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Ryan Garcia is convinced that a win over Gervonta Davis will make him boxing’s biggest ambassador, whether or not there is a belt at stake. Garcia, the 23-year-old lightweight from Victorville, California, called out Baltimore puncher Davis, 27, after he scored a sixth-round stoppage of Javier Fortuna at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Shakur Stevenson believes he, Devin Haney, and Gervonta Davis are in a class of their own, and that a mouth-watering “round-robin” awaits them in the future.
Another Ryan Garcia win, another critic eating crow. Garcia, the 23-year-old lightweight from Victorville, California, is coming off a decisive sixth-round stoppage of Javier Fortuna last Saturday in a 140-pound bout at the crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The win was a marked turnaround from his admittedly dull points win in his last fight against Emmanuel Tagoe in April.
Ryan Garcia plans to be a personal gadfly to Gervonta Davis. The 23-year-old lightweight contender from Victorville, California, has made it clear he wants nothing more than a showdown with Baltimore hard-hitter Davis. Garcia became more emboldened about that match-up after his sixth-round stoppage of Javier Fortuna last Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Mikaela Mayer has always been confident about her promoter’s confidence in her value. That is why the 32-year-old Southern California native and current unified (WBO, IBF) 130-pound titlist is not surprised that the biggest fight of her career will take place on a Top Rank-promoted, ESPN-broadcasted card (Sky in the United Kingdom).
Oscar De La Hoya offered his latest entreaty to Gervonta Davis to fight his charge Ryan Garcia. The head of Golden Boy Promotions took to social media a couple of days after Garcia scored a sixth-round stoppage over Javier Fortuna in their 140-pound bout at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Garcia scored three knockdowns in a one-sided performance.
Andy Ruiz has apparently not ruled out the idea of working again with esteemed trainer Eddy Reynoso. The former heavyweight champion from Imperial, California is preparing for his pay-per-view fight with contender Luis Ortiz of Cuba on Sept. 4 at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, but he will do so without Reynoso, best known as the trainer of Canelo Alvarez.
NEW YORK–Canelo Alvarez may be seething with animosity toward Gennadiy Golovkin but that does not mean he does not know how to extend a compliment where he sees fit.
Mikaela Mayer believes Alycia Baumgardner is riding on the coattails of her contemporaries’ achievements. Mayer, the 32-year-old Californian and IBF, WBO women’s 130-pound titlist, will square off against Baumgardner, the 28-year-old WBC titlist from Michigan, in a junior lightweight unification fight Sept. 10 at the O2 Arena in London. The fight will support the women’s middleweight title unification main event between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall.
Eddie Hearn believes there is a distinct possibility that Canelo Alvarez’s desire for a Dmitry Bivol rematch may take longer than expected. Bivol, the WBA light heavyweight champion, was recently ordered by the sanctioning body to fight mandatory challenger Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez.