So, Ryan Garcia wants a rematch with Gervonta Davis. How original. The reaction online? Predictable. Lots of noise and feelings and little to do with what's real.

X blew up with replies, quotes flying everywhere, and people getting all nostalgic. But guess what? Nothing really changed. It wasn't a fight announcement. It wasn't even a hint at talks happening. It was like Garcia was reminding everyone of that one night he felt like he was the man in boxing.

Careers Gone Sideways

Here's the kicker: Garcia is nowhere near where he was when he fought Davis.

Since that loss, his career's been going downhill. Rolando Romero stopped him, which was a bad look given Romero's rep. Before that, Garcia was suspended for a year, keeping him out of the ring when he needed to be in it. He never got his groove back. He seemed lost.

Barrios Won't Fix It

Now, he's fighting Mario Barrios at welterweight in February 2026. Most people think it's a safe fight to stay relevant without facing the big dogs in the division. But even then, it's no sure thing. Barrios might be the weakest champ at 147, but Garcia hasn't been looking good lately, so who knows? He might lose. Plenty of people think he will.

That's what you need to know when he calls for a rematch. Garcia isn't calling from a place of power. He's calling from a place of weakness.

Big Names, Easy Fights

He's not acting like a fighter trying to get to the top anymore. He's acting like a brand trying to stay relevant. Look at the names he brings up: Devin Haney, Conor Benn, and Davis again. Big names, big platforms, big paydays. He doesn't have to earn anything the tough way.

He avoids the fights that actually mean something in the welterweight division—the hungry guys, the relentless fighters, and the young guys from nothing who are willing to do anything to win. They don't bring the hype or the clicks. But they will beat fighters who aren't fully committed, aren't fully in it, and aren't desperate enough.

Garcia's loaded now, probably worth around $50 million. He trains mostly at home in his fancy California mansion, with some gym time and good sparring partners. It's not like he's not training hard, but he's living in a bubble. He's comfortable. It's all managed.

That's a problem in a sport where being hungry still means more than looking good.

Comfort Beats Urgency

People are starting to see Garcia as more of a celebrity fighter than a straight-up boxer. It's not that he's not talented or has never worked hard. It's that his priorities have changed. Boxing's become something he does, not something he needs.

That's when you start thinking about Jake Paul, who's gone even further down that road. He picks his fights carefully, focuses on the story, and protects his brand. Garcia's still somewhat in the real boxing world, but he picks and chooses when.

The Davis rematch call makes sense when you look at it that way. We brought the OG super fight back for one night, Garcia wrote. He's not talking about future fights. He's talking about the past. He's talking about staying relevant. He's reminding fans, promoters, and TV people that he was once a big deal and he could be again if the right opponent shows up.

Relying on the Past

But boxing doesn't care about what happened in the past, at least not for long.

Garcia doesn't seem like he could beat the top welterweights right now. He hasn't changed his style. He hasn't gotten more disciplined. We don't know if he can handle the weight at 147. The sport's moved on, and the division's full of fighters who don't care about his followers or what he did one night.

Chasing a Ghost

That's why the rematch talk feels hollow. Davis isn't interested. Garcia has no leverage. There's no way it's happening. No one on the other side cares. It's just one fighter talking to the crowd, and the crowd talking back—loudly, nostalgically, but without anything actually happening.

Ryan Garcia isn't trying to get a fight with Gervonta Davis. He's trying to get back to the version of himself that boxing respected. And unless he changes things fast—not on social media, but in the ring—that version isn't coming back.

After Jake Paul's loss last weekend, his mom, Pam, said she'd like to punch Anthony Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn.

Paul managed to hang in there for the early part of the fight in Florida against Joshua, who used to be a heavyweight champ.

But Joshua eventually won with a knockout, leaving Jake with a broken jaw.

Pam Stepnick, the mother of Jake and Logan Paul (the YouTubers), praised Joshua for how he acted after the fight.

She said Joshua made his way through the crowd to apologize to her for how the fight ended.

But Pam wasn't happy with Joshua's promoter, Hearn, who she thought looked smug after the fight.

Jake Paul's mom said Anthony Joshua apologized after beating her son last weekend.

Pam Stepnick had good things to say about Joshua but called out his promoter, Eddie Hearn.

She said Hearn, on the right, looked smug and that she wanted to punch him.

"I want to get in the ring and punch Eddie Hearn, because I don't like his smug face," she said on the Impaulsive podcast.

He thinks he's better than everyone.

Jake's struggling over there, and he's sitting there smiling like he's gotten away with something.

Did he even get in the ring?

When asked if she thought Hearn was happy with what happened to Jake, she kept criticizing Hearn.

Of course, that's sickening to me. "I don't like it," Pam said.

Even Anthony Joshua had some class and apologized.

He came through the crowd and said, 'Mum, it's just boxing. It's just the fight game.'

Paul reportedly broke his jaw in the fight against Joshua last week.

Logan Paul admitted that it was the fight game and that his brother might have bitten off more than he could chew.

This isn't the first time Jake Paul's mom has spoken out about her son's fights.

She once said she wanted to kill Mike Tyson after he slapped her son before their fight last year.

Paul reportedly has a broken jaw on the right side, as well as a fracture to the body of the mandible.

Because the fracture goes through the roots of Paul's teeth, he'll probably need dental implants. This will take about three months after the fractures heal.

Paul might also need crowns fitted to the implants, which usually takes another six to seven months. So, it could be at least nine months before he gets back to 90% of his jaw strength.

Paul and Joshua reportedly shared £140m from the fight last weekend.