On Saturday night time in Las Vegas, Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia clashed in a gathering of prime boxers. Each have been undefeated coming into their combat, with Garcia 23-0 and Davis 28-0. Ultimately, Garcia’s 0 needed to go when he was caught with a nasty liver punch within the seventh spherical.
Already there’s speak of a second combat between the 2, probably with out all the additional weight restrictions pushed on Garcia by the Davis camp. The bout settlement stipulated two weigh-ins: one on Friday at 136 kilos, and one other on Saturday at 146 kilos.
Instantly after Garcia’s defeat, Conor McGregor steered a rematch with no hydration clause may go in another way. Garcia did admit he wasn’t feeling nice on the night time of the combat, however was cautious to not make excuses.
“I imply, from an sincere like notion of it, I didn’t really feel too good,” Garcia mentioned through the post-fight press convention. “I imply, I felt just a little weak, you understand, going into the ring. My legs didn’t really feel an excessive amount of below me, however as soon as the combat received going, you understand, it kinda all got here collectively. So, I can’t actually pin it on that an excessive amount of.”
“It’s what it’s,” he concluded. “I signed the contract and that’s that.”
As for the liver punch that put him down onto one knee?
“He simply caught me with a superb shot,” Garcia mentioned. “I don’t wish to make any excuses in right here. He caught me with a superb shot and I simply couldn’t get better and that’s it. He caught me with a superb physique shot, snuck below me and caught me good. I couldn’t breathe. I used to be going to get again up, however I simply couldn’t stand up.”
Throughout his post-fight press convention interview, Gervonta Davis appeared shocked that the punch completed the combat.
“I didn’t assume that physique shot would finish it,” he mentioned. “However I noticed his facial features and that’s what made me take it to him. It was a superb shot, for positive. I believed he was going to stand up however I prefer to play thoughts video games, so when he was taking a look at me, I used to be taking a look at him making an attempt to inform him, ‘Rise up!’. And he simply shook his head, ‘No.’”