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Michael WoodsIt looked precarious, like maybe Gervonta Davis had messed up his ring return by engaging in an altercation with a mother of his baby girl. The matter got smoothed out, it seems, at least enough so that the show will go on.
Davis, who has a long list of transgressions hanging over his head, seems to be safer when in the ring. On Saturday, Jan 7, the Baltimore bad boy will seek to put his aggressive tendencies to good use, against Hector Luis Garcia, a 31 year old Dominican fighter who just might have momentum on his side.
Garcia is 16-0, with 10 KOs and is rightly seen as a clear B side, being that he’s been campaigning at 130, and him and the 28 year old Davis will dance their violent waltz at 135.
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Listen, Gervonta and company pick foes like his ex promoter Floyd Mayweather did… carefully.
But no man is impregnable, and one day, Tank’s luck will run out, and he will taste from the bitter chalice. Might that happen Saturday? We guess not; but Garcia feels like a fairly live dog, especially since Gervonta has been somewhat distracted. Time will tell.
These timings could change due to the length of the undercard fights.
First things first 🤫
@Gervontaa | #DavisGarcia 1.7 on SHO PPV: https://t.co/d96HK2LrHD pic.twitter.com/5sbRQKsZ7m— SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) December 24, 2022
Editor/publisher Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the thought to be impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist Woods has covered the sport since then, for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, ESPN New York, RING, and he was editor of TheSweetScience.com from 2007-2015. Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live since 2017. He now does work for PROBOX TV, the first truly global boxing network.