Gervonta Davis dismissed Ryan Garcia as a one-dimensional fighter when they came face to face at the final press conference to promote their fight.
Davis remains the favourite for Saturday’s fight at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, and continued to attempt to get under his opponent’s skin.
For their first press conference last month in New York his lateness kept Garcia, 24, waiting for almost two hours, and was widely perceived to be a deliberate ploy.
At the start of fight week he then told Garcia that they should bet their purses on the outcome of a fight that could yet define their careers, and on Thursday not only flashed cash to remind him of the bet he was calling for, but told his rival that he would break his jaw.
“He don’t have the fundamentals at all,” the 28-year-old said. “If Joe Goossen was such a great trainer, fix his fundamentals. This guy don’t have no fundamentals at all; he’s relying on a weak-ass hook.
“I touch that jaw, I’m telling you, you’re going to sleep. I promise you. I’ll probably break your jaw. Facts. Don’t even bring your mother or your daughter. Don’t bring ‘em. I’m telling you.
“It’s gonna be an exciting fight, man. This is gonna be great. We’ve got two guys that, you know, I don’t know about him, but I’m coming with some stuff.”
Garcia responded by insisting that the same left hook Davis was acknowledging is all he will need, and by dismissing the suggestion from Davis and Leonard Ellerbe that they planted “moles” in his and Joe Goosen’s training camp to help them to prepare.
“I just need a single shot,” he said. “Just one. This one. Trust me. The left hook. When I touch anything, you’re going to sleep. I feel like I’m gonna break your jaw with a hook. I just see you on the floor with a broken jaw.
“You know what’s funny about this guy? He talks about, ‘I’ve got spies, I’ve got this, he ain’t shit of a fighter’, but he’s doing everything he can to figure it out? It makes no sense. You can send all the Judases in my gym, but it’s not gonna stop what’s gonna happen.
