By: Sean Crose
Twenty seven wins. Zero loses. Twenty 5 wins by knockout. World titles in quite a few weight divisions. There is a motive why Gervonta “Tank” Davis is taken into account one of many largest names within the sport of boxing. Indeed, he’s anticipated to combat the wildly widespread Ryan Garcia over the subsequent a number of months – supplied he get previous the 16-0 Hector Luis Garcia Saturday evening in Washington DC. Although Davis is clearly favored strolling in, Garcia is not any joke. A world junior light-weight titlist, the person has a fame for upsetting the apple cart. The Davis-Garcia bout would be the fundamental occasion of a Showtime pay per view card.
The 28 12 months outdated Davis final noticed motion again in May of 2022 when he overcame a sport Rolando Romero in an thrilling affair. Aside from organising fights with the Garcia’s, Hector Luis and Ryan respectively, Davis has additionally been within the information for his authorized troubles. He was arrested for assaulting the mom of his daughter a number of weeks in the past (although the girl has now mentioned he didn’t assault her) and can be quickly to be due in courtroom for an incident involving a success and run accident. Up till now, nonetheless, the person’s quite a few run in’s with the American justice system have but to affect his ring performances in any important method.
As for Garcia, he’s hoping to as soon as once more shock the world as he did final 12 months by defeating the extremely regarded Chris Colbert in a combat the place he served as a final minute alternative. Afterward, Garcia went on to seize the WBA junior light-weight championship. Like Davis, Garcia is a southpaw. Also like Davis, Garcia hasn’t misplaced a single combat. Although followers are wanting ahead to a match between Davis and the opposite Garcia, it’s not out of the realm of risk that the fighter referred to as “Tank” can have a legit throwdown on his fingers tomorrow evening on the Capital One Arena in DC.
