The Lead

The Doomed Instagram Boxer

06.21.2023 - By WonderyPlay

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Back in April, two young fighters -- Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia -- stepped into the ring in Las Vegas to determine the "new face of boxing". But before the first bell even rang, a theory had built in the boxing world that one of these fighters didn't really belong. That one of them was for real, and the other was a phony, about to be exposed in a potentially dangerous fight. Today, we go inside a young man's doomed quest for boxing credibility.

Guest: Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times

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