Ryan Garcia is currently on the mend from a hand injury he suffered in training heading into Rolando Romero fight. | Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images

Ryan Garcia has surgery on right hand and will be out of action for about six weeks before being cleared to resume training.

Ryan Garcia is currently coming off a bitterly disappointing loss to Rolando Romero early this month and won’t be jumping right back into action in the immediate future as he acknowledges on X that he had an injured hand going into the Romero fight that he ultimately now has underwent surgery to repair.

Garcia says he didn’t want to use is injury as an excuse for his poor performance in the Romero fight, but is happy to have had a successful procedure as he looks towards the future. He is expected to have to recover for six weeks before he’s cleared to resume training.

While Garcia had originally been lined up for a big rematch with Devin Haney, his loss to Romero has seemingly scuttled those plans for the time being with his Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya saying they’re now looking to rematch Romero before looking towards other fights.



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