NEW YORK – Oscar De La Hoya applauded Ryan Garcia’s unwavering willingness to combat Gervonta Davis throughout their latest press tour.
“The Golden Boy,” whose firm promotes Garcia, gave himself and his group a proverbial pat on the again, too, for guaranteeing that the deal was finalized for the highest-profile combat on the boxing calendar. De La Hoya didn’t present particulars, however he advised a small group of reporters following a latest press convention at Palladium Instances Sq. that the combat wouldn’t have occurred had Golden Boy Promotions not made certain of it as negotiations dragged on in February.
“It truly was in bother and, , I’m proud to say that Golden Boy are those who revived it,” De La Hoya mentioned. “So, we took it to the end line and we’re very pleased with that. So, the truth that Ryan wished it, the truth that we revived it, simply goes to point out you that we’ve at all times wished to work with all of the promoters. We’ve at all times wished to work with the easiest to make these fights occur. That’s all we would like is to make the most effective fights occur.”
Baltimore’s Garcia (28-0, 26 KOs) and Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs), of Victorville, California, will sq. off April 22 at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas. Their 12-round bout, which will likely be contested at a catch weight of 136 kilos, will headline a four-fight Showtime Pay-Per-View broadcast.
The 24-year-old Garcia made much-discussed concessions to get their deal completed.
Along with dropping again down close to the light-weight restrict of 135 kilos, Garcia agreed to a rehydration clause that prohibits him from gaining greater than 10 kilos above the contracted most on the day of their combat. The contract weight for Garcia’s final combat – a sixth-round knockout of Javier Fortuna on July 16 at Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles – was 140 kilos.
Garcia additionally acquiesced to a rematch clause that favors Davis, who’s entitled to a direct rematch if Garcia wins. If Davis wins, he wouldn’t be required to grant Garcia a rematch.
“, it’s important to respect Ryan Garcia for it,” De La Hoya mentioned. “It’s unprecedented to provide so many concessions up, however that’s how badly he wished it. That’s how motivated he’s to win this combat April twenty second.”
De La Hoya hopes the finalization of Davis-Garcia results in his firm and Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions working collectively on extra fights within the foreseeable future.
“It’s an ideal testomony to what we wanna get completed right here, not just for this combat, however for the game typically,” De La Hoya mentioned. “We wanna be sure that the large fights occur for boxing.”
Keith Idec is a senior author/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He could be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.
