Why Ryan Garcia's 'dare to be great' attitude was one of the top reasons fight with Gervonta Davis was made

Despite difficult negotiations on both sides, 'King Ry' made it clear it was this fight next or nothing to his team

If there was a single moment when Oscar De La Hoya, the Hall-of-Fame boxer and promoter of lightweight superstar "King" Ryan Garcia, was first convinced his fighter was destined for greatness, it came two years ago against Luke Campbell.

Garcia, then just 22, was dropped hard by a clean left hand in Round 2 yet rose from the canvas to finish Campbell in Round 7 with a body shot that sent the former Olympic gold medalist into retirement at age 33. 

"It's the way he recuperated and got back up, I saw that fire in his eye," De La Hoya told "Morning Kombat" on Monday. "It's very rare in boxing. You either get dropped and you fold or you come back up and you fight harder than ever with fire in your eyes. That's exactly what I saw in Ryan."