Ryan Garcia has called for a fight with Terence Crawford after stopping Conor Benn in two rounds in Las Vegas on Saturday to retain the WBC welterweight title.
Crawford, who retired three months after outpointing Canelo Alvarez to become undisputed super-middleweight champion, watched the bout from ringside. Garcia's win came exactly one year after Crawford's victory over Alvarez in the same city.
"I want to avenge Canelo's loss," Garcia told Uncrowned on Monday. "I just want to beat [Crawford's] ass, to be real. I want that. He knows that I want that. I'm willing to test him, to see where he's at, you know, but will he come back out of retirement? I don't know."
Garcia also labelled Crawford "jealous" and questioned his retirement, saying: "He's not really retired in his heart. He retired on paper, but not in his heart."
Crawford retired aged 38 with an undefeated record, having collected world titles at five weights and become the only three-weight undisputed king in the four-belt era.
Garcia, 28, was making his first defence of a world title. He won the WBC welterweight belt in February by dropping and outpointing Mario Barrios. Benn, 29, suffered the first stoppage loss of his career.