The genuine antipathy between America’s two most popular and divisive boxers was laid bare on Thursday when Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia each pledged to break the other’s jaw during the final press conference ahead of their fastly approaching scrap on the Las Vegas Strip.
“I touch that jaw, I’m telling you, you’re going to sleep. I promise you,” seethed Davis, the 28-year-old three-weight champion from Baltimore nicknamed Tank, from beneath a baseball cap that read I ♥ SEX. “I’ll probably break your jaw. Facts. Don’t even bring your mother or your daughter.”
