By Jake Tiernan: Ryan Garcia is concerned about combating a rematch with Gervonta Davis sooner or later at 140 or 147 after he picks up a few wins.
Contemplating what occurred final Saturday night time, Ryan (23-1, 19 KOs) isn’t within the place to be telling Tank Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) what weight the rematch must happen at, however issues may change sooner or later.
If Ryan’s profession skyrockets at 140 or 147 and Tank’s plummets at 135, there’s a risk that we may see a rematch. As of now, Ryan’s future is unsure, with him shifting as much as gentle welterweight.
Tank may lose if he fights Shakur Stevenson or Devin Haney, after which he wouldn’t have the A-side energy to demand a catchweight + rehydration clause in a rematch with Ryan.
We don’t know if he’s going to search out success towards the massive punchers within the 140-lb division.
It’s not signal that Ryan is shifting up in weight after being stopped with a physique shot by Gervonta final weekend as a result of the fighters at 140 hit as onerous, if not tougher, than Tank.
“Hopefully, sooner or later after I rack up a few wins, we will do a rematch at 140 or 147,” mentioned Ryan Garcia on social media about wanting a rematch with Gervonta Davis.
Rehydration clauses be eradicated
“I feel they want to return and assessment the rationale why they even began doing them,” mentioned Antonio Tarver to Battle Hub TV when requested what his view is on rehydration clauses for fights. “It was to offer the A-side fighter considerably of a bonus.
“Knock it off. The IBF and all this. A day earlier than the combat is customary. It’s been like that ceaselessly. Cease making these guys rehydrate and weigh-in on the combat date. That’s ridiculous.
“Simply because a man positive factors just a few kilos doesn’t imply he’s going to be simpler. Get your thoughts out of that. We simply noticed an enormous man [Sebastian] Fundora get dropped and knocked out. When you can beat the person, you may beat the person, interval.
“The amateurs don’t do it. Nah, we received to take away that from the sport as a result of it could possibly get anyone harm critically. In the event that they don’t know nothing about that rehydration factor. It might get anyone critically harm.
“Pitbull, I feel a combat with him and [Ryan] Garcia would have been an actual indicator of what Garcia would have needed to sit up for with a Tank combat due to the aggression with Pitbull. If Garcia would have gotten handed him, he most likely would have been a favourite within the combat this previous weekend.
“I feel he made a mistake not combating that child as a result of that might have elevated his efficiency. It will have elevated his expertise. He would have got here into this combat with an actual excessive after coming off an excellent win over a man like Pitbull similar to Gervonta Davis was coming off an enormous win.
“So, I feel that when he [Ryan] seems unhealthy at it, his workforce, I feel they’re going to remorse getting that one off earlier than going into the Gervonta Davis combat as a result of he simply didn’t have sufficient reps to organize himself for that sort of expertise.
“He’s much more aggressive than Gervonta Davis. Gervonta Davis is a technical, calculating monster in there. It solely takes one opening to get you out of there. Now Pitbull, together with his aggression, it might be an attention-grabbing combat. It will be a way more thrilling combat for a man like Ryan Garcia as a result of he’s going to need to let his arms go to maintain Pitbull off of him.
“So, I feel we wish to see that combat. Possibly that might be an eliminator to a different title combat. But when Ryan is critical about changing into the man sooner or later within the light-weight division, he’s going to need to get again on that horse and combat a type of killers, man,” mentioned Tarver.
Ryan needs to be stronger at 140
“I really like Regis [Prograis], one among my favourite fighters,” Tarver mentioned. “He [Ryan] brings some warmth to the sport. The lightweights are shifting up. Yeah, I like Ryan at 140. He may really feel slightly bit higher for what he needed to undergo.
“Get comfy. Some fighters say, ‘You by no means sacrifice that.’ You sacrifice strolling in second, strolling in first, however don’t sacrifice placing your physique by way of that simply to make a combat. In hindsight, simply do it truthful. straight up and down,” mentioned Tarver.
