BALTIMORE — It began more than two years ago with a post-fight callout, the typical means by which one boxer tells another he’s ready to rumble.
From there, the feud metastasized on social media, a realm in which both fighters are expert practitioners. Who was ducking whom? Which man was responsible for a reported nightclub confrontation involving the grabbing of a chain? These questions bounced from coast to coast as two sizable fan bases wondered when and where the matter would be settled with actual combat.
The answer is Saturday night in Las Vegas, where Baltimore native Gervonta “Tank” Davis will take on Ryan Garcia in the most momentous fight of both men’s careers and the most momentous in boxing so far this year.
