Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia are barely 48 hours away from stepping through the ropes and into boxing’s ultimate spotlight as the pair meet for the year’s most anticipated match-up.

And it is a fight that deserves its acclaim. This is two fighters who on their path to this point have seduced fans by the method of entertainment which is exactly why their pledge to deliver an all-time classic is one to be believed.

Gervonta’s journey to the current day has been carried out immaculately. A protégé of the Mayweather code, he was drip-fed to audiences who soon validated his mentor’s claims - this was a superstar in the making.

Now, he sits as America’s primary attraction, possessing the ability to pack arenas from coast-to-coast, and deliver on viewing figures north of half a million.

Ryan Garcia’s ride has been, well, different. His ability to attract eyeballs is a direct consequence of being one of the sport’s largest social media personalities. It is a path that epitomises the ever-changing world of sport.

But don’t be fooled, this is a fighter who belongs on the top table. Ryan’s cornerstone of 15 national titles amongst 230 amateur bouts is a nod to the schooling he has had from day dot.

Ever since signing with Golden Boy in 2016, he has mixed his star power with his boxing ability to become one of the game’s hottest properties.

Of course, the pair have had to keep an eye on each other’s progress as their own stories have developed, but if you want to rule the roost, you have to eliminate your rivals, right?

Yet both preceding 30, and with the bulk of their career success to come hereafter, it is in many ways unusual that the pair will cross paths now. In fact, it is a super-fight like nothing we have seen before.

By no means are Gervonta and Ryan the finished articles, yet the enormity of this fight can be likened to those battles we call era-defining. Maybe this generation really are ready to move the sport forward.

Our craving now is for the pair to light the touch-paper and throw some hands. Gervonta promises a seventh-round knockout, Ryan promises a left hook knockout - they say promises never fail, but one of these has to.

Let’s just hope that if we do see the full twelve, there isn’t three mischievous pencils in the waiting.

Sunday’s aftermath will be the time for getting technical. For now, let’s sit back and enjoy what should be an absolute cracker.

Before that though in Wales, a huge good luck to friend of the channel Joe Cordina, who is aiming to become 2x champion of the world this weekend.

It has been a tough time for Joe, who due to injury had to sit and watch his world title change hands. No doubt the fire burns brighter than before as the Olympian looks to seek and destroy Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov.

The key, however, will be to leave all resentment in the changing room. Bad blood can mean bad performances. And, in the very same square he delivered one of 2022’s knockouts of the year, a bad performance against a fighter of Rakhimov’s keep could be costly.

Rakhimov is a top counterpuncher, so the big shot that flattened Ogawa may be hard to come by. But if it does come, then Joe Cordina will be a world champion once again.

Meanwhile, in Poland, Alen Babic goes for Bridgerweight gold against Lukasz Rozanski.

It is a world title belt that has had little activity since Oscar Rivas became inaugural champion in October 2021.

But, expect more activity than ever as Babic prepares to throw down with Rozanski. Both a similar height, build and reach - the  Rzeszow forecast reads WAR.

What a weekend for the sport.

And for those who claim boxing is dead, wake up.

Oscar Bevis