Nabeel Bhatti

He's failed to shine in his last two bouts.

He's had two draws, a split draw with a very average Abel Ramos, who isn't a world championship challenger, but he looked like one because Barrios made him look like one or allowed him to look like one, and a fucking 46-year-old Manny Pacquiao, who many people felt that he lost to.

that fight ended up being a draw.

And Barrios had to scrape a draw because he had to win some late rounds to get that draw, which is easy to do when your opponent is 46 years old.

So that is why he has been handpicked here by Ryan Garcia.

Barrios has a decent jab.

He hits hard enough to get the respect of Garcia.

He obviously has a... He also has a...

a distance advantage here.

So it's going to be difficult for Garcia to get inside, but he should be able to do that because he's not the quickest.

And the difference in speed could be what actually wins this for Garcia because he has lightning quick hands on or off drugs.

He has one of the best left hooks in the business on or off drugs.

He's also the better puncher here and has more power in his fist.

However...

Farris does have a good chin.

He takes some budging and Garcia may have to rely more on his speed than his power here to prevail.

And this may be a situation where Garcia just needs a bounce back win here and needs to get his hands on that belt to restore his credibility.

And he'll just need to do what he needs to do here.

It doesn't have to be a flash stylistic knockout victory.

It just simply has to be a victory.