Conor McGregor visited Ryan Garcia’s dressing room after the American was defeated by Gervonta Davis.
On Saturday, inside Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, Davis managed to inflict Garcia’s first professional defeat with a knockout victory.
Although Garcia started strong, Davis grew into the contest and in the seventh round, the bout was stopped after Davis landed a huge body shot, Garcia was still down after the referee counted to 10.
After the bout, McGregor was captured inside Garcia’s dressing room. You can watch the footage below.
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The MMA star was heard saying: “He’s 1-0 on you. You’re the two biggest names in the division, I wanna see it again.
“I wanna see it again now and I wanna see it with no rehydration clause.
“All the respect in the world to you, you’re the future.”
Reflecting on his defeat, Garcia said: “I thought I had him pretty hurt to be honest.
“But that’s what I get. I was impatient and I got caught. I ran into an overhand left.”
The 24-year-old added: “He caught me with a good body shot and I just couldn’t recover. I couldn’t breathe. I just couldn’t get up…
“Tank is a great fighter. I take my hat off to him. We talked a lot of s***, but it’s all love at the end of the day. I was honoured to be in the ring with a great fighter and I respect him a lot.”
Davis expressed his delight after remaining undefeated, he said: “I remember coming up in the Golden Gloves and seeing [Floyd Mayweather Jr] fight at the MGM.
“It was crazy. I actually just saw Rihanna perform at the Super Bowl, and I thought that’s going to be me one day. And we’re here.”
He added: “I’m definitely the face of boxing.”
Garcia will now go back to the drawing board as he looks to improve and win his next bout.
Topics: Boxing, Ryan Garcia, Conor McGregor, Gervonta Davis
Marcus Chan