Tank shaming Garcia into accepting his offer to bet the purse on the fight is one of those things where I have to wonder if they are just doing it to try and get some more eyes on the fight. I don't think either would actually bet their entire purse on the outcome of the fight no matter how confident they are. I guess we'll have to wait and see if they sign the contracts, but I don't think any "bet" like this has ever actually played out. After seeing the clip though, I'm firmly on team Garcia. I hope he knocks out Tank and gets his purse. Seems like Tank needs to humbling.
At first thought, I am the same as Ryan Garcia was saying here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLqpTCe2LkU"The Purse" the one that Tank Davis brought during the press conference.
Hilarious. Maybe that's what Tank Davis thought, that purse only and not the whole money that will be given in the fight. But Garcia has a different idea, all or nothing.
https://www.boxingscene.com/tank-garcia-agree-bet-entire-fight-purse-during-instagram-live-session--173952“Have Al [Haymon, Davis’s adviser] write up the contract,” Davis insisted to an undisclosed team member. “Whoever win get the other fighter’s purse. I’m dead serious. We on the Live right now. We’re betting the whole purse.”
Why the challenge? Simply because Garcia is not getting much money out of this fight. It may be a marketing strategy or he is deadly serious that he wants the part that Davis will earn from this fight.
Around $2.5M will be received by Garcia and $5M for Davis. Well, if I were Davis I may not agree with it. Plus, he does have the upper hand for a rematch while Garcia doesn't have that leverage. But the ego will always win. Let's see if the contract will materialize or if this is all just social media talk to boost their PPV subscribers and get more money.
Who video calls their opponent when the fight is near? It's kind of Brokeback Mountain.