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In a world where words often pack a punch, Gervonta Davis, the boxing maestro, opted for a cryptic jab outside the ring. Surrounded by the luxury of a private jet, Davis’s latest Instagram post is a curveball. No gloves, no ring, just an enigmatic message. Known for his knockout power, his words now spark intrigue.

Amidst recent talks of championship titles and high-profile fights, Davis’s choice of communication is unusual. His Instagram, usually a showcase of athletic triumphs, takes a turn towards the cryptic. Fans and followers are left deciphering. What is the boxing star implying? His successful past clashes, like the victory over Ryan Garcia, add layers to this mystery.

In the jet’s lap of luxury: Davis’ bold declaration on worth

Transitioning smoothly from the ring to the realm of social media, Gervonta Davis presents a picture that speaks volumes. In his latest Instagram post, the boxing sensation reclines in the plush interior of a private jet. The image captures him lying on a bed, phone in hand, which is notably adorned with a diamond-studded bracelet. This opulent detail underscores his success in the boxing world. His caption, however, strikes a different chord: “If you aren’t gonna pay me for my skills don’t invite me to ur office!” This statement, direct and bold, immediately grabs attention.

These contexts add weight to his Instagram declaration. Evidently, Davis isn’t just a formidable force in the ring; he’s equally assertive about his worth and the recognition of his skills outside of it. Therefore, this post serves not only as a glimpse into the luxurious lifestyle of a successful athlete but also as a bold statement about his perception of value and compensation in the sport. Could this be about the recent revelation that Ryan made about his fight with Gervonta?

Ryan Garcia’s grit before facing Gervonta Davis

On the Last Stand Podcast, Garcia, also known as ‘KingRy,’ disclosed a severe rib injury that he sustained during sparring. This injury was so severe that it halted his training and necessitated a hospital visit. Garcia reflected, “I did go in with a rib injury, a separated rib from sparring. I couldn’t even run… I decided I wasn’t gonna pull out.”

Despite the setback, Garcia refused to use this as an excuse for his performance. He also pointed out how weight-cutting further impacted his condition, saying, “This was about two weeks ago.” Garcia’s determination to continue, despite not being fully fit, highlights his resilience and commitment to the sport.

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Ryan Garcia Reminds Himself of Gervonta Davis Loss While Celebrating Recent Win, Receives Floyd Mayweather’s Protege Curmel Moton’s Response

The boxing world has begun celebrating the redemptive win Ryan Garcia scored over the weekend. Joining these celebrations is Floyd Mayweather protege, Curmel Moton. Taking to a post uploaded by ‘KingRy,’ Moton congratulated the 25-year-old fighter on bouncing back from his career’s first loss he registered in April this year.

After the devastating loss that Garcia encountered against Gervonta Davis this year, he awaited an opportunity to redeem himself. On December 3, that chance dawned, and so he seized. In a fight against Oscar Duarte, Garcia made an impressive comeback securing an 8th-round knockout. The victory was so spectacular that the boxing community was full of appreciation for him. However, according to Ryan, alongside his recent win, he also keeps his maiden career loss alive in his thoughts for motivation.

Ryan Garcia shares a lesson about losing

As he emerged victorious after having proven his worth in the sport of boxing, KingRy took to his Instagram to share pictures of the two fights he undertook this year. The first image was the one that he’d never forget. It was the moment when Tank knocked him down in their infamous Las Vegas fight. The second one was the moment from his comeback victory against Duarte. He wrote, “Losing can be the best thing for you at times. It can show you where you’re lost at.”

At the iconic T-Mobile Arena of Las Vegas, Ry faced his career’s hardest challenge in April this year. He faced Gervonta Davis. With a 22-0 unbeaten record, Garcia took the bold step to fight another undefeated knockout artist. However, the latter defeated Ry in a devastating 7th round knockout. As he faced criticism for his loss, Ryan awaited an opportunity to redeem himself. Now, the Duarte victory has earned him praise from his contemporaries in the boxing world. One of them is Curmel Moton.

Curmel Moton celebrates Garcia’s win

It is well-documented that Moton and Gervonta Davis are quite tight. The two have on multiple occasions trained together at Floyd Mayweather gym. Their camaraderie has made headlines with both praising for each other. However, being stablemates does not stop them from rejoicing great comeback narratives in boxing. So much so that when Tank’s biggest rival Ryan Garcia took home the victory in his last fight, Moton did not hesitate to acknowledge that. He responded to Garcia’s instagram post and wrote, “Congrats on the win champ.”

Ryan Garcia is back on the map, and how. Tank, on the other hand, is taking some time away from boxing to sort out issues in his personal life. While reports suggest he’ll return to the ring in early 2024, more clarifications on this front remain scarce.

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Ngannou Sends Rematch Warning To ‘Challenger’ Tyson Fury: “That Wasn’t Even A Strong Punch”

Francis Ngannou proved most predictions wrong by even being competitive in his boxing debut against WBC Heavyweight World Champion Tyson Fury.

The MMA star crossed over to boxing on an incredible stage – ten rounds against the biggest and best. Despite being given little to no chance of upsetting the odds, Ngannou knocked Fury down in the third round.

Reflecting on the counter left that shocked the boxing world, he told Club Shay Shay that it was far from his best connection.

Asked if it had been flush what would have happened, Ngannou had no doubt.

Fury took a split-decision win in the end, but the 38-year-old believes he was cheated out of the win. He wants a rematch and said that, despite official records, Fury will enter the ring the challenger.

Fury is tied up in an undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk, the first chapter of which takes place on February 17 before a rematch clause likely sees it happen again later in the year.

Meanwhile, Ngannou is expected to move back over to MMA.

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Tyson Fury on Oleksandr Usyk: There’s Only Me Who Stands in His Way of Total Domination

Heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury sees himself as the last man standing against the encroachment of Oleksander Usyk.

Fury, the WBC beltholder from England, is scheduled to fight for the undisputed championship against WBO, WBA, IBF unified champion Usyk of Ukraine on Feb. 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The fight, which has gone through a year of belabored and unsuccessful negotiations, finally came together when Turki Alalshikh of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority got involved. The outfit was behind Fury’s crossover bout with Francis Ngannou last month and is responsible for the upcoming Dec. 23 card featuring Anthony Joshua against Otto Wallin and Deontay Wilder against Joseph Parker.

In a recent interview, Fury was not particularly eager to dwell on his tougher-than-expected fight with Ngannou, in which the Cameroonian scored a shocking knockdown in the third round.

“What did you expect me to do? Stay down?” Fury told Sky Sports. “No matter what life chucks at you, always gotta keep moving forward, getting up and moving forward. That’s what you gotta do.”

“I don’t reflect, it’s in the past,” Fury added. “That’s it. I’m happy. Got paid, got laid, onto the next one.

Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) characterized his fight with Usyk as an existential battle for the European continent.

“There’s only me who stands in the way of total domination of Europe. He’s beaten all the British guys, [Derek] Chisora, [Anthony] Joshua, [Daniel] Dubois,” Fury said. “There’s only me.

“They gotta pull out the long-range guns, and we’ll see. If he can beat me, which I know he can’t, there’ll be nothing standing in his way of total domination.”

The southpaw Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) last fought in August, stopping Dubois in nine rounds. There was a controversial moment in the fifth round when Dubois landed a punch that caused Usyk to fall to the canvas. The punch was ruled a low blow and led to an unsuccessful appeal by Dubois’ promoter.

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Anthony Joshua told he has made mistake by agreeing to fight ex-Tyson Fury rival

Anthony Joshua shouldn’t have agreed to fighting Tyson Fury’s ex-opponent Otto Wallin, according to his old rival Jarrell Miller.

Former two-time heavyweight champion Joshua fights Wallin on December 23 in Saudi Arabia, as Deontay Wider is also in action against Joseph Parker. Joshua and Wilder are both hoping wins against their respective opponents later this month will set up a fight between them having been linked to meet in the ring for almost a decade.

Miller, who fights Daniel Dubois at the same event, thinks Joshua will be in for a tough night against Wallin. The Swede is mostly known for his fight against Fury back in 2019 as the Brit, who won by decision, came close to suffering his first loss when he sustained a nasty cut above his eye.

“I feel honestly that AJ might have made a mistake with picking Otto Wallin. Even though Otto Wallin is not a one-punch knockout kind of guy, he is durable and he comes to fight. He is not a quitter and it is going to be a tough fight for AJ. I don’t think that it is going to be easy at all,” Miller told SecondsOut.

“The mental state that AJ has, is he going to hold up? When he fights in the UK he has a little more oomph in his step. When he fights outside the UK, we don’t get the same fiery person, the playing ground is going to be a little more even in Saudi. I wish all of the luck to Wallin. I want to really be the one to knock out AJ but may the best man win, it is what it is.”

Miller came close to fighting Joshua four years ago but he failed a drug test and was replaced by Andy Ruiz Jr. ‘AJ’ then lost his world titles in a shocking knockout loss to Ruiz Jr, but managed to win them back in their rematch later that year. Joshua and Miller reignited their feud in a fiery press conference that took place last month ahead of for their upcoming fights.

“I tell you one thing though, we all know that AJ doesn’t want any smoke with Deontay. I almost kicked his a** last time, as much as I don’t like Deontay I know he will put that motherf***er in the grave. He can either fight Deontay and go to the grave or fight me and go to the hospital,” Miller said.

“Miller shut the f*** up, don’t start with me you know. I will come over there and slap you, I saw you brought your mum over here because she needs her rent paid. F****ng clown. Miller, you are not doing nothing to me. Watch your mouth because I will come over there and shut it for you,” Joshua replied.

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Heavyweight Knockout Artist Jared Anderson Predicts Deontay Wilder-Anthony Joshua

Much-hyped heavyweight contender Jared Anderson has predicted who would come out on top should Anthony Joshua ever fight Deontay Wilder.

Anderson will be hoping that his own name will one day be in the frame to fight either of these two big-hitting former world champions. With 16 wins from 16 and steady steps up, not many in the sport are doubting that he can get there.

He counts Tyson Fury as a fan, too. The Brit, having sparred Anderson, has branded him the ‘future ruler’ of the heavyweight division.

Earlier in the year the American faced his toughest test in the ring when he came up against former champion Charles Martin.

The 10-round fight saw him lose his 100% knockout rate but also proved he could deal with some genuine pressure and still stay strong late on. He backed up that rare points win with a knockout of Andrii Rudenko in August.

In a video shared by FightHype, Anderson picked a winner between Joshua and Wilder when asked on his own social media who would come out on top by fans.

Joshua and Wilder are not currently scheduled to fight each other but will appear on the same card on December 23.

Should Joshua beat Otto Wallin and Wilder come through Joseph Parker, many are hoping the two will finally face each other some point in early 2024.

Promoter Eddie Hearn tells Boxing Social that that is indeed the plan, putting an end to an almost decade long transatlantic rivalry that’s still yet to make it inside the ropes.

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Joshua warned over fight against Wilder

Carl Froch has predicted Deontay Wilder will need less than three minutes to KO Anthony Joshua.

Joshua and Wilder are on a collision course for a long-awaited heavyweight showdown next year – assuming they can navigate past their respective opponents later this month. Joshua will take on Otto Wallin while Wilder will meet Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia two days before Christmas.

But Froch has dismissed his fellow Brit’s chances of ultimately beating Wilder should they meet. ” Deontay Wilder knocks him spark out in one round, I’ve always said that and I still think it is true,” he said on the In The Zone podcast. “Wilder would come out in the first round looking for AJ, who is tentative at the best of times, but he is now afraid of his own shadow these days. I think Wilder catches him with a bomb that lands on his chin and he goes down and just does not get up.

“Whether he can get up or not, he won’t want to. That’s the reason these two aren’t fighting now, because if that happens his career is over and the curtain comes down for good. However, if he gets his head right, he can definitely win that fight!”

Froch has been publicly critical of Joshua after he split from trainer Rob McCracken who previously coached Froch to become world champion. Joshua is now trained by Derrick James in Dallas but is working with Tyson Fury’s former trainer Ben Davison for his next outing.

And Froch added: “He’s with Ben Davison now as his trainer, Rob McCracken should be his trainer because he would get his head right for that fight, but the respect has gone now so they will never get back together again.

“The old AJ that brawled with Dillian Whyte, knocked out Wladimir Klitschko after getting knocked down and busted up Carlos Takam after getting his nose butted can definitely win that fight and do a job there because Deontay Wilder and AJ has got the Olympic pedigree so he can go and outbox him.”

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Devin Haney On Facing Gervonta Davis: I Think That’s The Biggest Fight In Boxing, To Be Real

Devin Haney doesn’t know exactly what it would take during inevitably complicated negotiations to finalize a deal for him to fight Gervonta Davis.

The former undisputed lightweight champion is absolutely sure, though, that a bout between those unbeaten contemporaries would be bigger than any other bout that can be made in the sport. That’s why Haney didn’t hesitate when he was asked during an open workout recently at the Top Rank Gym to identify the fighter who would help him make the most money on the largest stage possible.

“Tank Davis,” Haney told a group of reporters. “I think that’s the biggest fight in boxing, to be real. You know, we all know what kinda draw he is. You know, we know what kinda draw I’m becoming. And I think it’s a huge fight.”

Since Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) vacated the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO lightweight titles, it is believed Baltimore’s Davis would need to move up from 135 pounds to 140 again to fight him. Haney would become a more appealing potential opponent for Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) if he were to beat Regis Prograis (29-1, 24 KOs) when they fight for Prograis’ WBC super lightweight title Saturday night at Chase Center in San Francisco.

Davis’ last fight, a seventh-round knockout of rival Ryan Garcia on April 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, generated approximately $22.8 million in ticket sales and reportedly 1.2 million pay-per-view buys. The WBA secondary lightweight champion’s past four fights have been contested at the lightweight limit of 135 pounds, but he moved up to 140 pounds to battle Mario Barrios, whom Davis dropped three times and defeated by 11th-round technical knockout in June 2021 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

The 29-year-old Davis doesn’t have a fight scheduled, though he is expected to remain in the lightweight division when he returns to the ring early in 2024.

While Davis would be his highest-profile opponent, Haney is also interested in fighting Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) and another opponent Davis knocked out, WBA super lightweight champ Rolly Romero (15-1, 13 KOs).

“We know Rolly, but I don’t know where Rolly been at,” Haney said. “I ain’t seen Rolly lately. But that’s another fight to be made in the 140 [division]. But like I said, I gotta get past Regis Prograis and then we go from there. But I wanna make the biggest fights happen, the biggest money fights happen. You know, I became undisputed, made history, defended my belts, you know, became the youngest to do so. But now it’s time for me to make the biggest fights happen. Like I said, my next fight ought to be back in the Bay Area or we going to Saudi [Arabia].”

Prograis, of Katy, Texas, and Haney, of Henderson, Nevada, will square off in a DAZN Pay-Per-View main event at the home arena of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. This four-fight show will begin at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) and is listed at a suggested retail price of $59.99 for DAZN subscribers and $74.99 for non-subscribers.

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Gervonta Davis shares an intense sparring session that ended with a knockout

The boxer Gervonta Davis has not had an official fight for months, in his last fight he defeated Ryan Garcia in April. Davis delivered a good blow to the liver of ‘KingRy’ that left him with a knee on the canvas without being able to get up.

Davis, the rising star in the boxing world, has been attracting the attention of his rivals who are eager to challenge him.

Gervonta posted a video on his Instagram stories where the boxer is seen performing sparring with good rhythm and intensity while giving some screams of strength. A few seconds later he knocks out his opponent.

A few months ago Gervonta was asked who could beat him, if opponents like Devin Haney and Shakur Stevenson , Davis confidently stated, “The only person who could beat me is Gervonta Davis. Those others can’t touch me at all.”

Ryan Garcia is looking for a rematch, arguing that when they faced each other, he was not at his best. In an interview with Fight Hub TV, ‘KingRy’ said he is better than Gervonta and will do whatever it takes to get a rematch.

In September, Gervonta said he would not fight for the remainder of 2023 and would concentrate on personal matters.

It should be recalled that the boxer is involved in a legal matter related to a hit-and-run incident that occurred in May 2021. And although he was not initially expected to serve time in prison, he ended up spending most of his 90-day sentence in jail.

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Gervonta Davis Trainer Says Fight With Undefeated Superstar Won’t Happen ‘Anytime Soon’

After his win over Ryan Garcia earlier this year, Gervonta Davis claimed that he is the ‘face of boxing’, but without a ‘super’ world title in the lightweight ranks, some fans feel there are others more fitting.

With the WBA Regular title in his position, Davis seems poised to challenge for a full 135 title in the near future given the unified champion, Devin Haney, looks to be pursuing more glory up at super-lightweight.

Another way that ‘Tank’ can cements his status as the sport’s premier star is another statement win following the Garcia stoppage.

Davis has previously said a match-up with Naoya Inoue – who fights for the undisputed super-bantamweight title on Boxing Day and is highly-regarded as a top two pound-for-pound fighter in the rankings of most pundits – would be a ‘dream fight.’

His past as a former super-featherweight world champion has led some hopeful fans to believe that a catchweight showdown between the undefeated power-punchers could be possible.

However, Calvin Ford, who trains Davis, maintained that the bout is unlikely to happen any time soon, in an interview with Marko Boxing.

Ford went on to doubt whether Inoue’s ‘destructive’ power would transition into a weight-class as high as super-featherweight or lightweight, yet it is likely that the former light-flyweight champion will be tested at featherweight in the near-future, assuming he defeats Marlon Tapales next month.