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By Keith Idec - Alexander Povetkin was down twice, battered and all but out. Dillian Whyte was on the verge of finishing the Russian contender entering the fifth round August 22. The heavy-handed contender sent Povetkin to one knee with a left hook 28 seconds into the fourth round and again with 20 seconds to go in the fourth, the second time thanks to a left uppercut....

Clearly, Ryan Garcia has the attention of his future desired target. Unbeaten two-time 130-pound titlist Gervonta Davis has heard his name mentioned leading up to and in the aftermath of Garcia's recent off-the-canvas 7th round knockout win over England’s Luke Campbell (20-4, 16KOs). The lightweight bout—which aired live on DAZN this past Saturday from American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas—came with an interim title at stake, with the intention of the evening’s winner becoming the mandatory challenger to reigning WBC lightweight champ Devin Haney (25-0, 15KOs).

IBF, WBC Franchise, WBA, WBO lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez has lashed out at his main rivals in the weight class. The lightweight division is really heating up in the last few months. Lopez shook up the weight class back in October, when he won a twelve round decision over Vasiliy Lomachenko.

If you’ve gotten to this point and aren’t happy, it’s your own fault. You should have seen it coming last year. In keeping with tradition in this Tuesday morning space, we greet the New Year with a preview of stories other boxing scribes will be reacting to about 12 months from now.

Fresh off his biggest career win, WBC interim-lightweight champion Ryan Garcia pushing hard for a showdown with WBA 'regular' super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis. This past Saturday night at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Garcia got decked in the second round, but fully recovered to score a brutal body shot knockout of 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell in the seventh round.

Featured in the latter is one of the sport’s rising stars in Ryan Garcia, who next embraces arguably his toughest test to date. The 22-year old unbeaten lightweight contender will face England’s Luke Campbell (20-3, 16KOs) atop a Jan. 2 show, presented live on DAZN in front of a socially-distanced crowd at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Ryan Garcia resoundingly says he’s ready to make the leap from prospect to top-flight contender and champion in 2021. The lightweight upstart has a tough test in front of him in Luke Campbell on Saturday night from the American Airlines Arena in Dallas on DAZN. Should Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) get past Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) successfully, he plans on calling out Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) in the ring during his post-fight interview.

DALLAS - Ryan Garcia has not at all been cryptic in his desire to clean out the lightweight division, though the dream fight which he most craves is much bigger in notoriety and in size. The unbeaten lightweight contender remains supremely confident ahead of Saturday’s interim title fight versus England’s Luke Campbell, to the point where Garcia is calling out his next opponent. On the short list of big fights in the 22-year old’s future is a showdown with fellow unbeaten budding superstar Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (24-0, 23KOs), with the intention of lining up that fight in the first half of 2021.

There was a time when Oscar De La Hoya wasn’t nearly this confident about how Ryan Garcia would fare versus Gervonta Davis. Based on Garcia’s considerable improvement while working with trainer Eddy Reynoso, though, “The Golden Boy” doesn’t think the undefeated Davis would stand a chance against the fighter his company promotes. De La Hoya primarily mentioned Davis during a press conference Thursday as the lightweight champion he wants Garcia to fight “when” Garcia beats Luke Campbell on Saturday in Dallas.