He expected Oleksandr Usyk to dominate Rico Verhoeven at Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. And to be fair, practically everyone did.

Verhoeven might be a legendary kickboxer, but the 37-year-old Dutchman had just one professional boxing bout prior to facing Usyk. That second-round stoppage victory over Janos Finfera in 2014, who was 0-5 heading into that fight and hasn’t been seen since, didn’t seem like it would be enough to give Verhoeven the experience he needed against The Ring, IBF, WBA, and WBC heavyweight champion.

But with him giving Usyk all sorts of issues before eventually losing via a controversial 11th-round stoppage, Garcia can’t believe what he watched.

“It wasn’t one of those performances that I expected from Usyk,” Garcia told YSM Sports Media. “I wasn’t expecting it.”

It wasn’t his proudest moment, but Usyk is ready to move on. Although Agit Kabayel, The Ring’s No. 2 heavyweight, is likely next, Garcia would like to see the unbeaten Ukrainian face David Benavidez.

Benavidez, 29, recently became a three-division champion thanks to his sixth-round stoppage of Gilberto Ramirez to become the WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion May 2.

Soon after, Benavidez’s name was floated as a possible future opponent for Usyk (25-0, 16 KOs). Although he later shut those talks down by saying that he doesn’t see himself moving to the heavyweight division until possibly five years from now, Turki Alalshikh wants that fight to happen in 2027.

If Usyk-Benavidez does take place at some point next year, Garcia made a surprising pick.

“I think Benavidez beats Usyk,” Garcia said. “I know it won’t be easy, but I do believe Benavidez beats him.”

For now, Benavidez (32-0, 26 KOs) has other things to worry about. The Phoenix native still has the WBC light heavyweight title in his possession, too.

What he wants more than anything is to fully unify the 175-pound titles by beating Dmitry Bivol, who owns The Ring, IBF, WBA and WBO titles.