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Gervonta Davis is the rising superstar of modern-boxing. In no time, he’s ascended to the top thanks to his insane boxing skills. As famous as he is for his slick skills inside the ring, ‘Tank’ is equally renowned for his social media game. Oscar De La Hoya became ‘Tank’s’ latest victim due to his comments ahead of Ryan Garcia’s fight.

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The ‘Golden Boy’ wants ‘Tank’ and Ryan Garcia to fight in 2021. He said, “I love the Tank fight. I think Ryan Garcia walks through the Tank.”

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This statement caught Davis’s eye, and he took a wild shot at ‘Golden Boy’. He retweeted the post and wrote, “He back doing c*ke?

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Garcia will confront Luke Campbell on Saturday and if he gets past him, he will directly be in line for the WBC lightweight title shot against Devin Haney. However, boxing enthusiasts are keen on watching Garcia take on the stout challenge of fighting Gervonta Davis.

However, there have been no official talks between their promotions to align this battle in the near future.

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Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia, will it happen in 2021?

Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia are the top-two young talents present in modern-boxing. The duo has shown a lot of promise and have the desire to put together a successful run in boxing. But there can only be one between them who would walk down as a contemporary legend.

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Davis is the regular WBA lightweight champion and is undefeated as a professional. He fought last in October 2020 and secured a KO win over Leo Santa Cruz. As of now, he doesn’t have a title fight in the offing.

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On the flip side, Garcia will take on Devin Haney if he gets past Luke Campbell this Saturday. If he wins and goes up against Haney, it will somewhere be in mid-2021. Post that, if he wins, he might get scheduled to confront his biggest opponent, Gervonta Davis, by year-end.

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA. Chauhan explores and analyses a sport he has been following ever since Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte engaged in a duel in 2015. He adores old-school punchers like Manny Pacquiao, as well as modern-day greats such as 'The Gypsy King'. In his downtime, he engages in rigorous workouts to cater to his love for fitness.

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