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Ryan Garcia says he will knock out Gervonta Davis in 'greatest fight' (2:01)

Ryan talks about the lead-up to the fight with Gervonta Davis. It takes 2 minutes.

6:56 AM AST

Ryan will not be fighting Mercito Gesta in January because he wants to focus on his April 15 fight against Gervonta Davis.

According to sources, the decision came despite the fact that the two men had signed contracts for a fight.

"Get on the tank" He was going to spark him out in two.

He said that he was thinking about it during the time that they were figuring out the fight. The fans need to be given what they want. The tune-up was requested by Davis, not me.

In Washington, D.C., in January, Davis will fight for the 135-pound title against the man who holds the 130-pound belt. A journeyman who has won two of his past five bouts is going to be tough to beat.

Now that he has avoided the risk of injury, he will head straight into the long-awaited clash with Davis.

Nine million people follow one of the biggest stars in boxing on the social networking site. He was going to face Gesta at 140 pounds, but he won both of his fights at 140.

In April, he scored a unanimous-decision win over Tagoe and followed with a sixth-round knockout of Fortuna.

In January 2021, he picked up his career-best victory when he survived a seventh-round knockdown to win a fight.

He didn't fight the rest of the year after he withdrew from a fight to address his mental health, and then had to scrap a fight because of wrist surgery.

Davis is coming off a sixth-round win.