Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia | DAZN - 22 April 2023

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No doubt this will be on DAZN in the UK.

With the new structure, I don’t see them going a PPV.

[garethhop]

It'll be upto Showtime though won't it and clearly not agreed yet. But can't see it landing anywhere else.

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It'll be upto Showtime though won't it and clearly not agreed yet. But can't see it landing anywhere else.

Why would it be upto Showtime?

It’s a joint promotion.

It wouldn’t have happened if DAZN didn’t allow Showtime to take US broadcast rights.

I doubt they’d put it on FITE. DAZN is Garcia’s primary broadcast.

I always said, Showtime should US PPV and DAZN can do worldwide.

[garethhop]

It'll be upto Showtime though won't it and clearly not agreed yet. But can't see it landing anywhere else.

Why would it be upto Showtime?

It’s a joint promotion.

It wouldn’t have happened if DAZN didn’t allow Showtime to take US broadcast rights.

I doubt they’d put it on FITE. DAZN is Garcia’s primary broadcast.

I always said, Showtime should US PPV and DAZN can do worldwide.

Nope, it's not a joint promotion. It's a Showtime PPV.

You can buy it through DAZN but you can also buy it through other PPV providers....

[Ruthless-RKO]

It'll be upto Showtime though won't it and clearly not agreed yet. But can't see it landing anywhere else.

Why would it be upto Showtime?

It’s a joint promotion.

It wouldn’t have happened if DAZN didn’t allow Showtime to take US broadcast rights.

I doubt they’d put it on FITE. DAZN is Garcia’s primary broadcast.

I always said, Showtime should US PPV and DAZN can do worldwide.

Nope, it's not a joint promotion. It's a Showtime PPV.

You can buy it through DAZN but you can also buy it through other PPV providers....

Promotion in terms or PBC and GBP working together.

Showtime are with PBC fair enough. But it looks like the undercard will have GBP fights.

[Glass Joe]

would have gone to this if i was still in my 20s

[Oiky]

Say what you want about these two but at least they're fighting at fairly similar stages of their careers

Other than that in boxing all the big fights aren't happening, there is a couple floating about I'm looking forward too, plant-benavidez, inoue-fulton, but other than that pro boxing atm is a joke an full of messers

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[rd350lc]

Say what you want about these two but at least they're fighting at fairly similar stages of their careers

Other than that in boxing all the big fights aren't happening, there is a couple floating about I'm looking forward too, plant-benavidez, inoue-fulton, but other than that pro boxing atm is a joke an full of messers

In total agreement with your point about people avoiding fights but I'd say Davis has a much better resume than Garcia .
Can't stand Tank and I'd love to see him bought down a peg or two but think this is too early for Garcia .

[Nightmare Roy]

would have gone to this if i was still in my 20s

You know you are a bad ass when you can turn up to a presser in your Grans coat.

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[Oiky]

Say what you want about these two but at least they're fighting at fairly similar stages of their careers

Other than that in boxing all the big fights aren't happening, there is a couple floating about I'm looking forward too, plant-benavidez, inoue-fulton, but other than that pro boxing atm is a joke an full of messers

In total agreement with your point about people avoiding fights but I'd say Davis has a much better resume than Garcia .
Can't stand Tank and I'd love to see him bought down a peg or two but think this is too early for Garcia .

He does have a better resume I agree

I suppose what I meant was like you say, may be too early for Garcia, which a lot of fighters would usually avoid until they've literally got no choice

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Will be a 2nd weigh in before the fight.

Both can’t come above 146 pounds

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Presser

“When I say things like second round, you asked me for a prediction and I gave you one. I’m gonna be ready for 12,” Garcia said about his previous statement that he’d stop Davis in two. “You have to respect the fighter going in, you can’t just jump in and expect a knockout. It might be more of a thinking fight than people expect. There’s a lot of intricacies in fights that cause you to make adjustments. I don’t know how I’m gonna come out.”

Gervonta jumped in, saying simply, “You was talkin’ out your ass.”

“Somebody has to promote it,” Garcia fired back, noting Davis’ lateness to today’s event.

“He’s getting an ass-whooping. That’s what he’s getting,” Davis replied.

“I’ll guarantee you a classic. It’s gonna be a classic fight. I guarantee that. You’ll remember it for a long time,” Garcia said in his final statement.

“An explosive fight. Two young guys that are hungry. It’s just who wants it more,” Davis said. “Who’s built like that? That’s who’s gonna win. That’s who’s already won. Nobody can fight for him, nobody can fight for me. It’s about who’s really got that dog in him. That’s who’s gonna win.”

Gervonta Davis
“We’re back at it. We’ve got another dance partner. Coming up, I watched Floyd and Oscar, also Bernard Hopkins, Joe Goossen. It’s gonna be tough. This fight’s gonna be tough. This is what we came to do.”

“I’m just happy to be part of this moment, sharing the ring with a young fighter like Ryan Garcia who’s willing to dare himself to be great. He talked his way into this fight, and now he’s gonna have to be able to show it.”

“I’m just happy to be a part of this fight, this event.”

“I have a great team. They’ve kept me up. I’ve been keeping my head down, stay grinding, in and out of the gym. We have a lot of people that talked down on us, but we stayed focus and kept our head down, and continued to grind. That’s what really matters.”

“Both of us are young. I’m a little older than Ryan, but I think that both of us are at our peak. A lot of young fighters don’t fight each other. This is a stepping stone for the other younger fighters to get in the ring with each other. We both made our name coming up, and the time is now.

“He’s a great fighter. I’m a great fighter. We’re putting it all on the line.”

“(Critics) will always find something else to say. All I gotta do is keep my head down and continue to grind, beat whoever they put in front of me. That starts with Ryan Garcia.”

“If he comes in fast, or he comes in slow, I always want to take my time. It all depends on Ryan Garcia and what he brings.”

Ryan Garcia
“We’ve come together and conquered the poisoned that’s stopping boxing from having the biggest fights. It wasn’t easy, but we found a way.”

“For me, to be a champion, you have to beat the best. It’s not about the titles, it’s about who you beat. For me, it’s a testimony to the respect I’ve got for him as a fighter. I believe he’s one of the best, and I’ve had that mentality since I was a young kid. I never thought about the weight class, I thought about who was in it. I wanted to be the best.”

“I put boxing first and the fans first. I had to accept a lot of stipulations. Going down in weight, a rehydration clause. But I said, ‘If I put myself first, I should say no,’ but my heart don’t let me. I’ve got the character of a champion.”

“I don’t look like I hit hard, but I do hit hard. The punches, they just come quick, and when they hit you, you’re down.”

“This is the time where the words don’t matter no more. The truth will come out. He’s a great fighter, I’m a great fighter, we’ll settle it in the ring.”

“It’s been hard to get top fighters together. Usually it’s too late or somebody’s way past their prime. Boxing has been waiting for this for a while. You really can’t make a bigger fight than this. I feel like this is the moment for both of us. This is a defining moment in our careers, this is legacy. We finally got it, two prime fighters together, going at it. This is the moment for both of us.”

“Obviously Tank has the image of a devastating puncher, dangerous, and to me he’s a great fighter. Within myself, I know for sure what type of fighter I am. I’ve been doing this since I was seven, over 200 amateur fights. This is what I’ve always wanted. This is it. I think (this is) destroying (people) judging the book by its cover. I’m an easy person to target. ‘He’s not serious, he’s doing TikToks,’ whatever, but I wouldn’t be here if that was true. If that was my main focus, I wouldn’t be on this stage. This is the fight right here.”

“The struggles of making this fight and the things that had to be done, how long it was dragging out, I just didn’t want to put it at risk (by taking a January fight). Not for a loss, but you can hurt your hand, headbutts, lot of different issues that could occur. I chose not to, to secure this fight and make sure it was guaranteed. I didn’t wait that long just to mess it up at the finish line.”

Joe Goossen, Garcia’s trainer
“Everyone else has talked about these two men, and they’re gonna go down in history, they’re gonna make history. This is an incredible pairing of two guys at this level. You don’t see it too often. You don’t want to miss out on this one. This is one I would plunk down the money for and pay for it. I can’t wait to be a part of it. I can’t wait for that night.”

Calvin Ford, Davis’ trainer
“Ryan, I want to thank you, man. Y’all don’t know how important this fight is, y’all. This Generation X, they’re bringing boxing back.” (This is not Generation X.)

“This fight isn’t about us, it’s about the next generation of boxing. Two great, young fighters, undefeated, ready to do their thing. After this fight, who’s gonna sit on that throne? Who’s gonna get the passing of the torch?”

“We’ve been waiting for something like this for years. This is the fight that’s gonna make the other fighters fight, to show y’all how it’s done. Man, y’all got me trembling. I can’t wait for that night.”

“Going against a great coach. You were smart, getting an old school coach.”

“Y’all gotta embrace this energy right here. (Garcia) is the ‘King,’ but (Tank’s) the savage of this thing. Y’all are gonna get a great fight, man.”

Tom Brown, TGB Promotions
“Unlike Luke Campbell, if Tank Davis puts you on your ass, you’re not getting up.”

Bernard Hopkins, Golden Boy Promotions
“This fight has the ingredients and also because of the two fighters, who will be future Hall of Famers, want to prove that come April. Enjoy it. Like I said, this is the top of the year of the biggest fight of this year. And the biggest fight even before it got to this point. We all should treat it that way again. Enjoy the fight. And tell everybody to tune in to this one.”

Oscar De La Hoya, Golden Boy Promotions
“One word that really comes to mind is ‘mega-fight.’ The word gets thrown around a lot when somebody hears a pay-per-view is happening. There’s some boxing insiders who will call it a mega-fight, just because it’s on pay-per-view. But how often will you get two guys who are undefeated, two fighters who have huge fan bases, two fighters who are early in the peak of their career, and two guys that are represented by different companies, different broadcasters. To me, that’s what a mega-fight is all about. Bringing everyone together.

“The best two fighters in their weight division in that same ring, and getting everyone together to work together for a big, mega-fight. That’s what it’s all about.”

“This is one that the world is not gonna miss. Trust me, when we were promoting fights back in the day with Mayweather and myself and everybody, those big mega-fights is what made boxing. When two personalities come into the ring together and create the perfect storm. That’s exactly what they’re gonna do, create the perfect storm.

“And yeah obviously, I’m with my guy. This is the reason why we’re gonna bring back those glory days, those big, pay-per-view glory days, because of Ryan Garcia.

“These two guys are gonna battle it out, they’re gonna fight. They wanted this fight. Nobody else. Ryan Garcia wanted this fight years ago. And now it’s here. May the best man win. I have a lot of respect for Tank. He’s an amazing fighter, a great fighter, he’s a special fighter. And I have a lot of respect for Ryan Garcia, he’s a great fighter and a special fighter, as well.”

Stephen Espinoza, Showtime Sports
“This fight is one of the cornerstones of our very ambitious 2023 schedule. It’s a battle of two of the most popular young fighters in the sport, two fighters in their primes, two of the most exciting fighters in any weight division. Put that together, and you have the biggest fight on the boxing schedule.”

“While Tank might be one of the biggest punchers pound-for-pound in the sport of boxing, Ryan certainly may be one of the fastest.”

“John F. Kennedy famously said, ‘Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.’ When a fight this big gets made, no shortage of people rush to take credit. But as someone involved, I can tell you who deserves most of the credit: Tank Davis and Ryan Garcia.”

“It’s about these two star fighters who have taken it upon themselves to accept the biggest challenge of their careers.”

Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather Promotions
“I remember Ryan once came up to me and said, ‘I wanna F your boy up.’ I said, ‘Look here, slim, you don’t want none of that work.’ And he told me this was the fight he really, really wanted. That was a few years ago.”

“Tank has been very adamant about getting this guy in the ring. When you’ve got two young, undefeated guys coming together, it’s gonna be nothing but fireworks.”

“When it comes down to it, the fighters gotta want it. If it was up to (Ryan’s) promoters, this fight would not be happening, so we gotta give the fighters all the credit. Ryan forced his promoters to make this happen.”

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De La Hoya: "I Believe Davis-Garcia Can Break 2.4M PPV Buys Me & Mayweather Did"

“I truly feel in terms of numbers and business, I really do feel this is like Mayweather-De La Hoya,” De La Hoya told a group of reporters following a press conference Wednesday at Palladium Times Square. “I believe it can do – you know, people called me crazy when I said it can do two million homes – I believe it can break 2.4 million homes that me and Mayweather did. It’s that big of a fight.

“Come to think of it, I believe Tank and Ryan, or maybe Tank, is bigger than Mayweather [was] when he fought me, with world titles and he [has] popularity and Instagram followers, and this and that. So, we’re in a different world. We’re in a different, you know, time and, you know, these kids are the very best. And the fact that they’re fighting each other, it creates the perfect storm.”

[Glass Joe]

I doubt it in this day of age of IPTV and streams.

ps need to change date to the 22nd.

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Gurgen Hovhannisyan-Charles Martin Finalized For Davis-Garcia Undercard April 22

Gurgen Hovhannisyan will take another step up in competition April 22.

Boxing Scene has learned that the huge Armenian heavyweight will face former IBF champion Charles Martin on the Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia undercard. The 10-round bout between Hovhannisyan and Martin will be one of two fights Showtime will stream on its YouTube channel before the pay-per-view portion of the Davis-Garcia undercard begins at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Showtime also is expected to stream a 10-round, 154-pound fight featuring Vito Mielnicki Jr. (14-1, 9 KOs), of Roseland, New Jersey, before its four-fight pay-per-view show begins at 8 p.m. ET.

The 6-foot-7, 275-pound Hovhannisyan (4-0, 4 KOs) stopped American Michael Coffie after six one-sided rounds in his last fight, which was part of the Deontay Wilder-Robert Helenius undercard October 15 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Coffie (13-3, 10 KOs), of Kissimmee, Florida, has lost three of his past four fights, though, whereas Martin (29-3-1, 26 KOs) represents the toughest test of the 25-year-old Hovhannisyan’s career.

The 6-foot-5, 260-pound Martin is 36, but he has won four of his five fights since he lost a 10-round unanimous decision to then-undefeated Adam Kownacki in September 2018 at Barclays Center. The strong southpaw’s lone loss during that stretch was a sixth-round technical knockout to Cuba’s Luis Ortiz (33-3, 28 KOs, 2 NC), whom Martin dropped once in the first round and again in the fourth round before Ortiz floored him twice in the sixth round of their action-packed bout in January 2022 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Martin mentioned rematches with Ortiz or Kownacki or fights against Jared Anderson, Daniel Dubois or Lenier Pero during an interview with BS.com in February. Rather than continuing to wait for one of those fights to materialize, the St. Louis native took this opportunity to knock off a highly regarded prospect.

Las Vegas’ Martin last fought on the Andy Ruiz-Ortiz undercard September 4 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Martin knocked out 2004 U.S. Olympian Devin Vargas (22-8, 9 KOs) in the fourth round of that tune-up bout.

[mickey1975]

I doubt it in this day of age of IPTV and streams.

ps need to change date to the 22nd.

Streaming is unreliable for very big ppv. I know loads who have fire sticks and still pay for huge ones.

[dan28uk]

I doubt it in this day of age of IPTV and streams.

ps need to change date to the 22nd.

Streaming is unreliable for very big ppv. I know loads who have fire sticks and still pay for huge ones.

i have a broken firestick and the only one had trouble with was a whyte fight can't remember if it was chisora rematch or povetkin rematch but seems to work better for ppv then say a football match

[CaptainSpacerod]

No doubt this will be on DAZN in the UK.

With the new structure, I don’t see them going a PPV.

So as a lapsed DAZN customer all I need to do is resubscribe for a month at £19.99 and I can watch this Ruthie ?

[maverick23]

No doubt this will be on DAZN in the UK.

With the new structure, I don’t see them going a PPV.

So as a lapsed DAZN customer all I need to do is resubscribe for a month at £19.99 and I can watch this Ruthie ?

Wait and see. It’s not been confirmed that DAZN have the rights for this in the U.K. hope they do though.

You could either sub for £20 for the month, sign up for £10 a month for the next 12 months or pay £100 for the year. There’s a fair bit in the next 2 months alone so if they get Tank/Garcia too then happy days and I’d recommend subbing.

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No doubt this will be on DAZN in the UK.

With the new structure, I don’t see them going a PPV.

So as a lapsed DAZN customer all I need to do is resubscribe for a month at £19.99 and I can watch this Ruthie ?

Wait and see. It’s not been confirmed that DAZN have the rights for this in the U.K. hope they do though.

You could either sub for £20 for the month, sign up for £10 a month for the next 12 months or pay £100 for the year. There’s a fair bit in the next 2 months alone so if they get Tank/Garcia too then happy days and I’d recommend subbing.

[CaptainSpacerod]

No doubt this will be on DAZN in the UK.

With the new structure, I don’t see them going a PPV.

So as a lapsed DAZN customer all I need to do is resubscribe for a month at £19.99 and I can watch this Ruthie ?

Wait and see. It’s not been confirmed that DAZN have the rights for this in the U.K. hope they do though.

You could either sub for £20 for the month, sign up for £10 a month for the next 12 months or pay £100 for the year. There’s a fair bit in the next 2 months alone so if they get Tank/Garcia too then happy days and I’d recommend subbing.

Cheers Mav