Gervonta Davis has a date with Hector Luis Garcia on Saturday at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. on Showtime pay-per-view.
Should Tank remain successful, Ryan Garcia will be his next foe ready to go for an already agreed-upon 136 catchweight bout set to take place this spring.
Davis’ next two in-ring dates are determined, and the free agent is already calling for 2023 to be a three-fight year, with the third bout being a meeting between either Devin Haney or Shakur Stevenson, both of whom are tied to Top Rank.
“Why [is Stevenson] talking like he’s the best? He didn’t even fight at 135 yet. He didn’t even have power at 126 or 130 or none of that,” Davis told Luke Thomas of the Morning Kombat. “All that stuff is OK. How can you stop people that can actually hit? No matter all that boxing, you’re going to get hit. Whatcha gonna do when you get hit?”
Stevenson recently said he’d walk away victorious should he and Davis ever meet, going as far as calling the 135-pound weight class an “overrated division.”
“I ain’t gonna take away credit from the dude. I think that [Davis is] a helluva fighter. I mean, look at him,” said Stevenson. “He’s fighting pay-per-view knocking these dudes out. That don’t take away the fact that I can beat this dude. This dude knows he can’t beat me.”
The two-division champion Stevenson will be making his lightweight debut later this year, but he’s currently having a tough time finding a top-tier opponent willing to fight him.
Davis’ confidant and friend Adrien Broner recently stated that Stevenson “would be the most difficult fight for Tank.”
Davis – who’s knocked out 25 of 27 opponents – is confident his crushing KO power will solve the slick southpaw Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs) should they ever meet.
When Davis was asked how far his power translates, Davis said “a strong cruiserweight. Because it’s not only power, it’s accuracy, and placement. Even with [the sixth-round KO of Rolando Romero], it wasn’t just no power shot. It’s how I threw it. The spot I hit him. The timing. Like, even the movement I did. It’s every little thing. I didn’t just throw a swinging shot.”
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