No wall or a ditch can force a stop when The Tank rolls. So as much as he prepares for the titanic bout against Ryan Garcia on 15th April, Gervonta Davis wants to make it clear; it is just the beginning.

Perhaps, to keep all the bases covered before the challenge, in November, he announced a fight against Puerto Rican Hector Luis Garcia on 7th January at Washington DC’s Capital One arena.

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The Tank has decided to put the WBA (Regular) Lightweight title at stake.

Gervonta Davis – Bring them on…

During the first press conference, undercard draws joined both the fighters to meet and address questions fielded by the reporters.

Gervonta said, “We not sleeping on this guy, “I know we got two fights lined up, but this the main one that we focused on cuz, you know what I mean, it been a lot of talks in the boxing world and I ain’t really tryin’ to do no more talking. I’m ready to, you know what I mean, go through everybody, you know what I mean, that’s in my way so, who are in that division, that 135 division. But, you know what I mean, this Garcia is the first person that we gotta focus on, so we gotta get through him first.”

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Cool as a cucumber, Gervonta clarified that he accepts and is willing to take on challengers at his weight division. However, he acknowledged not taking Hector lightly.

In terms of physicality, standing at 5 feet and eight inches, the Puerto Rican easily dominates Davis. But, the Baltimorean is a mean killing machine with a 93% knock-out-to-win rate.

Senor Garcia and Senor Garcia

Hector Garcia boasts a record of nineteen victories against nil losses. He won the WBA (Super) Featherweight championship, posting a unanimous victory over Venezuelan Roger Gutierrez on 20th August in Florida. He will be meeting the Baltimore-born southpaw, scaling to 135 lbs. catchweight, hence his title achieved at 130 lbs., will not be at stake.

Meanwhile, there are reports that Ryan Garcia will follow suit and participate in a contest against Mercito Gesta in January. Both Garcia and Davis will be hitting the rings after a gap of a few months. Gervonta met Rolando Romero on 28th May at New York’s Barclays Center, whereas Garcia had knocked out Javier Fortuna on 16th July at Crypto Arena in Los Angeles.

The Lightweight division is sure to light up next year with the luminaries’ slugfest. The title holders and the challengers will be on the warpath to determine the best in the class.

The final winner may even get a chance to go at the undisputed champion Devin Haney, the WBC, WBA (Super), WBO, IBF, and Ring title holder.

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The dust of unpredictability has amplified the thrill; fans have high expectations from 2023. Along with the big undisputed Heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, the title fights in the Lightweight division will unquestionably illuminate next year’s boxing calendar.