To Sean Jones:<\/strong> Pauly Malignaggi questions whether Ryan Garcia ‘mentally’ wants to box, won’t tune up to prepare for April 15 megafight against Jerbonta ‘Tank’ Davis The fact that he chose to do so makes me suspicious of him.<\/p>\n Malignaggi isn’t saying what he suspects, but it could be the same thing Tank Davis trainer Calvin Ford recently mentioned about Ryan’s changing physique.<\/p>\n Pauly also asked if Ryan (23-0, 19 KOs) had his heart in the boxing game after having to get up off the deck in a fight with Luke Campbell in January 2021. I’m wondering.<\/p>\n Ryan has fought twice since then, pitting Emmanuel Tagore and Javier Fortuna against Soft Punchers in Gimme Fights.<\/p>\n Malignaggi feels that ryan got scared<\/strong> What happened to him in the Battle of Campbell made him worry that his carefully crafted image would be blown away if he continued to fight frequently.<\/p>\n Had Ryan stayed active and battling top-tier competitors, he could have been knocked out and lost the chance to cash out big money against Tank Davis.<\/p>\n “still don’t know why [Ryan] Garcia doesn’t want to tune up<\/strong> <\/em>fight before [Gervonta] Davis battle. I have a little suspicion, but I don’t know,” said Paulie Malignaggi on Pauly TV.<\/p>\n “It’s kind of weird that it’s going to be a big fight. Ryan wasn’t that active and now I’m not going to be in a tune-up fight. We could have taken advantage of the tune-up fight,” Malignaggi said.<\/p>\n Of course, Ryan could have used a tune-up fight, but if he was fighting someone half-hearted like Mercito Gesta, he might have lost. If he was good enough to drop Garcia, Gesta might have done the same, and there’s no way of knowing if he’ll rise from his downs.<\/p>\n “First, let’s see if there’s a fight,” said Malignaggi. \u201cI hear April 15th.<\/p>\n![\"YouTube](\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QUM6vepqBSs\/hqdefault.jpg\")
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