BOXING
Davis and Garcia agree to put the entire purse on the line
The highly anticipated match between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia will have an extra dose of curiosity, as the winner will also take his opponent’s purse.
Boxing fans are in for a huge fight this weekend. Gervonta Davis 28-0(26) and Ryan Garcia 23-0(19) will go at it after several months of bad blood on social media and interviews.
If their rivalry wasn’t big enough, both boxers have agreed to hype it even more: their purses will be on the line and the winner of the bout will take all the money.
Davis will be going into the fight as the more active fighter, having defeated Hector Luis Garcia in January, while Garcia’s last bout was against Javier Fortuna last July.
Tank, no longer under Mayweather Promotions, is the shorter guy, but his boxing IQ and power could prove decisive. Garcia, on the other hand, is the naturally bigger and longer boxer and possesses the speed and the counterpunching to give Davis quite a few problems.
Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia go ‘all in’
The undefeated fighters came to this agreement while speaking on a video call, where KingRy showed once again his confidence ahead of the fight and dared the Baltimore native to bet on the winner.
“What do you wanna bet?” Garcia asked.
“The whole thing,” Davis replied.
“Everything’s already on the line, let’s go,” Garcia said.
“Bet the purse,” Tank’s friend demanded.
“I just did,” Garcia told him.
“Let’s make a contract, let’s both sign it. If you really want it,” a confident Garcia added.
This is certainly a plus for all the fans that will be attending the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday and for those who will be watching the fight from home.
Both fighters want to prove one is better than the other in a battle of two superstars in the making, with the winner having direct access to potential super fights with the likes of Devin Haney, Shakur Stevenson, and Vasiliy Lomachenko.