Davis talks Santa Cruz fight, wants Garcia next
Davis chats it up with Brian Custer about his career.
Gervonta Davis took some time to make an appearance on Brian Custer’s podcast and fielded a number of questions on all sorts of topics surrounding his career, including his upcoming fight against Leo Santa Cruz and, of course, wanting a pretty easily marketable fight against Ryan Garcia. Check out some excerpts below with the full video above...
Davis on his fight with Santa Cruz:
“He’s coming with his output, a lot of punches, he throws more than me. I’m coming and hit hard. It’s just about who wants it the most, who can dish it out and take it too.”
On Santa Cruz saying he plans to drown in him in the later rounds:
“He’s going to come in there and try to pressure me, and he’s going to feel the power and then it’s going to end up being an early night like (Jose) Pedraza because they tried to overpress me, thinking I’m going to get tired when I’m not. He says his experience is going to get him the win I have experience too, I’ve been fighting since I was seven years old. I know what to do when someone is pressuring me.”
On training with Floyd Mayweather:
“He’s been on me about running more, conditioning for sure. While I’m sparring, and if I don’t get it he’ll get in there and spar and show me what he’s talking about. He’s actually been a big help in this camp, to be honest he’s been hands on more than my coach at this point. He’s been watching Leo (Santa Cruz) and telling me what he likes to do. He’s been a big help for this camp.”
On what his ideal weight class is:
“I like fighting at 130 because when I’m smaller I think I’m more quicker, I can throw a lot of punches, I’m stronger. I feel like at 130 is a weight class where I can become that big star.”
On fighting Lomachenko:
“If we get past the few guys we have ahead of us because we can’t look pass the opponents we have in front of us, then we can make it rock. I think it’s time, if not next year then the beginning of 2022 we can make it happen.”
On what he wants his next two fights to be:
“Definitely Leo (Santa Cruz) and Ryan Garica, why I say Leo and Ryan Garica because for one Ryan Garica is picking up a good crowd. He’s like an Oscar (De La Hoya) coming up, not as big as Oscar but he has a crowd. It’s good when you have somebody who has people behind him and you know where you’re trying to go, it’s good to bring that together.”
On the infamous video of him manhandling the mother of his daughter:
“I had to talk to somebody professionally to know how to deal with stuff in the future. Because you don’t agree with something, react on it or deal with it a different kind of way besides going out there and touching somebody physically. Just go out there and talk to them, so yes I did talk to someone professionally about that situation.”