Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero (14-1, 12 KOs) says he wants to run it back against WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis after losing by a sixth-round knockout last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York
Tank struggled in the first five rounds, but then caught Rolly with a left hand in the sixth round that floored him.
Shawn Porter thinks Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis took a big risk on Friday with his decision to push Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero off the stage when he briefly positioned himself in front of him to flex for the audience after weighing in.
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis told the media on Wednesday that he feels he’s a “more skilled” than Canelo Alvarez.
Earlier, Tank (26-0, 24 KOs) had said that he was the ‘Canelo of the lightweight division, but the Mexican star’s recent loss seems to have resulted in a change of opinion for the popular WBA ‘regular’ lightweight champion.
Gennadiy Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs) will be looking to take advantage of Dmitry Bivol’s recent one-sided win over Canelo Alvarez to defeat the Mexican superstar for a second consecutive time in their officially announced trilogy match on September 17th on DAZN PPV.
Jose Benavidez Jr. doesn’t believe Jermall Charlo or Caleb Plant will fight his brother David Benavidez because neither of them wants that work.
Former four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr. says Canelo Alvarez made a collosol mistake returning to the 175-lb division to challenge WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol for his title after having competed in that weight class in 2019.
Bob Arum says he was taken by surprise by Bill Haney’s visa problem that popped up this week, preventing him from making the trip to Australia for his son Devin Haney’s June 5th fight against George Kambosos Jr in Melbourne.
Showtime president Stephen Espinoza says undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo has two excellent options for his next fight in undefeated contenders Tim Tszyu and Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora.
IBF/WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs) came through with his power in the tenth round on Saturday night to stop previously undefeated WBO champion Brian Castano (17-1-2, 12 KOs) to become the undisputed champion at 154 in their rematch at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
David Benavidez says he wants to “expose” Jermall Charlo and knock him out after he defeats David Lemieux on May 21st in their headliner on Showtime a the Gala River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.