Hector Luis Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Oscar De La Hoya is pleased with the progress made in a fight involving his company’s biggest star. The Hall of Fame former six-division champion and head of Golden Boy Promotions provided a status update on the planned Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis-Ryan Garcia blockbuster event optimistically eyed for mid-April. De La Hoya saw his
Hector Luis Garcia sauntered to the ring on January 7th, filled with hubris. Although he was tasked with the monumental chore of usurping Gervonta "Tank" Davis, the former Olympian believed that he had the God-given tools to do just that.
The eighth round of the lightweight fight between Gervonta Davis and Hector Luis Garcia was an eventful one. Referee Earl Brown stopped the action with 2:08 remaining because rapper Meek Mill got into a ringside scuffle with the Russell family of boxers.
The buy rate for Gervonta Davis’ most recent win was the second highest of his five pay-per-view fights. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the four-fight pay-per-view show that featured Davis’ ninth-round technical knockout of Hector Luis Garcia on January 7 ultimately will produce somewhere between 200,000 and 225,000 buys. Davis’ previous fight, a sixth-round knockout of rival Rolando “Rolly” Romero on May 28 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, generated slightly less than 250,000 buys.
It’s back to the drawing board, apparently, for Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis. The hard-hitting, 135-pound southpaw from Baltimore was recently asked if his fight with fellow lefty Hector Luis Garcia last Saturday at Capitol One Arena in Washington D.C. served as ideal preparation for his forthcoming showdown with Ryan Garcia, and Davis largely demurred, citing a marked difference in styles.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman is praising Hector Luis Garcia for deciding to sit on the stool, prior to the ninth round of last Saturday's lightweight clash with Gervonta Davis.
Not for a single moment did Hector Luis Garcia appear unnerved over the monumental task that stood before him. This past weekend, January 7th, at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., Garcia squared off against the hard-hitting Gervonta Davis. Though he was given little to no chance in the eyes of oddsmakers, Garcia (16-1, 10 KOs) was determined to continue his upward trajectory.
This past Saturday night in Washington, Gervonta 'Tank' Davis retained the WBA 'regular' lightweight title with a stoppage win over previously unbeaten Hector Luis Garcia.
WASHINGTON – Gervonta Davis’ assistant trainer told him between rounds at one point early Sunday morning that his fight with Hector Luis Garcia was close on the scorecards.
One of boxing’s most lethal punchers apparently is not nearly as enamored with knockouts as some might think Gervonta Davis, the hard-hitting lightweight southpaw from Baltimore, says he would derive more satisfaction from dragging out a beating through 12 rounds than curtailing a fight with a stoppage.