Ryan Garcia Challenges Devin Haney To Fight After Gervonta Davis Bout

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Ryan Garcia already has his eyes set on his next target. The boxer spoke to Hollywood Life ahead of his Gervonta Davis match up & reveal who he wants to take on next.

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00:00I'm super excited to chat with you ahead of this big fight this weekend so tell me a little bit

00:06what is on the line for you personally and professionally would you say personally my health

00:13professionally my career not really my career actually but I see life different you know I

00:21see boxing in a much different way I see it as truly a blessing a calling of some sort but

00:29it's not the main thing in life I've learned you know the main thing in life is family and you know

00:36you evolving as a person to me you know that's really what matters to me but this you know

00:43definitely I'm not gonna lose though so nothing's really on the line I know I'm not gonna lose so

00:48I only feel right answering that question but since you asked I try to give the most honest answer

00:53but truthfully I just know I'm not gonna lose well and I like how you said to how like it's not

01:02everything and I think that your ability to balance social media and being you know having different

01:08campaigns and and brands working with you along with your career shows that how do you balance

01:15your social media life and you know practicing training and improving at your sport that's

01:24interesting question I would say that I take a more of a stoic approach to things like that

01:32in the understanding that some things are out of your control but what is in my control is what's in

01:38my heart and what I know about myself truly and I pay attention to that keeping a humble heart

01:44keeping a heart where I'm always evaluating myself and understanding that some feelings are out of my

01:50control and the things people say are out of my control and it's really to look within myself

01:55and see if I'm evolving as a person if I'm becoming a better man each day and if I'm you know progressing

02:05in that term you know spiritually physically and mentally so that's how I balance it out I just see

02:10it as what it is you know it's pretty much just noise and everybody has opinions and I try to love

02:17everybody and try to give them you know knowledge that I may have learned through my journey and I

02:23just see as that you know if they don't want to receive it and they want to just return hatred that

02:29is out of my control but I choose to be the man I want to be. And that kind of helps you like it feeds

02:35into the rest of your life into your sport into kind of how you live every day it seems.

02:43Oh yeah it's a way of life you know it's yeah it's definitely and I have to give credit to you know

02:49the Holy Spirit and God and Jesus just giving me that wisdom I didn't even know what it was but

02:55he gave me that peace and then he told me that it was something you know there's actually a teaching

03:00of it's called stoicism which I didn't even know about and then he led me to it so you know it's

03:06just basic life is good you know I live every day just grateful and just paying attention today I'm

03:11happy even to be here talking to you so it's amazing. Yeah now you've opened up before about

03:17your mental health how have you taken care of yourself mentally as you've prepared for this massive

03:24fight? You know kind of along the same lines that I was telling you about and you know I went through

03:34the fire I went through the the mental warfare and I came back a stronger person a more empathetic

03:41person for people all around me and I love everybody now because you don't know what somebody's going

03:46through by by first glance and it's definitely uh gave my heart a more understanding of everybody

03:53else and I think that's important and I want to be always be an advocate for mental health and to show

03:59that you know um it's just as bad as a broken arm or a you know twisted ankle we got to address it

04:06and we got to be kind to each other and spread love I mean seriously spread love love one another that

04:14is the truth you know because I've seen you know some people I know close to me take their life and

04:20you know things like that all around the world you see so many people hurting because of you know the

04:26bad side of social media hurts people people are hurting and if you could just give them hope and give

04:31them your experiences you know maybe that's gonna that's gonna give somebody a shortcut to the piece I found

04:38maybe because I chose to speak up and not be the tough guy that's gonna save somebody's life

04:43because I didn't let the stereotype control me you understand what I'm saying I'm not gonna let the

04:48world control me I know what's in my heart I'm a good guy and I kick ass that's it 100% good man and

04:55I kick ass come at me talk all you want about me I'm pretty ball I'm this I'm that Instagram fighter

05:00don't matter I'm serving what I got to serve I know what's right and I do it and I hold myself

05:05accountable and I'm strong and I'm gonna show you I'm tough and I'm in there love it I love the

05:10confidence what is going to be the first thing you do on Sunday after you win the match I'm gonna have

05:18some wine yeah I'll be chilling with my baby Bella my wife and all my family and we're gonna cry

05:28talk about God and just love life you know I mean that's really what it's about you know I learned that

05:35you know it's about protecting your peace I don't want to go too hard because then you're

05:39you could even lose your peace within the midst of victory so I'm like you know what I just got

05:44to stay course love life and do things in moderation so I'm just definitely gonna keep doing what I'm

05:51doing today probably on Sunday but who knows maybe my emotion gonna be high maybe I'm jump out of a

05:57a plane and parachute who knows you never know with you right yeah yeah um before I let you go

06:06obviously you're very focused on Saturday um and Davis but is there anybody um else that you're

06:13looking forward to wanting to get in the ring with yeah after this I want to take on Devin Haney

06:18um I think Devin Haney uh is a great fighter I fought him so many times in the amateurs and I think

06:26it's time you know uh I definitely want to be a great leader when it comes after this and I told

06:32people I choose to fight the best uh I choose to do it now and I plan to be a man of my word

06:37I think Devin Haney is the next great fighter after Tank Davis and again like I said I'm a man of my word

06:44and I'm gonna hold myself to it and go after Devin Haney awesome Ryan thank you so much best of luck

06:52this weekend you're the best good to see you bye guys

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