Oscar De La Hoya wants to make Gervonta Davis ‘a multi-million dollar’ offer to fight Ryan Garcia this year

Oscar De La Hoya appears to be all-in on the highly anticipated fight between undefeated lightweights Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia. De La Hoya said he is prepared to make a fair, valuable deal to book a bad blood battle pitting Davis against Garcia.

De La Hoya drew eyes over the weekend during the four-belt unification bout between George Kambosos and Devin Haney. “The Golden Boy” tweeted that Haney vs. Davis was “the most exciting fight in boxing” despite his client Garcia’s vocal campaign for the Davis fight.

“Obviously, the fight to make is Ryan Garcia vs. Tank Davis,” De La Hoya told CBS Sports. “Ryan Garcia winning July 16 against [Javier] Fortuna will put Ryan Garcia in a position where he has a shot at fighting the very best and that’s Tank Davis. I want to make Tank Davis a multi, multimillion-dollar offer to fight Ryan Garcia, possibly in October or November. So if Tank Davis is listening, let’s make this fight happen… It’s the biggest fight in boxing today.”

Check out the full interview with Oscar De La Hoya below.

De La Hoya’s alleged commitment to booking Davis vs. Garcia should help silence those who think Golden Boy Promotions is sheltering Garcia from tough fights. De La Hoya says a July 16 fight against Javier Fortuna is the stepping stone to Davis.

“You’re going to get your criticism, especially from the boxing fans, because they want to see the best fights take place and they want to see them now,” De La Hoya said. “Unfortunately, Ryan Garcia was dealing with mental health issues and he was off for a while. He had surgery on his right hand recently. So he’s been off for quite a while.

“If Ryan Garcia beats Fortuna at the Crypto Arena on July 16, then we can start talking Tank Davis… Let’s split everything down the middle and then the winner becomes the best fighter on the planet at 135.”

Garcia, 23, returned to the boxing ring in April…