Ryan Garcia has become one of the few fighters at the top of boxing to heap praise on pal Jake Paul for his boxing credentials.
The 23-year-old is one of the most highly-touted young fighters in the sport, and returns to the ring after over a year away this weekend when he faces the veteran Emmanuel Tagoe in Texas. He has a close relationship with the Paul brothers Jake and Logan, who helped him to build his social media presence while he helped to develop them as boxers.
And he has said that Paul is competing at a fair level for the point he is at in his career, despite facing no boxers as yet in his 5-0 professional career. Garcia himself was six fights into his professional career after over 250 amateur bouts before he faced anyone with a winning record, and believes the critics are too harsh on the YouTuber-turned-boxer.
