Unbeaten two-time super featherweight champion and Baltimore native Gervonta Davis and mandatory challenger Ricardo Núñez both made the 130-pound weight limit a day before they square off Saturday live on SHOWTIME from Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore.
Gervonta Davis 129.5 vs Ricardo Nunez 128.8
Yuriorkis Gamboa 132.5 vs Rocky Martinez 133.5
Ladarius Miller 135.2 vs Jezzrel Corrales 134.4
Malik Hawkins 140.25 vs Johnathan Steele 139.75.
Baltimore-native and two-time super featherweight world champion Gervonta “Tank’ Davis greeted fans in his hometown Wednesday at an open to the public press conference at the Mondawmin Mall as he previewed his upcoming title defense against Ricardo Núñez Saturday, July 27 live on SHOWTIME from Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
Two-time super featherweight champion and Baltimore-native Gervonta “Tank” Davis will defend his WBA title in a championship homecoming against mandatory challenger Ricardo “Cientifíco” Núñez Saturday, July 27 live on SHOWTIME from Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
WBA super-featherweight champ Gervonta Davis looked sensational in blasting out late-sub Hugo Ruiz last night. “Tank” literally ran over the Mexican puncher, stopping him inside a round.
Like many of us, former featherweight champ Barry McGuigan likes what he sees in unbeaten sensation Gervonta Davis. The Irish legend, writing in his regular column for The Mirror, goes as far as to suggest the 24 year old southpaw “may well be the best young fighter out of Baltimore since the great Sugar Ray Leonard.”
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT Live on SHOWTIME
WBA Super Featherweight World Championship Bout – 12 Rounds
Gervonta Davis: 129 ¾*
Hugo Ruiz: 129 ½.
SHOWTIME Sports will present live streaming coverage of fight week events in advance of this Saturday’s Super Featherweight World Championship between undefeated WBA champion Gervonta Davis and former world champion Hugo Ruiz live on SHOWTIME from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.
This Saturday and Sunday night two of the most popular young fighters return in stay busy fights. Gervonta Davis was supposed to face 3-weight champion Abner Mares until Mares pulled out due to a detached retina injury.
Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz International Media Conference Call Transcript.
Kelly Swanson
Thank you everybody for joining this call. I’d like to kick the call off and commend Premier Boxing Champions, Mayweather Promotions, TGB Promotions and SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and the network for saving this really special card that’s going to take place Saturday, February 9.