Ryan Garcia Reveals £50 Million Net Worth and Gambling Regret
Ryan Garcia said he is worth around £50 million and called gambling his worst regret, days before he defends the WBC welterweight title against Conor Benn. The comments matter because the 28-year-old champion is one of boxing’s biggest commercial names, and he tied the fortune to a warning about who handles the money.
Garcia made the remarks during fight week in Las Vegas. He did not present an audited figure. He offered his own estimate.
“I’m worth around £50M. I think you should have a good team around you who has a lot of experience with money.”
That second sentence was the point. Garcia said boxers lose everything often enough that a young fighter who came from little money can watch it disappear if the people around him do not know what they are doing.
He is 25-2 with 20 knockouts and won the WBC belt in February, beating Mario Barrios by unanimous decision. Saturday’s fight at T-Mobile Arena is his first title defense.
The payday is part of why the interview landed this week. Garcia has spent years as a social-media star whose purses and sponsorships outran a conventional championship résumé. He now says the number only holds if the team around it is experienced.
Then he went to the habit he wants behind him.
“I used to gamble a lot, it’s probably my worst regret. I don’t do it anymore.”
He did not attach a public ledger to the losses. He did not name sportsbooks or nights. He called the gambling a regret and said it has stopped.
That is his account, not a financial filing. Garcia has been open in the past about betting on himself and on other events, including a high-profile wager tied to the Haney fight. This week he framed the old habit as the mistake, not a running side career.
The timing is not accidental. Benn, 25-1 with 14 knockouts, is fighting for a world title for the first time. Garcia has spent the week needling him, skipping a Tuesday face-off and treating the Briton as a step down. The money talk sits next to that bravado: a champion who says he is rich, says he used to gamble it, and says he has a team now.
He also said a fighter who grew up with nothing can fail to see how fast the money moves until it is already gone. In his view, the sport is grueling enough without adding that kind of leak.
None of that changes Saturday. Garcia still has to make 147 pounds and defend the belt. Benn still has to get through the weight cut Garcia has been mocking all week.
A title fight does not freeze a bank account. Garcia’s point was that the account only stays large if the people around it know money and if the fighter stops treating risk like a second job.
He says the gambling is finished. He says the net worth is around £50 million. The only number that will be official on Saturday is the one the judges or the referee put on the fight.