I gotta give it to him he was funny as hell.”ĭavis wasn’t as quick with his wit but he was just as serious during his turn at the podium. “I got heels on, OK, and you had a purse on yesterday, shut up,” Garcia cracked back. Look at me, I’m little, I got a little frame.” “So why’d you weight-drain me?” Garcia asked, referring to the catchweight and rehydration clause in their contract. “Have you been knocked down?” Davis asked, referring to when Luke Campbell dropped Garcia. “You see how I’m not even worried about it,” Garcia said as Davis put his hand on his shoulder. Photo by Esther Lin / SHOWTIMEĭavis got up from his seat to debate Garcia face to face behind the podium (answering the prayers of the photographers and content creators in attendance, as well as the executives of Showtime, PBC, Golden Boy Promotions and DAZN). Showtime host Brian Custer gets between Davis and Garcia. You were losing to (Mario) Barrios, were you not?” “OK, and you couldn’t knock out (Isaac) Cruz, who was smaller than small,” Garcia countered. So, when you get hit with the right hand, then what?” I see a lot of things I can knock you out with. “OK, OK, OK, you’re giving me everything, I know what I got to work on. “You gonna see in the ring,” Garcia said. Then you gonna wake up in the hospital,” Garcia retorted. “What else?” Davis repeated again and again. When I hit you with it, you’re gonna be on the floor. You like to fight guys that don’t hit hard, but guess what? I do hit hard, and when I hit you with that left hook…” (Turning to face Davis) I promise you, I’ve got the heart, the determination that you’ve never seen before. “It’s great that it’s a huge fight, but I’m here to win it. I’m not just happy that we’re here – I made it happen – but now, I’m focused on winning. It’s one thing to get to the moment, it’s another to conquer the moment. “This is the biggest event of the year, probably of the next three or four years, but I know I’m coming out on top. “This is a huge event,” Garcia said during his time at the podium. Whether it proves to be a legitimate superfight – an event that transcends the boxing world and garners more than a one million PPV buys – remains to be seen, but the buzz created in the heart of Beverly Hills on Thursday was real. Thursday’s presser exuded superfight energy. Feels like a spelling bee… this is dance recital energy.” They talked s_t, they exchanged “shadow” punches, they got the media in attendance engaged and, more importantly, they got the fans watching Showtime’s YouTube stream into it.īoxing YouTuber tweeted this about the NYC presser: “I don’t feel the energy TBH. 2- and 3-rated lightweights – got in each other’s faces during the customary stare-down right before the afternoon presser began. The Los Angeles leg of the press tour, which took place at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, brought the heat along with the California sunshine.
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