Ryan Garcia is “dead” if he ever comes face to face with George Kambosos Junior.
That’s the threat the Australian made as a war of words erupted between the boxers on Monday morning.
The former world champion was left seething after slimy Garcia comments about his wife Bec Pereira following his loss to Vasiliy Lomchenko on Sunday in Perth.
The Aussie warrior was thoroughly outclassed by Lomachenko, who claimed victory via TKO to claim the IBO and vacant IBF lightweight world titles.
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Kambosos, 30, couldn’t match Lomachenko’s hand speed and power, and when Lomachenko dropped him with heavy body shots a minute into the 11th round, his corner threw in the towel.
Lomachenko will turn his attention to bigger names in world boxing such as Gervonta Davis, while Kambosos has been urged to take a break from the sport rather than chase an immediate re-match with WBO super lightweight champ Teofimo Lopez.
Kambosos won widespread respect for his gutsy performance, but was trashed by some fighters on social media. Garcia, who is doing his best to be the most disliked fighter on the planet, took it way too far.
“Gerge Kambozo sucks I’m sorry,” Garcia, who is facing a doping ban and failed to make weight for his fight with Devin Haney, wrote on Twitter.
Kambosos responded by saying: “Won more belts than you’ll ever win princess the clean way.
“Cheating dog I rather go out on my shield against the best and lose like a man than cheat with weight advantages and enhancements like you did. Let’s have a street fight then f*** the ring!! Use all the needles you want.”
Garcia appeared to take it personally.
“I’m sorry bro you suck like actually,” he wrote.
“I’d Ko you in less then 5 rounds. The truth is truth. And the truth hurts.”
“Bruh shut up you had one good victory. You been riding one victory and haven’t done s*** since but lose.”
The American then appeared completely unhinged when he made a disgusting claim about Kambosos’ wife.
“I slept with George Kambozo wife no cap,” he wrote.
“You wanna play with me and say I did steroids. Keep playing. No mercy.
“I could show proof but then would actually be mean.
“My next goal is to make sure George wife and I are together forever and we raise his kids.
“All fair in love and war. And when George and His wife make love that’s fair. But when we fight it can be war. All fair in my opinion.
“I slept with his fiancée ( George’s girl ). I can beat his ass. And he can’t do anything about it. I’d be pissed .
“He still hasn’t came out to play.”
Garcia also shared a video of himself at a Bahamas villa.
Kambosos’ response was not subtle.
“You should be in the Bahamas hiding away but you ain’t getting away from them enhancement charges princess,” he wrote.
“You’ll be banned from our beautiful sport that you made a mockery out of ya cheating dog. I couldn’t give two f**** about you, now go stick another needle in your ass.”
His response to the comments about his wife were murderous.
“Slept with your mother if want to get that low you dog,” he wrote.
“Shows the classless person you are talking about my wife the mother of my kids. Your dead when I see you. NO BOXING.”
He also shared a brief, private message exchange between the pair.
Kambosos is a proud family man and has repeatedly publicly praised Bec and shared public love for their family, which includes children Evaliah, Leonidas and Santia.
For Lomachenko, meanwhile, Sunday’s win further enhances his prospects of being a first-ballot hall of fame inductee.
The 36-year-old Ukrainian won two Olympic gold medals in one of the most successful amateur careers ever, and he still has a bit left in the tank at professional level.
Kambosos (21-3, 10KOs) defeated Maxi Hughes last year but is at a crossroads after two losses to Devin Haney followed his stunning world title win over Lopez in 2021.
“I want to appreciate my opponent, George, they’re a team, they’re a top team,” Lomachenko said in the ring.
“And of course, I want to say a big, big thank you to my team.
“Today I’m again world champion. This world title is for my father.
“He trained me, he built me, and he deserves it. This is for my father.
“I want to come home to my family and spend time with my family. Thank you.”
Kambosos said: “Oh man, I’m a tough fighter, I’m a tough Aussie bastard. We don’t want to take easy fights.
“This man is one of the best of all-time, in history, we tried our best. We started really good early.
“We stuck to the game plan, but that Matrix started downloading things, we tried our best but he deserves that belt. I gave my all, that’s all I can do. That’s the kind of fighter I am.
“We’ll be back. It’s another step in the journey of Kambosos.”
It was a mixed day for the Australians with Cherneka Johnson winning her title in a controversial announcement, but Andrew Moloney lost in a decision labelled “the great Australian robbery”.