Gervonta Davis eagerly eyes a “colossal” rematch with Ryan Garcia, ready to settle the score once and for all

Gervonta Davis says he is open to a ‘massive’ rematch against Ryan Garcia, but not at the weight ‘King Ryan’ has called for.

Davis and Garcia first fought just over a year ago, with ‘Tank’ scoring a seventh round stoppage with a sneaky body shot. Much has been made around the fact that Garcia drained himself to make the 136lb catchweight and was only able to put on an extra 10lbs for a second weigh-in on the day of the fight.

‘Tank’ has not been in the ring since that night. Garcia on the other hand had a career best win and performance, defeating Devin Haney by majority decision. The social media sensation’s joy was short lived however, returning two positive drug tests for banned substance Ostarine.

In a surprise to many, Davis has backed the 25 year-old and has offered his support online.

“Stay up kid. Continue to be you. We’ll see each other in the future. I don’t believe he’s a cheater.”

Even with the controversy surrounding the Haney win, a Tank-Garcia rematch is perhaps the biggest fight in the sport.

In an interview with ES News, the WBA lightweight champion is keen on running it back, but at only 140lbs, not the 143lbs Garcia suggested.

“Yeah [it’s a massive fight]. But not at 143, why 143? Probably at 140, that’s the next weight class up from 135, it’s the weight class he fights at.

Let’s do 140 and he can rehydrate back up to 150, or the most 152, I’m 135 brother.”

The 29-year-old returns to action on June 15 when he defends his WBA title against Frank Martin on a card also featuring David Benavidez making his light-heavyweight debut against Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

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