Ryan Garcia revealed that he would be returning to action in early February, seeking a second defence of his WBC welterweight world title and now ‘King Ry’ has named the man he plans to face.

Garcia needed only two rounds to defend his WBC crown against Conor Benn back in September, disposing of the Briton with relative ease to score his first win as a reigning world champion – after winning the title in February.

During the aftermath, Garcia promised a fast turnaround and began to be linked to a unification with WBA 147lb titleholder Teofimo Lopez, as well as a shock showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Now, on a Kick stream, Garcia announced that he is expecting to take on Mayweather in a professional bout in Las Vegas on Saturday, February 6.

“We have an announcement, we are going to be fighting Floyd Mayweather on February 6. Floyd, we are going to kick your a**, well I am going to kick your a**.

“This is not an exhibition, this is a real fight, I can take his ‘0’. It is going to be in Vegas.”

Garcia then went on to state that he has bad intentions in the proposed affair, believing that he will be the first opponent that ‘TBE’ has ever fought that genuinely wants to hurt him.

“I am coming to really hurt Floyd. I want to hurt him bad. I want to put him in the hospital for two days.”

“Floyd, I am sorry that I have to do this to you. You see that big a** head of yours? I am coming to beat the f**k out of you. 

“You have never fought a fighter that wants to really hurt you, I will beat the f**k out of you.”

Garcia-Mayweather would seemingly leave Lopez out in the cold and likely result in ‘The Takeover’ facing Jack Catterall next.