By: Sean Crose
“I’m so pumped this fight is finally in place,” Ryan Garcia tweeted on Thursday afternoon. “I want it more than anything right now. I’ve put in the work, I’m at the prime of my career, and I know I’m going to be the biggest boxer in the world. That legacy starts today.” Under that assertion was an image of Garcia and Gervonta Davis squaring off with the title “The Deal is Done Las Vegas, 2023.” Davis himself additionally took to social media Thursday. “DONE DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!,” he posted on Instagram. “TELL EM GET THE BRINKS TRUCK READY MF!!!!!!!!” Like Garcia, Davis positioned an accompanying battle photograph together with his put up.
If this information is true – and at this level it’s arduous to think about that it wouldn’t be, one of the anticipated matchups in boxing, if not THE most anticipated matchup, might be taking place subsequent 12 months. Reports are the Davis-Garcia battle would go down subsequent April. Las Vegas will clearly be the situation, although precisely the place and on what date the battle will happen has not but been introduced. The matchup will most definitely be a pay per view occasion.
This is way wanted information for battle followers, because the final a number of months have been brutal for the game. First, a hoped for battle between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fell by. Then negotiations for the lengthy awaited Terence Crawford-Errol Spence undisputed welterweight championship bout fell by. Indeed, some have been rightfully questioning whether or not boxing’s longstanding age of main matchups was coming to an ignominious finish. A Davis-Garcia battle would clearly buck that pattern. It may additionally herald a ton of cash and eyeballs, as each fighters are identified how to attract in followers. They’re additionally each younger, undefeated, and extremely arduous hitting.
“Boxing NEEDS this fight right now,” Garcia tweeted shortly after asserting that the deal was completed. “It’s time for us to get back to what made this sport so great for the fans: Glamorous fights in places like Las Vegas, grudge match storylines, and most importantly — the best fighting the best.” Credit is because of each fighters and their respective camps for making this one occur. Although the truth that main fights merely not getting made has been infuriating, there’s little doubt that setting one up efficiently is a real problem in an age of battling promotional and broadcasting retailers. The sport wanted this.
