed by a body shot. Garcia with a nice right square on Duarte’s nose. Short left inside for Ryan as Duarte lands a right. Round over.

Round 3

Duarte with an overhand right followed by a quick left. Garcia keeps backing himself into the corner. Duarte advancing and swinging but missing. Garcia with a good left up top. Duarte whiffs on a big right. Garcia with a right to the body. Hard left jab by Garcia followed by a big right hook.

Left to the body by Duarte. Duarte stalks and whiffs on a big right. Garcia back in the corner again. Left right combo to the body by Duarte. Double left jab to the temple by Garcia. Left hook followed by a right by Garcia. Round over.

Round 4

Garcia with the hard left jab. Hard right by Garcia wakes up Duarte who advances with three big shots to the body. He backs Garcia in the corner. Duarte warned for shots to the back of the head. Garcia with a shot to the body that lands low. Ref warns him. Left straight by Garcia.

Left right combo by Garcia. Duarte corners Garcia again and throws another overhand right that lands to the back of the head. Duarte with a body shot that lands low. Ref warns him. Left by Duarte up top. Garcia with a left straight followed by a quick left hook. Round over.

Round 5

Duarte targeting the body to start with a left to the solar plexus. Double right lands hard for Garcia. Duarte responds with a flurry. Garcia with another big right to the body. Garcia measuring up Duarte now and landing big shots to the dome and to the body. Duarte corners Garcia who turns away from him and gets nailed in the gut.

They’re fighting inside and trading inside shots. Garcia in the corner again as Duarte tries to tee off on him. Garcia responds with a hard body shot. Garcia lands low and is warned. Duarte gets Garcia in the corner and lands a couple to the body as the round ends.

Round 6

Duarte with three body shots. Huge uppercut by Garcia lands and pops up Duarte’s head. Duarte answers with a a body shot. Duarte goes back to the body with the left. They tie up and the ref separates them. Three-punch combo by Garcia. Garcia in the corner again.

He keeps turning away from Duarte in the corner. Duarte with a nice left hook followed by an uppercut. Garcia with a big left. Duarte whiffs on a big left-right combo. Duarte with a one-two to the bread basket. Nice flurry by Duarte in the corner as the round ends.

Round 7

Left jab up top by Garcia. Duarte with a left straight to the chest. Left hook by Duarte. Garcia with a left jab. Garcia measuring Duarte before he lands a big combo. Duarte responds with a nice left catches Garcia. Duarte with a hook to the body. Garcia in the corner again.

Garcia racing around the edge of the ring, evading Duarte but barely throwing. Crowd is booing. Garcia on the run again. Duarte ties him up in the corner. Left-right by Garcia glances off the shoulder. Back to racing around the ring as the bell sounds.

Round 8

Garcia with the triple jab up top as Duarte focuses his jab to the body. Duarte stalking Garcia around the ring. Garcia rips a nice left to the body. Garcia sticking and moving around the ring but he’s not sticking much. Crowd is not happy. Garcia on the run again, popping out a jab here and there.

Duarte catches him and ties him up. Garcia holds and ref splits them up. Ryan holding a lot now. Duarte with a good left to the body in the corner. Garcia spins him around, putting him in the corner, then puts Duarte down with a shot to the temple followed by a flurry of shots. Duarte doesn’t start getting up until after 9 and the ref waved it off.

Official Decision

Ryan Garcia def. Oscar Duarte via KO at 2:51 of round 8; super lightweight

Ryan Garcia vs. Oscar Duarte Quick Results

Main card

• – Ryan Garcia (23-1) 🇺🇸 def. Oscar Duarte (26-1-1) 🇲🇽 via KO at 2:51 of round 8; super lightweight
• – Shane Mosley Jr. (20-4) 🇺🇸 def. Joshua Conley (17-5-1) 🇺🇸 via RTD after Rd 6; middleweight
• – Floyd Schofield (15-0) 🇺🇸 def. Ricardo Lopez Torres (17-7-3) 🇲🇽 via TKO at 1:51 of Rd 1; lightweight
• – Darius Fulghum (8-0) 🇺🇸 def. Pachino Hill (8-4-1) 🇺🇸 via TKO at 0:56 of Rd 2; super middleweight

Prelims

• – Asa Stevens (5-0) 🇺🇸 def. Dominique Griffin (5-5-2) 🇺🇸 via unanimous decision; super bantamweight
• – Gael Cabrera (2-0) 🇲🇽 def. Alejandro Dominguez (2-0) 🇺🇸 via KO at 3:00 of round 2; bantamweight
• – Danilo Diez (0-0) 🇺🇸 vs. Jose Valenzuela Alvarado (1-8) 🇲🇽; super lightweight
• – Sean Garcia (5-0) 🇺🇸 def. Joseph Johnson (3-1-1) 🇺🇸 via unanimous decision; lightweight

Start date and time

Ryan Garcia vs. Oscar Duarte goes down on Sat., Dec. 2, live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The undercard starts at 5 p.m. ET | 2 p.m. PT, while the main card follows at 8 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. PT. Ringwalks for Garcia vs. Duarte are expected around 11:15 p.m. ET | 8:15 p.m. PT.

Live streams

Ryan Garcia vs. Oscar Duarte airs exclusively on DAZN. You can sign up for the streaming service here. Prices for DAZN start at $19.99 USD | $24.99 CAD | £9.99 GBP | $13.99 AUD per month.