Via Jack Tiernan: This week, we can find out if the Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs Ryan Garcia match will take place in January. So far, they’ve pretty much agreed on the money, as well as an attractive 136 lb weight.
Chris Mannix is reporting that the two sides still need to overcome a significant hurdle involving the network, DAZN, and Showtime.
For the Tank-Ryan fight to happen, Mayweather Promotions and PBC will need to grant Showtime permission to make this a DAZN-related double payoff.
If they choose not to do that, the fight can’t go and Tank (27-0.25 KOs) will likely be reduced to his sub-WBA lightweight title defense in a rematch with Isaac’ Pitbull ‘ Cruz, whom he beat last year.
It would be a re-read match, and the boxing public wouldn’t be happy, and neither would Tank. He’s watching other lightweight athletes get better matches while he’s stuck fighting so many strong men or boxers that boxing fans aren’t interested in fighting. he confronts.
If Tank doesn’t take on Ryan (23-0, 19 KOs) now, he could be missing out on his chance to be the first to beat a popular social media star before he’s been worked on by fortunes. top 140 pound athlete.
Once Ryan starts fighting quality lightweight opponents, his undefeated record will likely come to a halt as those guys hit a lot harder than the lesser opponent he is facing for. now.
Mayweather Promotions may regret not fighting Ryan as they are running out of competition on PBC to take on Tank at 135.
“There is a broad agreement between Ryan Garcia and Tank Davis, and I mean a broad agreement,” Chris Mannix told Fighthype. “They have agreed on most financial terms, whether it is a guarantee for both fighters, the division of the pay-per-view revenue percentage, which is often a significant obstacle need to pass.
“They agreed on the weight. It will come in at 136 pounds, a pound more than where Tanks typically take part in the campaign.
“Ryan is 135 years old, but fought his last fight at 140. He will be back to head towards the weight class for the match. They also agreed on a tentative date, which is January in Las Vegas. That’s what they agreed to.
“The next big hurdle is how you get through the broadcast issues. DAZN has done most of the games against Ryan Garcia since he started raising his game three or four years ago.
“Now we are waiting to see what happens if these two networks can come together and find a fair deal. Is it feasible? Of course, it is possible.
“Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder have done it with two fights that were fights and hugely successful. Even though Wilder lost, I think we both agree he was elevated in those moments, going up against Tyson Fury.
“Both of those are on FOX and ESPN pay-per-view, and it seems to work well for everyone. So it’s totally doable, but what needs to be done is for both sides to understand that this fight is, in all likelihood, not complete unless both of these networks get involved.
“I don’t believe we are there. In an ideal world, DAZN would wage this war on its own. In an ideal world, for them, Showtime would come up with a pay-per-view on its own.
“DAZN, they have made it clear that they are willing to implement the shared pay-per-view model we talked about. Look, if contracts are agreed for Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, it will be a double pay-per-view with BT Sport and DAZN.
“They understand what makes a deal like this happen and they are willing to do it. Showtime wants to do it alone. I think the bigger takeaway here is that during discussions between the Tank side and the Ryan side, Tank side stated that this is Showtime’s pay-per-view.
“What I was told is that Showtime is not allowed to negotiate copay per view. They’ve been told, ‘This is what we’re offering Ryan Garcia. It must be so.’
“What I’m hoping will happen in the next few days is Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza, who’s on that side, gets direction from Al Haymon and PBC to look for an endorsement deal. I just don’t know how this fight would play out without both networks involved.
“This is why I can’t handle the criticism of Jake Paul because boxing can get rid of Jake Paul in a heartbeat if they just have a big fight.
“Who will talk about Jake Paul if we have Spence and Crawford on the table in November if we have Tank-Ryan on the table in January?
Boxing created a lane for Jake Paul to drive his Corvette through, and he accomplished exactly that. This is clearly a very different situation than Crawford-Spence. Crawford-Spence has matched network partners.
“That will be Showtime’s pay-per-view in November. They just can’t agree on money. This deal, for the most part, has been agreed upon. They just can’t figure out the net.
“I have been told by people on both sides that this is an important week for it. It’s like they have to find a way to make progress on this deal on the network side, or else you’ll see very quickly both sides go in a different direction.
“That means a rematch of Isaac Cruz against Gervonta Davis. For Ryan Garcia, it’s a bit more murky. He’s currently fighting at 140, and we’ll see who they are [Golden Boy Promotions] wanted to put him in that weight class.
“It will be a pretty big disappointment for both of their next fights if we don’t get Ryan-Tank over the finish line. I don’t have the percentages to be able to report them anyway. I know that Ryan’s side has admitted that the Tank is the A-side in all of this.
“That was revealed to me. They know that Tank is the bigger party, Party A, in these negotiations. Tank’s numbers speak for themselves. He’s a proven smoker at the box office. He does solid pay-per-view numbers.
“Ryan is going there. He was drawing sizable crowds himself, making seven-figure gates himself. He is yet to pay-per-view but there are significant numbers on DAZN on its streaming service.
“But they know Tank is the A-side in all of this. This is one of the hopes that the two sides come to a financial agreement so there can be some pressure from the carrier to get this done.
“I understand why both networks need to be involved. The showtimes for 11 matches did an extraordinary job in building the Tank to the star it is today. At the same time, DAZN invested a lot of money in Ryan Garcia.
“So why should they sit on the sidelines when Ryan draws in the fan base and takes what he’s built on DAZN to another network? Again, it’s not that complicated. We know that. You and I both know that.
“You can make a deal involving multiple networks on a pay-per-view platform. It is not a difficult thing to do. Hopefully, over the next few days, a week at most, we’ll see some progress there.
“If you think about it, aside from the Joshua-Fury fight next year, there is no bigger fight in boxing, at least commercially. Spence-Crawford is, for boxers, a bigger fight.
“He’s arguably the #1 pound-for-pound boxer in all of boxing, but this is a monster. It brings together two very different fan bases, both fervently supportive of their boxers.
“It will do a good job of a ten million dollar access gateway wherever it goes. I would argue well north of 500,000 pay-per-view purchases. I think there’s a huge audience for both of these guys to do such numbers.
“You just have to come together. You have to go to the desk to figure out how to make it work. There’s just too much money for anyone to make this fight,” Mannix said.
