Throughout this media interview forward of Ryan Garcia’s upcoming combat towards Javier Fortuna this weekend, Golden Boy promoter Bernard Hopkins talks about what he believes would be the largest combat to make within the light-weight division — a matchup between Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.
Hopkins largely dismisses Devin Haney right here, regardless of reigning as undisputed champion within the division, and says Garcia shouldn’t trouble messing round with the lessers within the division and go straight to Tank, who he believes runs the load class. Try a few of what Hopkins needed to say under.
Hopkins on Garcia’s upcoming combat towards Fortuna
“It’s a check second the place we wish to see — and we all know who must be examined. It’s extra of Ryan’s obligation to point out that he’s prepared for anyone up there, together with ‘Tank’ Davis or anyone else. However I feel once you take a look at Ryan’s final combat, what has he realized and didn’t be taught from that combat to what’s gonna occur Saturday.
“So it’s nonetheless a query mark that’s there, however Saturday I imagine it’s as much as him, Ryan, to have the ability to say ‘I’m going by means of this door and that is who I would like.’ And personally I imagine he’s gonna do this, and I feel that you just and all people else goes to be asking for the ‘Tank’ Davis combat. I actually imagine that.”
On if he’d prefer to see Garcia combat Tank most of all, or one of many different large names at light-weight
“I’d reasonably see him go straight to the highest. Tank proper now could be the division. I’ll say it once more should you want me to repeat it. Why mess with the second or the third finest? Go proper to the dance. I imply, should you actually imagine that you’re that man, then you need to be that man, however not discuss that man.”
On how Tank will be the highest canine when Devin Haney is holding all the main titles
“So?! You possibly can have all of the belts, however that don’t imply all of them suit your pants. Who’s extra in style, Ryan or Haney?…hear, I see an entire combination of lots of good fights taking place in that division. I’m simply telling you when Ryan make that assertion Saturday, go proper for the highest of the highest, why fiddle down there to show what’s already been confirmed?
