Ryan Garcia vs. Gervonta Davis: Who wins?

By Albert Craine - 07/05/2021 - Comments

Unbeaten Ryan Garcia is being targeted by Mayweather Promotions for Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’ next fight coming up in 2021. They want the unbeaten Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) for a fight that takes Tank’s career to the next level in terms of popularity and pay-per-view numbers on Showtime.

Ryan’s one-punch power makes him a live dog in this fight. It doesn’t matter that Tank Davis has great skills or that he’s won world titles in three weight classes.

The fact is, Tank hasn’t fought anyone as powerful or as fast as Ryan Garcia, so we don’t know how he’ll react getting nailed by his shots at full force.

It’s a match that Tank (25-0, 24 KOs) will likely be heavily favored in by the oddsmakers, but you can’t rule out a win by the wiry, much taller 5’10” King Ryan.

As we saw in Tank’s last fight against former WBA ‘regular’ light welterweight champion Mario Barrios, he can be hit and he struggles against taller fighters.

Barrios was in the fight with Tank through the first seven rounds until the eighth, which is when things got out of hand for him.

If Barrios had the kind of punching power and hand speed Ryan Garcia possesses, he may have stopped Tank. He was certainly landing enough shots to put a dent in his chin, but he didn’t have Ryan’s power. That was what Barrios needed to push him to victory.

Ryan Garcia vs. Gervonta Davis: Who wins?

Mayweather Promotions wants the Tank vs. Ryan Garcia fight

“No, the biggest fight in the world is Tank and Ryan Garcia, hands down,” said Leonard Ellerbe of Mayweather Promotions to Fino Boxing. “I’m confident that fight is going to happen.

“Ryan Garcia stepped away because he had some personal issues he’s taken care of. But I’m confident that fight will happen,” said Ellerbe.

If Mayweather Promotions aren’t going to give the green light for Tank Davis to fight Teofimo Lopez, Josh Taylor, or Vasily Lomachenko, they might as well let him fight Ryan Garcia.

It will be pure 100% incompetence on Mayweather Promotions part if they keep Tank Davis only fighting in-house fights against their guys in their stable and PBC’s stable.

They can increase Tank’s popularity with the casual boxing fans up to a point by matching him against guys like Barrios, Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Leo Santa Cruz.

But to hook the hardcore fans that understand the sport, they will need to match Tank against quality opposition like Ryan Garcia, Josh Taylor, Teofimo Lopez, and Vasily Lomachenko.

“I’m confident in the future. I can’t give you a timetable, but that fight will happen. It’ll happen sooner than later,” said Ellerbe about the Gervonta vs. Ryan Garcia fight.

“Ryan Garcia is a very smart young man, he knows how to work social media and he has a solid fanbase. I think one day down the road him and Tank will eventually come together,” said Ellerbe.

If Mayweather Promotions will keep Gervonta against in-house opposition for his next fight, it’s anyone’s guess who that might be.

We’ve already seen Tank fight Barrios, Gamboa, Ricardo Nunez, and Hugo Ruiz since 2019. Mayweather Promotions has got to do better than that if they want to continue to build Gervonta’s fan base.

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15 thoughts on “Ryan Garcia vs. Gervonta Davis: Who wins?”

  1. Ryan Garcia is a great prospect, vs Tank Davis who is a great champion. Ryan’s Speed and power give him chance to win, but not a really good chance. Tank has never been hurt on any of his outings so we don’t know what would happen after he gets nailed by a thunderous punch that knocks him down, but we do know Ryan was dropped and came back to win a TKO with a body shot. Those revelations make the Davis/Garcia interesting. I pick Davis by KO, but Garcua could land a Sunday punch and put Davis to sleep. This fight puts the winner on track to become the undisputed boogeyman of the light weight division and puts Lopez, Haney, and Lomachenko. Haney is a great boxer, but Tank wins by KO. , Lomachenko is the whirling dervish and could win on points but chances are he is too small to withstand the Davis body attack that will lead to a KO in the later rounds. Lopez is a blabber mouth who talks out of two sides of his face and they contract each other. Did he have covid when he was caught on camera with his wife in Italy? Was the fight rescheduled because he couldn’t sell tickets at any price or was he unable to make weight as some claim. No problem Rank will knock him out at 140. The live gate and PPV numbers with Tank Davis against any of the lightweight elites would be bigger than any of them could generate on their own. The only caveat being once Tank knicks them out the top tier of the division they will become crossroad tests for the newest crop of up and coming fighters like Shakur Stevenson.

  2. All that talk about tank It don’t mean nothing once he steps in the ring with Garcia the bad man not tank

  3. Ryan knows damn well he don’t want to fight tank…that boy scared…..point blank period…..Oscar knows that they want no smoke with tank …

  4. Tank has fought a bunch of nobodies…
    25 and 0 with 24 knockouts… lol
    They building up the kid
    Thats why no one cares
    You want to be the best, you gots to beat the best!

  5. Tank all the way via KnOcKOuT!
    Garcia—-glass chin and has never fought anyone of Tank’s caliber!

  6. Tank—-all the way! Garcia—-glass chin. Hasn’t fought anyone of TANK’s caliber!

  7. Tank will knockout Garcia in two rounds. Garcia got knocked down in his last fight when Davis hits him he won’t get up.

  8. All I can say..Garcia better have “hands of stone” and deliver with speed. Tank has that “oomph” factor..like Mayweather..even if you connect, his chin is solid granite. He can make a mistake..not pay for it..then adjust. All the tactical “pretty style” boxers need to know. ” You can run but you can’t hide”. He’s coming!

  9. Will be an interesting contest for both
    fighters,
    Great if it happens in next few months
    I would pay as I personally think a decent
    match up

  10. Wow.. what a one way conversation against Tank Davis when he has beaten everyone he face. No sorry knock them cold. Tank is a bad Man.

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