Super-lightweight contender, Ryan Garcia, has expressed his confidence in a rematch against Gervonta Davis, despite succumbing to his power in a seventh round defeat earlier this year.

‘King Ry’ was handed the first loss of his career when he was stopped to the body in the mega fight that garnered over one million pay-per-view buys, taking a knee after feeling the full effect of the shot from Davis.

Since then, he has announced he will move permanently to super-lightweight. He told Fight Hub TV that a rematch with ‘Tank’ is on his radar and that he could beat him ‘under different circumstances.

Garcia says the catchweight of 136lbs and rehydration clause that meant he couldn’t gain more than ten pounds between the weigh-in and fight night affected his performance.

Before the popular 25-year-old can consider future opponents, he must first get past Oscar Duarte a in a relatively tough match-up for his comeback on December 2, live on DAZN.

Should he win, he also mentioned both Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney are fights he would like to make.

Gervonta Davis is among the most well-known boxers in the world. The multi-division power-puncher is an undefeated phenom, who is currently in possession of the WBA (Regular) lightweight title. He last faced Ryan Garcia, handing the 25-year-old his first-ever loss by way of seventh-round knockout.

Due to his fearsome reputation and crushing knockout power, Gervonta Davis has drawn comparisons to legendary heavyweight, Mike Tyson. However, in Davis’ opinion, the comparison doesn’t hold as much weight as most in the boxing community assume.

According to Davis, he is a more skilled boxer than Tyson. He regards himself as a well-rounded fighter, and characterizes ‘Iron Mike’ as a brawler. While he acknowledged that Tyson was indeed skillful, he simply feels he’s the superior technical boxer, according to a tweet from boxing reporter, Michael Benson:

It isn’t the first time that Gervonta Davis has been compared to Mike Tyson. However, Davis is more closely associated to Floyd Mayweather Jr., another all-time great boxer.

However, instead of being known for his knockout power, Mayweather is often celebrated for his defensive wizardry and technical skills in the ring. Despite his crushing knockout power, Davis is a skilled defensive fighter and styles himself as more of a counterpuncher than Tyson.

Regardless of his statements on the comparisons he often gets with Tyson, Davis has always afforded the heavyweight legend a measure of respect.

Gervonta Davis fiercely dismissed the idea of Jake Paul beating him in a potential boxing match. Davis is the multi-division boxing champion and considered among the greatest boxing talents in the world today.

Meanwhile, YouTuber-turned-professional boxer Jake Paul has received a lot of praise lately for building legitimate boxing skills in spite of being a relative newcomer to the sport.

Recently, a fan post on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) suggested that Jake Paul would be a tough fight for Gervonta Davis and claimed that he could beat ‘Tank’ in a competitive match. The post read:

He has since deleted the post but talkSPORT journalist Michael Benson posted the screenshot on his ‘X’ account.

Gervonta Davis is now back in the gym.

The American boxing star has posted new footage showcasing his astounding hand speed on the pads and fans aren’t exactly sure whether the video has been sped up or not.

Davis has fought twice in 2023 – stopping Hector Luis Garcia in January and Ryan Garcia in April.

In June though, he was sent to jail and spent a total of 44 days behind bars.

Tank had initially avoided jail time over his November 2020 hit-and-run car crash which injured four people because he accepted a plea deal and pled guilty to four traffic offences.

However, not even a month after his sentencing, Davis was jailed after all as he violated the terms of his home detention order and was ordered to be incarcerated for the rest of his sentence.

He was released in July and has since been eyeing a ring return for either late 2023 or early 2024.

It has now been confirmed that he won’t fight again until the new year, but he is back in the gym regardless.

After posting his pad footage video on Tuesday, fans questioned: “Has this been sped up?”

One commented: “We know Tank got speed but the speed of his trainer is really impressive.”

The year couldn’t have gone any better for Gervonta Davis. On the first Saturday of 2023, the 28-year-old wanted to kick off his campaign with a bang. He did just that when he elected to take on Hector Luis Garcia. It was a relatively close fight. That is until Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) began taking control in the second half.

The Baltimore native landed his money shot in the final few rounds, leaving Garcia wobbly. He then stumbled back to his corner before complaining to his coaching staff that he was unable to see, immediately leading to referee Albert Earl Brown stopping things from getting any worse.

Davis continued his Garcia tour by permanently shutting the mouth of Ryan Garcia. Although he shouted brazen threats and didn’t appear worried about what Davis brought to the table, he was forced to eat his words via seventh-round stoppage.

With Davis wiping out his competition in the first half of the year, he had plenty of time to make another appearance. However, a 2020 hit-and-run conviction, which ultimately led to Davis spending 44 days in jail, somewhat derailed him. Still, once his cell door was opened, fans were excited for what was next.

Would Shakur Stevenson get the call? How about Devin Haney? Frank Martin was another mouthwatering option. Even Isaac Cruz, although a healthy segment of fans weren’t particularly interested, a rematch between them was something they could stomach. Regardless of who was chosen, watching Davis saunter through a jam-packed arena before sending his opponent to the moon was always satisfying.

Not to be the bearer of bad news but don’t hold your breath in terms of a Davis return this year. While he was a bit cryptic, the pound-for-pound star revealed that his 2023 is officially over.

“I’m getting my personal life together,” said Davis on his social media account. “I’ll see y’all at the top of the year.”

Two lions can never live in a single forest. Given the proximity of their divisions, a challenge, or at least a pretense of challenge, between two of the biggest superstars of boxing is bound to occur at some point. The beef between Terence Crawford and Gervonta Davis has continued for some time. Opening a new chapter in their ‘Game of Thrones,’ or rather ‘Game of Gloves,’ the Welterweight champion, his protégé Shakur Stevenson, and a few friends took a broad swipe at Davis.

Ask any die-hard fan about Gervonta Davis, and the chances are they would repeat those immortal lines the Lightweight champion delivered after tearing apart Ryan Garcia. When asked whether he was the face of boxing, ‘Tank’ replied, “Abso-f***king-lutely!” While some might buy his argument for saying so, many would disagree. There are other strong contenders—Terence Crawford, who became the first man to become a two-division undisputed champion in July.

Bud’ and ‘Sugar’ play with a ‘Tank’

Terence Crawford shared a short clip through his Instagram story early today. He is not visible on camera. Nevertheless, it showed him joining a few buddies, which included the most recent entrant to the Lightweight division, Shakur Stevenson. So, teasing an interview with Gervonta Davis, Crawford asks a young boy, “Tank, Tank, what [do] you do to all?” The youngster replied, “I’ll beat all of them…”

Then, exclaiming that he (Davis) has defeated almost everyone, Crawford turns to each friend present. He says, “You beat all of them…you ran all of them down…ran you down, ran you down… ran you down… ran you down, hey hey you lost, hey the champ, the champ.” Towards the end, Shakur Stevenson appears, shouting, “…he beat everybody‘”

Nevertheless, the match proves to be an exciting prospect with two dominant fighters set to go head-to-head.

Terence Crawford versus Gervonta Davis?

The genesis of their war of words goes back to sometime early in August. A few days after ‘Bud’ had defeated Errol Spence Jr., Gervonta Davis claimed in a podcast that he could wind up Crawford well within six rounds! In the meantime, the Welterweight champion expressed a keen interest in pursuing a potential line-up against either Canelo Alvarez or Jermell Charlo. To that end, he even seemed willing to frog leap divisions.

So, is there any scope for Gervonta Davis? In a podcast, the Nebraskan acknowledged what a potential fight with the Baltimorean means. Given the latter’s star value, a clash between the two is a sure top draw and payday. However, that’s not enough. Terence Crawford clarified the only way a bout between the two could happen. ‘Tank’ must climb to 147 pounds to meet the two-division undisputed champion.