Mario Barrios vs. Ryan Garcia billed as The Ring: High Stakes was a welterweight professional boxing match contested between WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios, and former WBC interim lightweight champion Ryan Garcia. The bout took place on February 21, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, U.S. The event was shown live and exclusively on DAZN PPV worldwide. Garcia defeated Barrios by twelve round unanimous decision, with scores of 119–108, 120–107, and 118–109.
Background On January 12, 2026, it was officially announced that Mario Barrios would defend his WBC welterweight title against Ryan Garcia. Barrios was coming off back-to-back consecutive draws against Abel Ramos and Manny Pacquiao, leading to questions about his standing atop the division.
The Fight Garcia scores a knockdown within 30 seconds of the opening fight with an overhand right.
After twelve rounds of domination, all three judges awarded Garcia the victory by scores of 120–107, 119–108, and 118–109, making him the new WBC welterweight champion.
Shortly after victory, Garcia calls out Shakur Stevenson for a potential bout in the future.
Fight card Confirmed bouts: Weight classvs.MethodRoundTimeNotesMain card (DAZN PPV)WelterweightRyan Garciadef.Mario Barrios (c)UD123:00Super lightweightGary Antuanne Russell (c)def.Andy HiraokaUD123:00Super lightweightFrank Martinvs.Nahir Albright 103:00Super middleweightBektemir Melikuzievdef.Sena AgbekoTKO7 (10)2:58MiddleweightAmari Jonesdef.Luís AriasRTD4 (10)3:00Preliminary card (YouTube)Super featherweightMohammed Alakeldef.David CalabroTKO2 (6)2:27HeavyweightJoshua Edwardsdef.Brandon Colantonio63:00
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