Now, Ryan Garcia, who is bathed in the spring breeze, plans to make a bigger breakthrough, and he called out the name of "Tank" Gwotta Davis, hoping to start a rematch with the other side.
Garcia suffered the only defeat of his career to date last April, losing in disgrace after being hit in the seventh round against Davis. However, Garcia believes that a big reason for the loss was Davis' requirement to fight at a catchweight of 136 pounds and not exceed the 10 pounds he weighed on the night of the fight, which weakened Garcia to some extent, and he himself said he was exhausted from the fight.
Now, Garcia is calling for a rematch with Davis, but has put forward a condition for a rematch, which is that he must fight at the catchweight of 144 pounds or avoid talking.
Garcia wrote on social media this week: Everybody's talking about that stupid "little tank" (Davis), let's fight, I've had enough of that funny discussion, come to me at 144 pounds, let's stop this.
Garcia pulled off a modest upset last week to finish Devin Haney, the self-proclaimed "Mayweather replica," in which Garcia won by points with three sweeps with a razor-sharp left hook. Due to Garcia's pre-match weigh-in, even if he defeated Haney, he would not be able to claim the WBC super lightweight title that his opponent has.
Garcia was required to weigh 140 pounds, but he ended up at 143.2 pounds, so he lost his chance to compete for the title early. At the moment, Garcia is still "alone" and does not have any boxing titles, but it doesn't matter, Garcia proved his strength by destroying Haney, coupled with his extraordinary idol charm, so that he has won countless fans, in Garcia's own words - it doesn't matter whether he has a boxing championship belt or not!
Now, Davis is in the 135-pound lightweight division and is a WBA ordinary boxing champion, and Garcia has set the conditions for a rematch, which means that if the two sides want to rematch, Davis must be upgraded, but as the winner of the first fight, Davis should not get used to Garcia, and he is also well aware that this is an obstacle that the opponent has set for himself. Meanwhile, Davis needs to play Frank Martin on June 15, and even if he is interested in promotion, he'll need to settle for Martin later.
Some analysts believe that Garcia's request to fight Davis at the catchment weight of 144 pounds has effectively blocked the road to a rematch. The current Davis doesn't need Garcia, so he won't easily escalate and get into danger, but it's more like Garcia rejecting Davis in this way.
Some felt that Garcia would not have much of a problem dropping his weight to 140 pounds, and that the fight with Haney to reach 143.2 pounds was entirely intentional, but Garcia made it clear that he would not be in a sub-143 pound contest while making a list of "hunts" for the next step, including Terence Crawford (147-pound) welterweight, Jason Ennis, and even 154-pound super-welterweight Sebastian Fontora, in addition to Davis.
In a way, Garcia's shouting Davis' name at this time is more like getting attention, and it doesn't matter to him if the rematch will take shape, because Garcia's influence has skyrocketed with the defeat of Haney, and he has other fights to choose from, such as Garcia's mention of MMA star Sean O'Malley, which will be an interesting fight.
Davis has never appeared in a fight over 140 pounds so far, and his highest weight was when he challenged WBA super lightweight champion Mario Barrios in 2021, when Davis weighed in at 139 pounds, it's hard to imagine that he will face Garcia at 144 pounds.