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title: "Ryan Garcia Fires Stern Warning To Gervonta Davis After Admitting He Knew He Would Lose"
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published: "2024-02-04T15:58:47Z"
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# Ryan Garcia Fires Stern Warning To Gervonta Davis After Admitting He Knew He Would Lose

Super-lightweight contender, Ryan Garcia has issued a warning to Gervonta Davis and revealed that he is in hot pursuit of vengeance after Davis ‘did him dirty’ in their pre-fight negotiations before handing Garcia a first career defeat.

Davis knocked out ‘King Ry’ in the seventh-round in one of 2023’s most memorable pay-per-view clashes, although Garcia and his fans have [maintained that he was at a severe disadvantage when he headed into the ring,](https://www.boxingscene.com/de-la-hoya-on-tank-garcia-weight-drain-huge-issue--174652) after being limited by a rehydration clause.

[In an interview on the PBD Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/live/JEi8WPq3Akw?si=RpUwno7SxRlhwi9g), Garcia outlined his intentions to avenge the lone blemish on his résumé but maintained that he wishes to do so in the fairest way possible.

> “I knew in the back room \[that I was going to lose\], nothing was going right, ‘I’m so weak, my punches aren’t coming off sharp, I am going to lose this fight’. I just said ‘how am I going to lose this fight? This is going to be crazy’. I said that to myself.”
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> “I will never let anybody play with me like that in the negotiations ever again, that will never happen. Ever. I am going to beat this guy, this guy and this guy and I am going to get so big that Gervonta has to fight me \[again\].”

Garcia went on to reveal what would be different if the fight was to happen again.

> “I am going to be a fair and honest man in the new negotiations and we are going to do it right, and I am going to beat him. Then we are going to solidify that and it is going to be all good. That is what is going to happen, mark my words.
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> “Even though he did me dirty and they did all of these tricks, I am going to do everything fair, no rehydration clauses.”

Garcia has already bounded back from the defeat with a win over Oscar Duarte in December, [although the 25-year-old has struggled to secure another bout in the aftermath.](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/garcia-back-tracks-after-announcing-fight/)