Unbeaten lightweight Ryan Garcia (16-0, 13 KOs) experienced some difficulties in the fight with Carlos Morales (17-3-3, 6 KOs), but still managed to win by a majority decisin in the main event of the evening at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. The scores were: 98-92, 95-95, 98-92.
Garcia looked good at the beginning of the fight, but in the seventh and eighth rounds Morales managed to hurt Ryan. However, the efforts of Morales in the later rounds, according to the judges, were not enough, and Garcia, who before the fight said he was ready to meet Gervonta Davis, celebrated the victory.
In early August, Garcia turned 20 years old. Morales at the time of the battle is 28 years old.