Ryan Garcia Expects Fight Against 'Wild Card' Jake Paul to Happen 'Sooner or Later'

Ahead of his main event fight against Rolando "Rolly" Romero in Times Square on Friday, Ryan Garcia made it clear that he believes a future match against Jake Paul is inevitable.

"I mean, he’s going to run out of opponents," Garcia told Josh Peter of USA TODAY Sports. "There's only so many 40-year-old dudes out there in the world that have a name. So he's going to have to come through me sooner or later."

Paul, who fought the 58-year-old Mike Tyson on Netflix in November, is scheduled to fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on June 28. Rather than the 31-year age difference from his fight against Tyson, the 28-year-old Paul will only be 11 years younger than the 39-year-old Chavez.

Garcia, who stands at 5'9" and fights at 147 pounds, would have a significant size disadvantage against the 6'1" Paul, who weighed in at 228 pounds for his fight against Tyson. Still, that never stopped Paul from calling out smaller opponents, as he previously teased a possible fight against Gervonta "Tank" Davis, a former opponent of Garcia who also competes at 147 pounds.

"If he could fight Tank Davis, he could fight me," Garcia said. "Davis is smaller than me. I'm the one that taught (Paul) boxing, so he has to see me."

When asked if he considers Paul a legitimate boxer, Garcia admitted that he doesn't necessarily think it's an apt title for the YouTuber.

"He's a wild card. I mean, I don't know if he's a boxer," Garcia said. "At the end of the day, he's never fought in a ranked match at his weight class. I don't even know what his weight class is. I don't know if it’s heavyweight. I don't know. It's cruiserweight. I don't know what his weight class is, so can't really say that he's legitimate. But he's had a lot of big fights because of who he is."