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‘He just caught me with a good shot’: Ryan Garcia makes no excuses for loss to Gervonta Davis

Ryan Garcia offered his respect to Gervonta Davis after their fight on Saturday night.

Ryan Garcia offered his respect to Gervonta Davis after their fight
Ryan Garcia offered his respect to Gervonta Davis after their fight
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Ryan Garcia was knocked out on a seventh round body shot courtesy Gervonta “Tank” Davis, but handled his loss with grace and professionalism, offering respect to his opponent and shaking his hand following the defeat.

Garcia (23-1, 19 KO) was down twice in the fight, once in the second round on a counter left hand from the southpaw Davis, and then on the delayed reaction body shot that ended the fight.

Here’s what Garcia told Showtime’s Jim Gray right after the fight:

On how he’s doing after the KO

“I’m good. Tank is a great fighter, I take my hat off to him. I know we talked a lot of shit coming up in here, but he knows what it is, it’s all love at the end of the day. I was honored to be in the ring with a great fighter and I respect him a lot, and you know how the business goes. But I want to say, you’re a good man, bro. You know how it is.” (The two shook hands.)

On what happened on the knockout

“He just caught me with a good shot. I don’t want to make no excuses, he caught me with a good shot and I just couldn’t recover, and that’s it. That’s all I got to say. He caught me with a good body shot, snuck underneath and caught me good.”

On whether he thought he would continue at first

“I couldn’t breathe. ... I was gonna get back up, but I just couldn’t get up.”

On what mistakes he made

“I think I should have pressured him a little harder near the ropes. I was giving him a little too much respect and I think that was my downfall. I think I gave him a little too much respect in the ring.”

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