By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya says Ryan Garcia received’t be affected by the 10-lb rehydration clause & 136-lb catchweight for his combat in opposition to Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis on April twenty second. De La Hoya says that Ryan (23-0, 19 KOs) will weigh within the morning of the competition for the contract secondary weight examine on the day of the combat, and he’ll be tremendous by 8:00 p.m. that night.
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Tank Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) hopes that Ryan is weakened by the 2 weight stipulations he put within the contract, so he can improve his probabilities of successful the combat.
As chunky as Tank Davis seemed final week, he might be the one that’s extra natively affected by the catchweight and 10-lb rehydration clause than Ryan. Tank, 28, appears to be like like he didn’t burn off sufficient fats on this camp to cope with his weight stipulations.
“The nice factor is it’s going to be early within the morning, so it’s not going to have an effect on Ryan Garcia by any means,” mentioned Oscar De La Hoya to Ok.O. Artist Sports activities when requested when the secondary weigh-in will probably be on the day of the combat for the Tank v. Ryan combat on April twenty second.
“He is aware of what he has to do. Take a look at him. He’s already on weight. All the things will probably be on level come Saturday [April 22nd] at 8:00 pm; Ryan will probably be in the very best form of his life,” De La Hoya continued.
“I believe it’s honest to say that Gervonta and Ryan haven’t fought that sort of opposition. It will likely be a check of will, power, and willpower and a check of who needs it extra as a result of each guys are skillful.
“I strongly really feel that these guys will exit and carry out the very best efficiency of their life. It’s going to be that sort of combat,” mentioned De La Hoya.
Haney provides Ryan Garcia a shot at successful
“Ryan has a shot.” undisputed light-weight champion Devin Haney informed The DAZN Boxing Present in regards to the Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Ryan Garcia combat. “Tank is rather more confirmed and skilled, however Ryan is hungry. He looks as if he’s obtained the correct angle to win.
“We’ve obtained to see if that weight performs a job when Tank hits Ryan, how Ryan stands up, but additionally how Tank stands up when Ryan hits him,” mentioned Devin.
