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Sean O’Malley Snubs Ryan Garcia in $10M Callout to Gervonta Davis for One Advantage in Boxing Match

Originally posted on EssentiallySports
By Jaideep R Unnithan | Last updated Sep 26, 2025 12:09 AM ET

When it comes to Ryan Garcia, you know he’s back in the business because the number of training videos increases and the comments on social media surge. Jokes apart, Garcia, who underwent right-hand surgery after the shocking loss to Rolando Romero, seems to be gearing up for his next challenge that should hopefully put his career back on track. Clips of him and archrival Devin Haney catching up went viral a few days ago.

Details about his next fight remain unconfirmed. A few who believe in a matchup with him appear to pass him over for a better option, it seems. An interesting conversation saw ‘Suga‘ Sean O’Malley speaking about a potential bout against Ryan Garcia. However, even if offered $10 million, the former UFC bantamweight champion felt a round with Garcia’s archrival, Gervonta Davis, would make more sense. So Ryan Garcia may have to sit on the bench for some more time.

Move, KingRy! Tank’s charging ahead!

O’Malley, who suffered a second consecutive loss to Merab Dvalishvili in June, joined his trainer Tim Welch and former UFC fighter Joe Riggs on Welch’s podcast. As their show drew to a close, Welch asked the Montana-born fighters, “Would Sean accept a boxing match with Ryan Garcia as co-main of Topuria vs. Crawford if the UFC were to offer that?”

Sean O’Malley sighed. For a mouthwatering payout, he might take the risk. So Riggs promptly quizzed – how much would it take to lure him into a fight against Ryan Garcia? O’Malley replied, “I’m thinking like 10 million, but then I’m like, “God, if they said five, I’d be like, nah.”

However, soon he had second thoughts. He realized fighting Garcia would be daunting. So he’d rather put his money on a safer bet. “I don’t know. It’s hard to say. Be a tough**king fight. I’d rather fight Gervonta Davis.” Now that surprised Welch and Riggs. Welch noted that Tank packed a punch, even though he was shorter.

Riggs also felt that perhaps stylistically, Tank would be a better match for Sean O’Malley than Garcia.

Ryan Garcia’s journey to reclaim glory

Garcia and Sean O’Malley were involved in a back-and-forth last year. Following his win over Devin Haney, Garcia called out O’Malley. “RAINBOW CACA BRAIN WANTS TO BOX. BE PREPARED TO BLEED RAINBOW,” he tweeted.

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In response, O’Malley fired back, “They told me you can do a boxing fight, 100 percent, if it makes us enough money. So the option’s there; it just has to be able to make enough money.”

Ryan Garcia would rather focus on his boxing career, which could use some careful attention. He came under scathing scrutiny following the humbling loss to his former sparring partner Rolando Romero. The hand injury and surgery kept him out of the ring for a couple of weeks.

It appears he’s aiming for a rematch with Romero. A win would both boost his confidence and salvage his reputation. There’s another option – Manny Pacquiao. The boxing great came back from retirement and had almost squeezed a win from the champion, Mario Barrios.

Perhaps what many fans are looking forward to is the rematch with Devin Haney. Their last bout ended most ignobly. Inflicting a loss on Haney would go a long way to convince skeptics and take him near the goal that has remained elusive thus far – a world title.

What do you think? Even if hypothetically Sean O’Malley vs. Gervonta Davis is better than a fight against Ryan Garcia?

This article first appeared on EssentiallySports and was syndicated with permission.

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