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title: "Ryan Garcia Says One Fighter Hits Harder Than Gervonta Davis: “He’s Scarier”"
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author: "Kerr Ferguson"
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published: "2023-12-09T22:01:41Z"
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# Ryan Garcia Says One Fighter Hits Harder Than Gervonta Davis: “He’s Scarier”

Ryan Garcia bounced back from a loss to Gervonta Davis by stopping Oscar Duarte in eight rounds.

The now super-lightweight contender took his time to get to grips with the agression of Duarte, who entered the ring on a run of 11 consecutive stoppage wins.

At the post-fight press conference, Garcia said he deserved credit for the performance.

> “He was a tough fighter. I knew he was gonna be tough. Everybody was asking why did I take this fight, so now I’ve gotta get my credit where it’s due.
>
> I fought in there. I had a fight with some grit and found a knockout, so I think I did good, especially in my first fight with Derrick.”

The 25-year-old switched his camp to the gym of Derrick James following his loss to ‘Tank’ – the first of his professional career.

Garcia started quick that night in Las Vegas, but was knocked down for his troubles in round two and then stopped with a body shot in the seventh.

[It was the 27th knockout of 29 wins for the Baltimore puncher](https://www.premierboxingchampions.com/video/davis-vs-garcia-highlights-april-22-2023-pbc-showtime-ppv), and strengthened his claim as one of that hardest pound-for-pound hitters in the sport.

Garcia, however, said he was much more ‘scared’ of the power of Duarte.

> “This was scarier than fighting Tank. \[Duarte\] had a hard punch. I don’t ever complain, but that dude hit me so hard in the back of the head. It doesn’t look hard, but it is hard.
>
> I was actually more worried in this fight than I was with Tank. With Tank it was like, all right it’s a boxing match, he’s moving around, whatever. But this fight I was like ‘oh s\*\*t, he has the power to knock you out.'”

Davis is expected to return to the ring in the first half of 2024 in the lightweight division, whilst [Garcia will continue to progress at 140.](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/ryan-garcia-calls-out-world-champ/)