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Gervonta Davis To Ryan Garcia: Better Chance At Beating Coronavirus Than Me
Gervonta Davis stayed on the overwhelming theme of the day amid an entertaining exchange Monday on Twitter with lightweight rival Ryan Garcia.
The undefeated Davis dismissively replied to the unbeaten Garcia’s taunts about their fight happening sooner rather than later.
“You [got a] better chance at beating the Coronavirus than beating me,” Davis stated in a Tweet to Garcia. “[But] whatever, Christopher Reeve!”
Garcia goaded Davis into insulting him by mocking Davis’ height. Baltimore’s Davis, whose listed height is 5 feet, 5½ inches, referred to Garcia as “lil’ man” in one of his Tweets.
“I know you aren’t calling anyone little man,” Garcia responded. “I want my shot at your fake ass title, I want to prove to the world I’m the real champ.”
The 20-year-old Garcia referred to the WBA world lightweight title Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) won by beating Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-3, 18 KOs) by 12th-round technical knockout in his last fight, December 28 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The 25-year-old Davis is expected to fight four-division champion Leo Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) in his next fight, sometime this summer in Los Angeles.
Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs), of Victorville, California, continued his rise within the 135-pound division by knocking out Francisco Fonseca with one punch in the first round of their February 14 fight at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
His spectacular stoppage of Nicaragua’s Fonseca (25-3-2, 19 KOs) marked the second straight quick knockout victory for Garcia. He previously knocked out of the Philippines’ Romero Duno (22-2, 17 KOs) in the first round of their November 2 bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Garcia likely will face former WBA and WBC lightweight champ Jorge Linares (48-5, 30 KOs) in his next appearance. That fight could take place as soon as July 11 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, though it’ll depend on scheduling delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Garcia initiated the exchange late Sunday night by Tweeting at Davis, “Gervonta Davis I want to Fight Now let’s not wait!!!!
Davis replied, “Lol, relax lil man. It’s gonna come & you know it like I know it!”
Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.
