Ryan Garcia Headlines “Stars and Champions” Tonight on Impact Network

DETROIT, MI (May 15, 2020) – Undefeated rising star, Ryan Garcia, who is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, will be the featured guest on “Stars and Champions” airing tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT on the Impact Network. “Stars and Champions” is a 30-minute weekly show on the state of boxing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Impact Network will air “Stars and Champions” across all major cable, satellite, and digital channels. Impact is now broadcasting 24-hours a day, seven days a week, on DIRECTV’s Channel 380 or Channel 268, DISH Network’s Channel 268, Fios TV Channel 787, and Comcast’s Xfinity TV’s Channel 400. In addition, Impact Network can be viewed digitally on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play, Microsoft, and Sling. “Stars and Champions” can also be viewed on the Impact Network website and mobile app. Please check local listings in your area for more information.
Garcia: I See Gervonta As Sonny Liston; Don’t Really Love Boxing, Loves The Money
By Keith Idec – BoxingScene.com

Ryan Garcia considers Gervonta Davis “a little Mike Tyson.”

The undefeated lightweight contender means that as a compliment. Garcia wasn’t praising the unbeaten WBA world lightweight champion when he compared Davis to another maligned heavyweight champion.

Garcia likened Davis to Sonny Liston and questioned the young knockout artist’s passion for boxing during an appearance on Impact Network’s “Stars And Champions.” The second episode of the half-hour show, hosted by former ESPN boxing writer and BoxingScene.com contributor Dan Rafael, will debut Friday night at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT.

The 21-year-old Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) told Rafael that he wants to battle Baltimore’s Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) more than he wants to challenge two other young, elite lightweight title-holders – IBF champion Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) or WBC champ Devin Haney (24-0, 15 KOs).

“I’m ready for it, no matter who it is – Teofimo, Devin, Gervonta,” Garcia said. “But my personal opinion, what I really wanna do, I really wanna fight Gervonta Davis. You wanna know why? I see him as Sonny Liston. … He don’t really love boxing. I see that he loves the money. So, he don’t need to be world champion. I’m like Muhammad Ali. I need to be world champion. He can’t represent it like me. So, that’s my attitude coming into it. And I’m ready to prove those words.”

Ali was a 6-1 underdog the first time he beat Liston in February 1964 in Miami. Ali won the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles when Liston refused to continue due to a shoulder injury following the sixth round.

Ali knocked out Liston with the infamous “phantom punch” in the first round of their rematch 15 months later in Lewiston, Maine.

Garcia also explained to Rafael why he would beat the shorter Davis, a powerful southpaw whom Garcia considers predictable. Read More..https://www.boxingscene.com/garcia-i-see-gervonta-sonny-liston-really-love-boxing-loves-money–148887