Gervonta Davis SHOCKING RESPONDED TO Ryan Garcia's INSULT BEFORE THE FIGHT / Devin Haney - Stevenson
Gervonta Davis SHOCKING RESPONDED TO Ryan Garcia's INSULT BEFORE THE FIGHT / Devin Haney - Stevenson Even in the world of boxing, where fans are used to last-minute problems cropping up, where nothing is done until everything is done, this is starting to get worrisome. Ten days ago, Oscar De La Hoya announced that the much-anticipated bout between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia was all but made. On January 17, Golden Boy Boxing announced that they had “finally” received the contract from Gervonta Davis’ camp and that all that remained was for a few details to be hammered out. Both of these fighters are undefeated and the holdup seems to be around the rematch clause that the contract contains. This news cuts both ways, since it is a cardinal sin in boxing to look beyond the fighter in front of you, but the fact remains that in the outcome of this fight, one of the two must lose. How that is approached is primordial when it comes to safeguarding a legacy. De La Hoya is insistent that the fight will go ahead on April 15, and is even making oblique references to a possible trilogy between the two, signalling that he is looking beyond even the rematch. In the eyes of many fans, Garcia is the weaker of the two fighters, despite the undefeated record. While both fighters punched through some of the same opponents during their career, fighters like Francisco Fonseca and Mario Antonio Macias, the overall level of opposition faced by Davis is generally of a higher caliber. Handing Yuriorkis Gamboa, Leo Santa Cruz, and Rolando Romero emphatic losses, Tank has a claim on the stiffer competitive road. And as the reigning WBA World Lightweight champion, he commands respect in the ring. That is not to say that Garcia has been propped up against bums along the way. He has knocked out Fonseca, Javier Fortuna, and Luke Campbell, no mean feat in itself, and got a decisive win over Emmanuel Tagoe. However, Garcia has been relatively inactive throughout his career, fighting only 23 times in over seven years, with his last four bouts including breaks of 11 and 15 months from the ring. In the buildup to this clash, he has chosen to forego a tune-up fight. By contrast, Davis has maintained his activity and dealt with Hector Luis Garcia in a dazzling performance just three weeks ago, in a sharpener designed to keep him on the cutting edge. It is understandable, in light of all of this, that De La Hoya wants to protect his fighter’s future. Opponents would argue that this is evidence that Garcia knows that he can not win. Golden Boy would take the other view, focusing on the money that will be made in this fight and how in boxing, as in any business, you should strike while the iron is hot. Oscar De La Hoya has said that he expects this fight to sell between two and two-and-a-half million pay per view sales, and the money that all of that represents is a contract detail that is worth getting right. According to the promoter: "Garcia is completely different. He's not just a deep thinker. Sometimes he's too reasonable. He's too much of a thinker. As for me, the "Tank" will have an advantage precisely because of this difference in approach. What else did I say? That the "Tank" is not very eloquent? Perhaps it was necessary to choose another word. But in any case, what side is it here? It's true, he's not very eloquent. But there are many of them. And not only in boxing. Most people are not very eloquent." American lightweight Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) also fears that his super fight against compatriot Jervonta Davis (28-0, 26 KOs), previously scheduled for April 15, may fail through no fault of his. Garcia is worried about Gervonta's frequent police reports. The extreme one of these happened quite recently and almost disrupted Davis' fight against Hector Luis Garcia. "It's definitely a concern," Garcia admitted in an interview with MMA Hour. — I don't know what his temperament is. Perhaps he has problems with anger control, but in this situation I will not go into arguments, because I do not know what is happening in his personal life between him and his girlfriend. I don't think it's right to hit a girl. But I don't know all the details, so I'd rather not talk about it. According to Regis, he is sure that Ryan's side will not go beyond talking, and compared him to a dog that barks at the gate. "It doesn't matter because people know he won't fight me. Ryan will only talk a lot. It's like a dog at the gate. While the gate is closed, she will bark a lot. When the gates are open, she knows what can happen, some shit. As a result, it falls silent and becomes quiet. So it's all just talk. Ryan can only talk," Progre said.
