Sean Crose
“April 22, 2023 Las Vegas It’s on! #DavisGarcia GOOOOO.”
And with that single tweet, Gervonta “Tank” Davis let the world know {that a} battle between himself and Ryan Garcia has now formally been made.
“APRIL twenty second SHOWTIME PPV and DAZN PPV,” Ryan Garcia tweeted a bit later. “LAS VEGAS NV”
Make no mistake about it: Davis-Garcia is a full fledged, dyed within the wool superfight. That includes two younger, laborious hitting, undefeated, and very fashionable fighters of their primes, it’s the kind of factor the game of boxing is desperately in want of currently. Davis-Garcia will at the least be on the size of the Wilder-Fury fights, however might doubtless be a lot greater. Though it gained’t be as profitable as Mayweather-Pacquiao or Mayweather-McGregor, Davis-Garcia could be the most important match in boxing since these two financial institution breakers went down some years again.
Though it was clear each males needed the battle, there was starting to be some concern that tough negotiations would preserve it from changing into a actuality. Oscar De La Hoya, Garcia’s promoter, had assured the general public that it was solely a matter of time earlier than issues grew to become official – and, as of Friday, he’s been confirmed proper. Credit score to each De La Hoya and PBC honcho Al Haymon for placing this one collectively. In an age of promotional and broadcast entanglements the act of bringing the negotiations past the end line was clearly no small factor.
As Garcia tweeted, the match can be broadcast by each Showtime pay per view and DAZN pay per view, as Showtime broadcasts Davis’ fights and DAZN broadcasts Garcia’s. A precise location for the bout hasn’t been introduced, however a catch weight of 136 kilos has been agreed upon by the fighter’s respective camps. The battle was initially anticipated to happen on April fifteenth, which signifies the prolonged negotiation course of led to the occasion being pushed again every week.
The 28-0 Davis has ended all however two of his fights throughout the distance whereas the 23-0 Garcia has ended all however 4 of his fights throughout the distance. When fighters with this sort of energy meet, fireworks can definitely be anticipated. With that being stated, it’s apparent Davis can be favored to win the match, as he has gained a number of world titles in a number of weight courses and has handled stronger competitors than Garcia has throughout. But the type of energy Garcia possesses would possibly simply even issues out – as long as Davis doesn’t get to him first.
