Comments Thread For: Gervonta Davis 'Just Making Sure Everything's Fair' With Rehydration Clause For Garcia Fight

[Boxfan83]

I don't care who wins. Tank can box better, Ryan has size. Both have bombs. Tank has to cut distance because he's a midget. Ryan jumps in hooking counting on his speed. Flaws all around. I think Tank has the advantage inside, but Ryan can play keep away. Not so cut and dried.

You gotta have fast feet for that though. Ryans front foot heavy often leaving him in a bad position.

[JohnnyCan]

To be fair, no one told Ryan to be a hoe and accept every term that Tank requested. Can't complain if you signed

Ryan signed because he wants the fight and wants to get paid. No big surprise. Everyone in boxing and those that understand boxing know that Ryan has been compromised and under the circumstances has little chance of winning. Ryan knows this. But everyone has to give Ryan props and credit for taking a fight where he is severely compromised. That my friend takes a hell of a lot of courage and heart on Ryan’s part.

[Boxfan83]

This fight is nothing but a clout chase.

[Rebelrbg]

Tank doesn’t either. Taylor may end Tanks career, Prograis more than likely stops him. Ramirez gives him a bad beating, but maybe not as bad as Antuanne Russell. Ergashev, Hitchens and Zepeda also win imo.

Exactly, in your opinion, and we know how biased that opinion is against Tank. The fact is Ryan knows Tank is fighting at 135, if he wanted the fight as bad as he said, then really there should be no problem. Man up and fight, he's already got the natural height and reach advantage by a large margin. As far as the 140 lbers are concerned, Tank has made it clear that he's comfortable at 135, if he wants to move up later, I would have him in dog fights against Prograis and Taylor, and beating the stuffing out of Teo and Ramirez.

[BoxingParadigm]

If you know boxing in depth, you can’t believe what you just wrote. Ryan has to damn near deplete a dangerous amount of water along with a good deal of muscle to make 140 pounds. And that still depletes his energy and strength with hoping he can rehydrate a good deal of the water and a small amount of energy and muscle with no rehydration clause. This is an unwise decision by Ryan to fight at a weight he probably can’t make and rehydrate to nowhere near he needs to be to complete at peak efficiency. Garcia will look terrible, slow, tentative, and with no speed, power or pop on his punches. This will lead to him not exchanging, holding and moving backwards for the entire fight. More likely ref or corner stop this round seven or eight because Ryan left any chance of winning on the weight drain.

How much do you think Ryan rehydrates to? He recently said he walks around the low 150s, if his rehydration clause is he can weigh in at 146 at 10AM the morning of the fight he can easily be in the low 150s by fight night. But he may not even want to be that high since you want to be a little bit lighter than your walking weight on fight night.

The bigger problem for Ryan here is the 136lbs catchweight. If he can't make that weight in a healthy manner even without a rehydration clause he would struggle.

[BoxingParadigm]

It’s the combination of the two that is excessive.

A 136-lb catchweight AND a rehydration clause on top of it. I want to see two healthy guys go at it.

Not based on Ryan's walking weight. If his walking weight is really in the low 150lbs as he mentioned, then weighing in 146 at 10AM is likely not to be a big deal. He would still be able to come in around 150lbs on fight night.

I think the bigger struggle is making 136lbs and trying to be lower in weight during camp in order to not have to lose too much weight at once before the weigh in.

[turnedup]

Every physical advantage? Ryan 5'10 with a 70 inch arm reach, I guess he's supposed to be able to come in as a junior middleweight, too. Seems like you want Ryan to have EVERY advantage.

Then duck him and go fight pitbull Cruz. Never thought I’d see the day we make excuses for fighters who have already fought at a weight. Usyk should’ve made Joshua cut off both legs according to you in their rematch since USYK was the a side, smaller lighter and had every disadvantage. Some of y’all are too big of homers that y’all go mildly ******ed with the defense. He was better off keeping quiet as you should’ve too. Tank picked the ring size, the location, rhe date, the weight, the glove size. The rehydration…ffs should he also get to decide who gets to be in the corner too. You’d find a way of defending that too.

[Rebelrbg]

Ryan is gonna put tank on a shirt.. but at least after the fight Tank will be able to afford a tutor for his abhorrent English and grammar skills. Tank is 28 and this is his first test.. he's a mini wilder.. just looks for one punch.. loses a lot of rounds and gets hit by second-tier opponents. He was forced to take this fight because nobody was buying his weak PPVs against the cab drivers. Ryan saved Tanks career because we knew he was gonna try to rematch Gamboa and Rolly. He better lay off the fried chicken and watermelon because he may not make the rehydration... Then it's back to the ****** you go.

Fxcked up all your credibility in your last 3 lines. Find a sheet that fits shxt stain.

[Corelone]

You gotta have fast feet for that though. Ryans front foot heavy often leaving him in a bad position.

Thats what I'm saying. Ryan brags on his jab, but rarely combos off of it. Hard but not fluid, hit or miss, he hesitates in no mans land. Tank has issues too, but shorty can dance.

[Rebelrbg]

Then duck him and go fight pitbull Cruz. Never thought I’d see the day we make excuses for fighters who have already fought at a weight. Usyk should’ve made Joshua cut off both legs according to you in their rematch since USYK was the a side, smaller lighter and had every disadvantage. Some of y’all are too big of homers that y’all go mildly ******ed with the defense. He was better off keeping quiet as you should’ve too. Tank picked the ring size, the location, rhe date, the weight, the glove size. The rehydration…ffs should he also get to decide who gets to be in the corner too. You’d find a way of defending that too.

Not defending anything that doesn't need to be. Usyk moved up to heavyweight where there is no limit, that's a terrible analogy. Usyk knew that he would have to face bigger men when he made the decision to move up. Ryan was trying to make this man come up to him, AND be able to come in over 150 something. I didn't state anything about A side, I said that Tank fights at 135 and Ryan knows this. Tank wasn't asking for Garcia, but Ryan's been yelling for the fight every chance he gets. Tank fought at 140 once in his whole career and said that he's comfortable at 135. Roy Jones fought at Heavyweight once, but he wasn't going back to please a heavyweight without a belt that's calling him out. That's ridiculous, Ryan has the natural advantages, he wouldn't trade his height and reach for picking the gloves and ring size. Man up, shut up, and fight. Or fight a big name at 140, but he won't, because he won't have those advantages.