Robert Garcia Believes Gervonta Davis Takes Care Of Business Against Josh Taylor: “I Think Tank Knocks Him Out”

By: Hans Themistode

In case you had been to ask long-time coach Robert Garcia the place Gervonta “Tank” Davis ranks at 135 kilos simply final yr, there’s a very good likelihood Garcia would have positioned him roughly third or fourth behind Teofimo Lopez and Vasiliy Lomachenko.

Garcia’s ideas had been by no means meant to be a slight to the Baltimore native however extra so a praise to how deep the 135-pound division is. With that stated, after watching Davis (25-0, 24 KOs) transfer up two weight lessons to 140 kilos and dismantle former WBA “Common” tremendous light-weight belt holder Mario Barrios, Garcia is now singing a complete totally different tune.

“I believe I’ve him rated above Loma and Teofimo,” stated Garcia on Robert Garcia Unfiltered.

This previous weekend on the State Farm Enviornment in Atlanta Georgia, Davis walked into his showdown towards Barrios with a number of bodily disadvantages. But, regardless of giving up 5 inches in peak and 4 inches in attain, Davis methodically broke his man down. The eighth spherical, particularly, was particularly explosive because the Baltimore native dropped Barrios twice within the spherical. He would finally rating the stoppage win within the eleventh to wrap a world title in his third weight class round his waist.

Though Davis is now technically a world champion at 140 kilos, all roads to claiming prime canine standing, nevertheless, run by means of Josh Taylor. Simply final month, Britain’s Taylor unified all 4 main titles towards Garcia’s fighter, Jose Ramirez. Following the win, Garcia tipped his cap to Taylor (18-0, 13 KOs) for dropping Ramirez twice earlier than finally eking out a detailed choice win.

With all 4 world titles safely draped over his shoulders, Taylor is taken into account the consensus prime fighter within the division and has turn out to be a standard identify on each credible pound-for-pound checklist. Nonetheless, even with Garcia admitting that Taylor is a good fighter, when compelled to decide in a hypothetical matchup between the 2, Garcia went with the younger knockout artist.

“I believe Tank knocks him out. It’s explanation for his model. When he makes that call to be f*cking aggressive, the facility is insane. It’s powerful, trigger Taylor is an efficient fighter too, that may be a terrific combat.”