“He Is Looking Jacked”: Gervonta Davis’ Reputation Tarnished as Calvin Ford Accuses Ryan Garcia of Being “On Sauce” in Resurfaced Video

The Ryan Garcia storyline has more ups and downs than a rollercoaster. Within a mere twenty-four hours of Garcia’s positive drug test in the fight against Devin Haney last month, Gervonta Davis seems to have lost all credibility. Why? Well, because of his own trainer, Calvin Ford! To understand it better, let’s travel a handful of hours in the past!

Mike Coppinger from ESPN breaks the news on X! Garcia comes running to address the situation by denying he had used performance-enhancing drugs. Here’s where Davis’ downfall starts. Learning about this, ‘Tank’ Davis supports his former foe against the allegations. And now, get this! An old clip of coach Ford resurfaces on X, where he accused Garcia of using “Sauce” before the fight against Davis. 

Hypocrisy at its best!

In the clip, a reporter can be heard asking Ford about the allegations Gervonta Davis had made against Garcia about performance-enhancing substances. Without a shred of doubt in his mind, the Baltimore coach said, “[I looked at] old pictures. I am looking at him now [he is looking jacked]…”

He further elaborates on how he would never send out Davis unless he knows for sure that Davis’ opponent is not doing something shady. “I don’t do that unless I am sure. We know [when a guy] is on sauce, we know. We have guys we be sparing with, you know it,” said Ford. He goes as far as to ask the reporters to compare Garcia’s pictures in other fights and pictures of him in 2023.

However, now that Devin Haney is in the equation, who Davis can’t seem to stand because of their past, the Baltimore native took Garcia’s side regardless of whether Garcia had actually used drugs. Now let’s look at some of the things Gervonta Davis had said after the test results were revealed. 

Is Gervonta Davis ashamed of supporting Ryan Garcia?

Reacting to the update about Garcia, Davis’ first tweet read, “They [are] doing anything to take away the win from Ryan..if that’s the case BANNED EDDIE HEARN SILVER POON A**!” Not just this, in a later tweet, Davis wrote intensively how Eddie Hearn is the one behind all this mess. Davis wrote, “The whole boxing world is straight d**k s***ers..”

“And every boxer on my tl that claiming Ryan cheated.. tf he got to cheat for, we fought nothin[g] came back positive.. he fight on the side (DAZN) w the promoter CLEARY want his fighter to win and got PUT! Eddie know for doin[g] dirtys**t,” Davis added. Interestingly, Davis quickly deleted these tweets, for reasons yet to be known—perhaps a bit of shame.  

Not to forget, it’s the same guy whose coach claimed Bernard Hopkins rubbed testosterone cream on Davis’ back to ruin the drug test during Garcia-Davis face off last year. 

If there’s a lesson to be learnt here, that would be no one is anyone’s friend. If something helps their cause, they will rally behind it. As far as Garcia’s situation is concerned, further investigation is the only way to determine whether Garcia did something wrong. What did you think about Calvin Ford and Davis’ contrasting comments?