By: Sean Crose
“I believe it can do 2 million homes,” Oscar De La Hoya mentioned of the pay per view potential of the upcoming Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia struggle. “I believe it can break 2.4 million homes.” Indeed, there have been comparisons of the April twenty second throwdown to the 2007 superfight between De La Hoya and a then rising Floyd Mayweather. “I believe Tank,” mentioned De La Hoya, “is bigger than Mayweather when he fought me…these kids are the very best and the fact that they’re fighting each other, it creates the perfect storm.”
Yet De La Hoya additionally indicated (in video recorded and printed by Fight Hub) that the struggle is greater than only a scheduled twelve spherical affair. He believes that Davis-Garcia can prepared the ground to different high matchups. “We’ve put this together,” he mentioned of the April twenty second occasion, “we can make others.” What makes Davis-Garcia distinctive in up to date boxing is that it reveals two opposing promotional/managerial/advisory organizations can get collectively to make a excessive profile match occur. “Making this fight was not easy,” mentioned De La Hoya, “but we made it happen.”
As for the way he expects Davis-Garcia to finish, De La Hoya was extraordinarily clear. “It’s going to end in a knockout,” he mentioned. “I have no clue whose going to win by knockout, but it’s going to end by knockout. I think the power is too much up in that ring. There’s two guys who just are very powerful and they’re explosive. Whoever lands the first punch is going to win the fight.”
Both the Davis and the Ryan camps are at present on a two metropolis press tour – New York, and Los Angeles. The New York press convention went down on Tuesday, whereas the second press convention will go down Thursday afternoon on the west coast.
