Ryan Garcia will wait out Gervonta Davis’ subsequent battle with the intention of heading right into a straight-on collision.
BoxingScene.com has confirmed {that a} deliberate stay-busy battle for Garcia is now not in play, after beforehand eyeing a hoop return in late January. Garcia was set to face Filipino southpaw Mercito Gesta on January 21, with the date then pushed again by per week and now off the calendar altogether.
“Been interested by it through the time they had been determining this battle and I really feel the followers and everybody who helps boxing have seen these tune-ups,” Garcia mentioned in a social media submit shortly after confirming that he’ll now not battle in January. “It’s time that we give the followers what they need. Additionally, [Davis] requested the tune-up not me so let him deal with enterprise. LETS [sic] GO.”
Golden Boy Promotions representatives confirmed to BoxingScene.com the validity of Garcia’s public assertion and that his January battle date is now not in play.
Baltimore’s Davis (27-0, 25KOs) stays set for a secondary WBA light-weight title protection versus Dominican Republic’s Hector Luis Garcia (16-0, 10KOs with 3 No-Contests; no relation to Ryan), the reigning WBA junior light-weight titlist who will transfer up in weight. Their bout will headline a January 7 Showtime Pay-Per-View occasion from Capital One Area in Washington, D.C.
With a win, Davis will then transfer on to a superfight with Victorville, California’s Garcia (23-0, 19KOs), with their bout focused for April.
Garcia final fought on July 16, scoring a sixth-round knockout of former secondary WBA junior light-weight titlist Javier Fortuna atop a DAZN present from Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles. The bout was his second in simply over three months after having beforehand not fought in 15 months.
Following the Fortuna win, Garcia was adamant about securing a serious battle—particularly a blockbuster showdown with Davis, an explosive knockout artist and extensively considered one of many sport’s largest stars. The will for such a battle noticed Garcia even take a hardline stance with Golden Boy Promotions to make sure that nothing stood in the best way of the battle transferring ahead.
The unbeaten fighters each got here to phrases, however a dispute between platforms prevented the battle from happening by yr’s finish and even in January. Davis is a Showtime fighter, whereas Golden Boy Promotions enjoys an output take care of DAZN who insisted on being concerned within the occasion.
A compromise was finally reached, although with each fighters saying separate showcase appearances earlier than their very own anticipated conflict.
Garcia has since modified plans on his finish.
“I refuse to do one other tune up,” Garcia said in a separate submit. “I’m prepared for this second. In my coronary heart I didn’t need to do this to you guys! We’re coming straight for Tank!
“I apologize to any that wished to see me in [January] however this battle is all the things… you guys seen me from the storage coaching and now to the largest stage.”
Jake Donovan is a senior author for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox