But Garcia’s trials have concerned mental health. I have more skills.''Īnd this week he noted that Garcia has faced his own "problems". Other than that, no.”ĭavis shot back, "I agree. Michael Benson, online boxing editor for, tweeted last month that Mike Tyson, when asked if Davis reminds him of himself, said, “Maybe just getting in trouble with the law. He has faced similar issues.ĭating to 2019, Davis has been charged with one count of misdemeanor assault, simple/battery domestic violence, striking the mother of his children and a misdemeanor domestic violence charge of battery causing bodily harm. “I’m staying focused very well,’’ he said. “It has to be a huge, huge distraction,’’ De La Hoya said. A pregnant woman was among four people Davis left injured in the crash.ĭavis, who faces possible jail time, will be sentenced May 5. In February, Davis pleaded guilty to four traffic offenses stemming from a hit-and-run accident in 2020. “I knew this would be my big fight, the biggest fight of my life, so I chased it down,'' he said. Garcia has 9.6 million followers on Instagram and 5.3 million on TikTok.Īnd in November 2022, Davis announced he had accepted the challenge. Davis has 4.7 million Instagram followers. No boxers have capitalized on social media more than these two. The sparring between these fighters started more than two years ago on social media. As Davis said of the battle on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, “just us at each other’s neck for a long time.’’ The fight will be available on pay-per-view for $84.99 through Showtime and DAZN. and Manny Pacquiao sidestepping each other for several years and meeting in the ring well past their prime.ĭavis and his manager, Al Haymon, and Garcia and his promoter, De La Hoya, surely found the payday enticing. The result: boxers such as Floyd Mayweather Jr. Meaning, the promoters are more concerned about protecting their boxer's value than staging mega fights. “They care about their piece of property.’’ “You got four, five power brokers in the business and, unlike the UFC, they don’t give a crap about the sport overall,’’ he said. There were inherent barriers to this matchup, according to Atlas. “That’s the reason you care about this fight,’’ Atlas said. No sidestepping to protect unblemished records. Now boxing offers up this: Garcia (23-0 with 19 KO's) vs. Davis (28-0, 26 KO's). “UFC is growing leaps and bounds by the second by a simple formula,''’ said Atlas, who co-hosts The Fight with Teddy Atlas podcast. But the fight has spared boxing fans frustration over matchups that fail to materialize when promoters and boxers risk defeat, boxing analyst Teddy Atlas said. It’s a great indication that this pay-per-view is going to be huge, so yeah, this is the fight of the year.”Ī premature proclamation, of course. “…The sellout in four minutes of tickets. “And the reason why it is is because you have two young guys, two undefeated guys, who are the best of the best, willing to fight each other,’’ De La Hoya told Showtime. Oscar De La Hoya, the retired world champion boxer and Garcia’s promoter, delivered when he billed it, "The fight to save boxing.’’ Davis, 28, is a Floyd Mayweather disciple from Baltimore who relishes his inner-city roots. Garcia, 24, is the sport’s reigning heartthrob who cherishes his Mexican heritage. Gervonta Davis vs.T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas sold out in a matter of minutes.Ĭelebrities Justin Bieber and Bad Bunny are expected ringside.Įlectricity crackles as Gervonta “Tank’’ Davis and Ryan Garcia, unbeaten boxers who have piled up knockouts, prepare to square off in a 136-pound lightweight bout Saturday night. He has tremendous power, but this guy is not simply a knockout artist. He closed the distance expertly, fought at angles where he was able to land his shots and neutralize Garcia’s vaunted left hook and just score more. Davis slipped the punch and threw a perfectly placed counter left hook that landed in the middle of Garcia’s face and put him down.ĭavis, who did next-to-nothing in the first as he just took the measure of Garcia, took over the fight after that. Garcia overextended in the second, throwing a right at Davis, at a point when things seemed to be going in Garcia’s favor. It was his boxing skill, his ring IQ and his ability to capitalize on Garcia’s mistakes that carried him to the dramatic victory in their heavily hyped 136-pound fight. It wasn’t, however, power that led Davis to this victory. The face of boxing stops Garcia in round 7 with a VICIOUS body shot □ #DavisGarcia /8MRrWvBOOQ
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