![]() "Do you know how long I've been calling this man out? He does not know how much studying I've done on him. I've dreamed about this moment," Garcia said about his fight against Tank. He sees Tank as just a man with a purse and is ready to take on Haney in what could be the biggest fight of his career. Garcia is confident in his abilities and has been preparing for this moment his whole life. Garcia is determined to settle the score with Haney and prove he's the better fighter This would be the perfect time for Haney and Garcia to battle it out at light welterweight in a mega-fight with no belts on the line. If he wins, as many boxing fans believe he will, he is expected to vacate his four belts and move up to 140. Ryan Garcia Davis clipped Garcia in Round 8 with a shot that affected his vision so much that. Haney is set to defend his undisputed lightweight championship against Vasily Lomachenko on May 20th. Hector Luis Garcia results, highlights: Tank scores TKO, sets up showdown vs. With his baby face and perfectly coiffed hair, he still has a reputation with some as a pretty boy who's a class below the beast that is Tank Davis, but now he has a chance to prove everyone wrong.The potential fight is expected to happen at 140 pounds, as Haney is too big for the 135-pound division, and it would be pointless for the match-up to take place in that weight class. He came back to knock him out five rounds later, but many pointed out if that had been Davis's left, Garcia would have been finished. (Getty)Īfter garnering fame and infamy on social media with his rapid hands, he showed he's tough as they come when he was knocked down by Luke Campbell's left hook three fights ago. Known for his speed, Garcia proved his tenacity by getting back from this knockdown against Luke Campbell. Garcia, meanwhile, has proven his worth in the ring in his 23 professional fights. His hook and uppercut are particular weapons that he lines up and fires with brutal efficiency. His left hand hits like a truck, or indeed a tank, and he strikes with devastating accuracy even when his opponents know what's coming. (Getty)Īs with most lightweights, both these fighters have lightning-fast hands and feetīoth of them have knockout power, as evidenced by their combined 45 KOs from 51 fights, but Davis is definitely the more powerful of the two. Gervonta Davis's nickname is 'Tank' for a reason. In the pre-fight press conferences, they've both threatened to break each others' jaws, while Davis even threatened Garcia's brother.Īnd with Floyd Mayweather Jr in the Davis corner, and Oscar De La Hoya backing Garcia as part of his Golden Boy promotion company, there are names and faces all over this bout. We don't worry about him," Davis said of Garcia. ![]() Now matured and with a formidable pro record to his name, the verbal gloves are off, before the physical gloves go on. Initially Davis brushed off the challenges, saying he didn't want to fight Garcia because he wanted to let him mature. ![]() Gervonta Davis, 28 was already fighting professionally for three years before Ryan Garcia, 24, got in the ring for his first pro bout.Īs such, Garcia was always chasing Davis, calling out the more established fighter at every opportunity, even when a fight was not likely to materialise. Look back at how the fight unfolded in our live blog below.ĭespite not having any belts, Garcia calls himself King. ![]() Abso-f***ing-lutely."ĭavis is now 29-0 in his professional career and Garcia is 23-1. "When he was looking at me I was looking at him like 'get up' and he just shook his head, 'no'. "I thought he was gonna get up," Davis said. ![]() Watching the replay in the ring, Davis said he did not think the shot was going to stop Garcia, but Garcia said he was struggling to breathe. It looked like Garcia would go on, but after a few wobbly seconds he took a knee and did not get back up before referee Thomas Taylor's 10 count. He took control in the next few rounds, and Garcia seemed to have got a foot back in the fight in the sixth, only for Davis to catch him with a left to the body in the seventh. The taller and younger Garcia started stronger, using his length on the job to keep the stockier, more powerful Davis at bay in the first round and starting the second well too.īut Davis took advantage of Garcia's aggression and put the 24-year-old on his backside with a trademark left hand halfway through the second frame. Gervonta Davis stops Ryan Garcia with a brutal body shot in the seventh round to win their highly anticipated Las Vegas bout by TKO.Īfter years of verbal and social media sparring, the undefeated lightweights finally got in the ring at a catchweight with no belts on the line, but it was still the focus of the boxing world. ![]()
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