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Boxing fans are eagerly anticipating a magnanimous showdown between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia. As both boxers are in the prime of their careers, this clash is going to be one of the biggest fights in current-day boxing. They recently announced the bout will take place in Las Vegas in 2023. However, there has been another development which is been brought to light. 

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Gervonta Davis made it public a few days ago that he will be locking horns against Garcia on January 7th, 2023. However, it is not Ryan Garcia. The Baltimore prodigy will be seen battling Hector Luis Garcia. Fans were concerned about Davis and believed that he should have concentrated on getting ready to face Ryan rather than squaring off against someone else first.

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Following Davis’ announcement earlier this week, even Ryan Garcia has made some revelations about a January fight. He took to Twitter and wrote, “I’ll be back Jan as well!! Stay Tuned.” Now both Davis and Garcia will be facing another opponent before locking horns with each other. 

Fans react to Ryan Garcia’s announcement about his January return 

‘KingRY’ will be returning to the ring in January, but the opponent has not been revealed yet. Following this series of events, there has been a lot of buzz about it online. Take a look at what fans have to say about Garcia following Davis’ footsteps.  

One fan wrote, “All tentative…. Good chance the fight will not happen”

While another said, “This is boxing today all plan fight but won’t happen.”

“Hopefully not fighting another nobody.”

“I bet you Garcia is fighting a fighter that’s ranked number 10”

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Someone mentioned, “Yeah that was the plan for him and “Tank” to get warm up fights before fighting each other! Because I get it inactivity is real”

“I assume Garcia would have a fight as well before the Davis fight; I wonder who Golden Boy will have him fight?”

A fan speculated, “Where he’ll randomly get “hurt” and it will rule him out of the fight against Davis.”

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The Davis vs. Garcia saga is getting more and more exciting with each passing day. But only time will tell how it turns out. Meanwhile, what do you think about Garcia’s recent announcement? Let us know in the comments below.