Gervonta Davis says he’ll be calling his adviser Al Haymon to let him know that he wants to set up a fight against IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Josh Taylor after his next match against Yuriokis Gamboa on December 28.
Gervonta Davis says he’s going to move up to 140 and challenge Josh Taylor (16-0, 12 KOs) for his IBF/WBA light welterweight titles after he takes care of business on December 28th against Yuriorkis Gamboa in Atlanta, Georgia.
Two-time super featherweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis, Mayweather Promotions’ top rising star and boxing’s hottest attraction, will seek to conquer another division and close out the year with a bang when he takes on former unified world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBA Lightweight Title live on SHOWTIME Saturday, December 28 from State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a special year-end Premier Boxing Champions event.
The December boxing schedule is shaping up as being pretty tasty, and pretty full. Another interesting fight that has been floating around for some time has now been confirmed: Gervonta Davis will face Yuriorkis Gamboa on December 28th on Showtime (most likely in Atlanta) – and the vacant WBA lightweight title will be on the line.
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe says Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is the best fighter at super featherweight and lightweight divisions. He also claims that Davis (22-0, 21 KOs) is the biggest payday for the fighters in those weight classes.
New York, NY – Twenty-year-old Devin Haney (23-0, 15 KOs) put on a commanding performance on Friday night at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, stopping formerly unbeaten Zaur Abdullaev (11-1 7 KOs) by 4th round TKO.
Matchroom Boxing USA promoter Eddie Hearn isn’t pleased that Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis has vacated his WBA super featherweight title, and moved up to lightweight without fighting IBF champ Tevin Farmer.
If you ask the experts, who can possibly, maybe, perhaps beat Vasyl Lomachenko, some of them will say the name Gervonta Davis.
Gervonta Davis returned to Baltimore in empathic fashion, defending his WBA Super Featherweight World Championship with a second round technical knockout of mandatory challenger Ricardo Núñez Saturday on SHOWTIME from a sold-out Royal Farms Arena.
Former WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-2, 18 KOs) smashed former three-time WBO super featherweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (30-4-3, 18 KOs) by a second round knockout.