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This is a collision of two of boxing\u2019s brightest young stars, and there\u2019s genuine bad blood here to boot. In his last appearance Garcia captured the belt by smashing Mario Barrios<\/strong> in a one-sided decision victory. The question with Garcia, of course, is whether or not he can perform at a high level consistently<\/em>. Benn, meanwhile, is searching for his first title win. He\u2019s riding high after two major decision victories over Regis Prograis<\/strong> and Chris Eubank<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Checkout our round-by-round coverage and full results from the Garcia vs. Benn main event below (full card results here). Live results and highlights will appear as soon as the athletes are in the ring \u2026<\/p>\n After a few flashes of the jab, Garcia finds his left hook. Benn presses forward and eats another left hook. Benn ducks the left and lands on the inside. Benn jabs the body. He\u2019s pushing a serious pace right away. Garcia lands a pair of right hands but takes a body shot. Benn lands a combination on the guard then gets inside the guard with his next attempt. Good trade at the bell.<\/p>\n Garcia lands first with an uppercut. A moment later, a right uppercut from Garcia wobbles the knees of his opponent. Benn weaves under a punch then comes up right into a HUGE right hand! Benn hits the canvas and he\u2019s hurt badly! \u201cKing Ry\u201d flurries and crashes into Benn, who tries to clinch to survive. He can\u2019t hang on, however, and Garcia continues to throw power. The referee moves in and calls the fight! That\u2019s it! Garcia secures his first title defense via knockout, but was it an early stoppage?<\/p>\n Check out the highlights below:<\/p>\n This was an incredible performance from Ryan! Benn pressed him from the first bell, and he responded right away. He ran Benn into left hooks right away, but it was the right hand that sat down the Englishman. Once his opponent was hurt, Garcia didn\u2019t hold back at all in forcing the finish. Neither man was fighting like they were considering the scorecards, but Garcia struck first!<\/p>\n