Ryan Garcia wants the opportunity to face Terence Crawford, who he has slammed in a fiery tirade.

Garcia recorded a brutal two-round KO victory against Conor Benn in Las Vegas, with boxing icon Crawford sat watching from ringside.

Ryan Garcia talking after beating Conor Benn
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Garcia lashed out at Crawford and called for a fight after his recent winCredit: Getty

Crawford and 'King Ry' have traded words in the past, and their feud has continued after the latest event.

As a result, it emerged that Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh was interested in bringing Crawford out of retirement to face Garcia.

Garcia wants Crawford fight to avenge Canelo

And now Garcia has confirmed he is extremely interested in the mega-fight.

He angrily slammed 'Bud' and suggested he wants to avenge friend Canelo Alvarez's 2025 defeat to Crawford.

“I want to avenge Canelo’s loss,” Garcia said. “I just want to beat his ass, to be real.

"I want that. He knows that I want that. I’m willing to test him, to see where he’s at, you know, but will he come back out of retirement? I don’t know.”

“He knows he has to. Nobody knows who the f*** he is. He has to come back to boxing.

"He knows that, though. You can see that. The security didn’t even know who the f*** he was; that’s a problem.

"He a hating a** b***h. He's jealous of me. He knows that. I'll beat the f*** out of you. I'll beat the jealousy out of you."

"You know you’ve got more on the plate. What are you doing? You retired for what?”

Crawford responds to Garcia offer

Crawford, who retired earlier this year and has shown no concrete indication of a U-turn, has played down the offer.

He hit back at Garcia's claim he was 'jealous', insisting his call to hang up his gloves was perfectly timed.

Crawford wrote on X: "@RyanGarcia you’re one funny guy I tell you.

"You're really a movie character, that’s why I’m entertaining you. You have absolutely nothing and I mean nothing to be jealous of kid.

"It seem like you’re the jealous one, mad because I retired my way. It’s ok just take note and you’ll be ok.”

He then added: "It’s ok @RyanGarcia I'll let you live because you got way too many people to worry about other than me my boy!

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"Devin Haney, Keyshawn Davis, Teofimo Lopez, Shakur Stevenson and them guys who you need to worry about not me. I know you want the pay cheque though.”

Clearly Crawford is not interested right now in returning, but the lure could grow if a big financial opportunity is presented.

The Omaha superstar has also been offered a showdown with Jaron Ennis.

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