Via Adam Baskin: Ryan Garcia took to the field and bravely accepted Floyd Mayweather’s conditions so that his fight with superstar Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis took place at 135, not 140.
Ryan (23-0, 19 KOs) said on Twitter on Friday that against Gervonta at “Any weight, anytime, anywhere. “
In what appears to be an example of Ryan being a troll, he told Mayweather Jr, 45, who has been retired since 2017. “You can also take it if you want.”
The 23-year-old Ryan’s final comments make him sound money-hungry because why would he call the aging, dim-witted superstar Mayweather if he wasn’t desperate for a day’s salary on him? Will we get to battle with Davis tanks?
We’ll soon see if the Tank Davis vs. Ryan will take place this year or not because there is still a lot of work to be done in the negotiations for it to happen.
Last Saturday night, Ryan defeated veteran Javier Fortuna with a knockout match in the sixth round. In the previous bout, Kingry defeated Emmanuel Tagoe, another older boxer.
It’s weight anytime anywhere, there’s your answer Floyd, oh yeah, you can achieve it if you want. pic.twitter.com/HLTNzgYyxa
– RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) July 22, 2022
Now let’s hear what excuse???
– RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) July 22, 2022
Teddy Atlas said: “The light division is like the talent that came out in the 1980s, but what’s not reminiscent is that they don’t fight each other. The struggle.
“He is [Ryan Garcia] smart to get out of there [140] division, and if they follow him, they will follow at their own risk, at their own risk and at a disadvantage because he has that skeleton. He’ll have the advantage of being a bigger man, and he’s smart.
“Don’t expect to see any of these games that we’ll be choking to watch, no matter what he says right now, because De La Hoya has lost Canelo. All he has is this guy [Ryan Garcia]. He is hanging on a rope.
“That’s all he has. He won’t risk his new golden goose [Ryan]. He won’t risk him. He would earn money fighting fakers, guys like Fortuna.
“He will fight the guys with a good track record. Canelo did it. He did it with [Caleb] Plants and BJ Saunders, and people from Europe, all those people. I don’t knock those people down, they’re okay, but they’re not what they wanted to be, what they were built to be.
“They created an illusion with their records and made you think, ‘Oh yeah, we’re going to have a real fight. That’s what they’re doing, and they’re doing it. Listen, it’s smart; it’s business. They are doing it right now with [Ryan] Garcia, where they will build Fortuna and all the others. “Look, they’ve got a good record, look, they’ve been champions.”
“Yeah, watch when he gets past them one by one, and he just builds his track record until the end, it’s big enough, they’re going to fight someone. That’s the song they [Team Ryan Garcia] Atlas said.
