Oscar De La Hoya consents to Ryan Garcia vs Gervonta Davis rematch under one condition Golden Boy Promotions | Mayweather PromotionsOscar De La Hoya is willing to work to make a rematch between Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis happen if Davis capitulates to one fight clause. In the days after Garcia\u2019s upset win over the reigning WBC super lightweight champion Devin Haney, the California native called out a handful of fighters including WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis. The boxing world wants to see \u201cKing Ryan\u201d get a second crack at Davis after losing to him in their first bout by way of a seventh-round TKO. That\u2019s what reporters echoed to Garcia\u2019s manager De La Hoya on Wednesday, asking him if a second fight will take shape. The Mexican boxing legend expressed willingness to negotiate a rematch with Davis\u2019 camp, conditionally, if \u201cTank\u201d moves up in weight from 135 pounds to 143 or 144 pounds. \u201cYeah. Look, Ryan Garcia told me he can\u2019t make 140, so he would want the fight at 143, 144. So yeah, anybody that wants to fight him, call me. At 144, we\u2019ll make the fight happen. But, I have to sit down with Ryan. I have to sit down with his team, and then figure out a plan and then go from there,\u201d De La Hoya said. The reason for \u201cthe Golden Boy\u2019s\u201d insistence is because Garcia missed weight before the Haney fight. He came in at 143.2 pounds, over three pounds more than the bout\u2019s 140-pound limit, costing him a shot to claim \u201cThe Dream\u2019s\u201d WBC title. After the win, the 5-foot-10 fighter admitted that he no longer desires fighting below his current weight and that 135 pounds is \u201cnot healthy\u201d for him anymore. As for Davis, he moved up to 140 pounds for his first fight against Garcia, which was fought at catchweight. However, all of the pound-for-pound great\u2019s previous 28 contests have been fought at lightweight. His upcoming title match against Frank Martin on June 15 will also be fought at 135 pounds. The outcome of Davis\u2019s next fight against Martin will impact rematch prospects with Garcia. All things considered, Davis\u2019 promoter Floyd Mayweather told Garcia that he\u2019ll likely have to wait a year-and-a-half to two years before fighting \u201cTank\u201d again. But, De La Hoya\u2019s openness lays the groundwork for the rematch to come to fruition down the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oscar De La Hoya consents to Ryan Garcia vs Gervonta Davis rematch under one condition Golden Boy Promotions | Mayweather PromotionsOscar De La Hoya is willing to work to make a rematch between Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis happen if Davis capitulates to one fight clause. In the days after Garcia\u2019s upset win over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}