Ryan Garcia has laid out a number reasons as to why he lost to Gervonta Davis earlier this year.
Garcia returns to the ring for the first time since that defeat on December 2 live on DAZN when he takes on Oscar Duarte in a super lightweight contest.
The loss to Davis, which saw Garcia stopped in the seventh, has acted as a reset for the 25-year-old who is now based in Texas with new trainer to Derek James.
This change in surroundings has given Garcia time to reflect on his clash with Davis and when speaking on DAZN’s Off the Cuff, he revealed three reasons as to why he was unable to beat “Tank”.
“I think a ton of things went wrong for me in that fight,” Garcia began.
“The first one was the layoff, I really wanted to fight him in October after [Javier] Fortuna when I felt like my momentum was there. A lot of things killed that for me.
“Then my eagerness to fight him so bad messed me up because then I didn’t take the tune-up against Mercito [Gesta], I didn’t want to ruin the chances to fight him.
“And all those stipulations, I don’t want to go back to that, like I said, I signed it so it doesn’t matter, but those really do have an effect. I thought I could get around it, but no, fighting in that state is not fun.
“A lot of things went wrong, but again we’re now focused on just becoming the champion.”
