Ryan Garcia gives Floyd Mayweather 'final warning' and says he fights on 6 February regardless
Garcia wrote that the Mayweather fight is gone unless it is made. He and Teofimo Lopez have been in advanced talks for a unification fight on the same date.
Ryan Garcia has given Floyd Mayweather a "final warning", saying he will fight on 6 February whether or not a deal with the unbeaten American is done.
"You called me and wanted this fight and I agree this is a big fight," Garcia wrote on X on Friday night. He said he was fighting on 6 February "regardless so unless you actually make this happen then this fight is gone".
"You can go fight whoever but this is for a championship. I will TAKE you 0 with pleasure," he added. "Final warning no more games let's make it happen."
Garcia has said Mayweather agreed to fight him at 147lb for the WBC welterweight title, with Mayweather's 50-0 record on the line. Mayweather has not had a professional fight since beating Conor McGregor in 2017.
The date Garcia named is the one in play for Teofimo Lopez. The Ring has reported that Garcia and Lopez are in advanced talks for a 147lb unification fight on 6 February in New York or Las Vegas, though the WBA has ordered Lopez to defend his title against Jack Catterall.
Garcia made the first defence of his WBC title on 12 September, knocking out Britain's Conor Benn in the second round at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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