Pulling Back The Curtain: Gervonta Davis Vs. Ryan Garcia

 By Jermill Pennington: On April 22 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Showtime pay-per-view,

 WBA Regular Lightweight Champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) will share the ring with boxing sensation Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs). This fight being scheduled comes as an unexpected treat to the delight of many boxing fans. Those who know me closest would tell you that I’ve gone on what I would call “calculated rants” as to why this fight had no shot of happening. In my estimation, this is a fight that Garcia does not need to take at this point in his career. He’s only 24 years old and, Without having to take many risks, has picked up some huge endorsements. We know Garcia is the first boxer to be a featured Gatorade athlete, and not to mention his designer clothing deal with Dior. Ryan Garcia is also the owner of a massive social media following; Instagram is by far Garcia’s most popular social media account with 7.8m followers, followed by Tik Tok with 4.8m and then Twitter with 75.5k. With youth on his side, great endorsements, and a social media following as big as any pop star, I see no reason for Garcia to step in the ring with a fighter as dangerous as Gervonta Davis. Davis isn’t a fighter known for jabbing his way to a twelve round decision. Davis is a fighter known for hurting his opponents and, many times, knocking them out. The last thing Garcia needs is to be on a Davis highlight reel getting KO’d in spectacular fashion and Davis doing a backflip over her lifeless body. Why take the risk? NEWS:   The Kids Are Alright: Paul, Fury, Davis and Garcia Seizing the Opportunity from Boxing’s Crisis With all the risks considered, we still surprisingly have a fight. My hat goes off to Ryan Garcia, who could, in my estimation, ride his social following all the way to the bank for some time. With a new wave of Youtube stars now becoming boxing attractions, one would easily assume options would be endless for a guy like Ryan Garcia, yet he is not taking that path; this kid is truly striving for greatness. A breath of fresh air in a boxing world that has become business first. As the youngins say, “secure the bag.” Most narratives today that circulate in the “Youtube-verse” are definitely in favor of the fighter. If one dares to mention the money fighters have made in an attempt to put accountability on fights not being made on the fighters, well, you’re just a pocket watch-in hater. The disaster negotiation that was between Terrence Crawford and Errol Spence left fight fans feeling a way I’ve never felt before. I was extremely annoyed by the whole thing and, for lack of a better word, was left with “boxing blue balls” ever since. This fight has been billed as a starting point for the new-age fighter taking over. With the youngins in charge, fight fans are hoping that we’ll see our favorite fighters face each other in the ring before they’re near the ends of their careers.

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