Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) captured the vacant WBA secondary lightweight title on Saturday night with a 12th round knockout win over Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-3,18 KOs) at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
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WBA Vacant Lightweight World Championship
Gervonta Davis – 134 ¾ lbs.
Boxing’s hottest attraction, Gervonta “Tank” Davis, and former unified champion Yuriorkis Gamboa, went face to face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they battle for the vacant WBA Lightweight Title this Saturday, December 28 live on SHOWTIME from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
As Jean Pascal prepares to defend his WBA Light Heavyweight Title, the two-time world champion shared an update from his training camp in Puerto Rico as he prepares to take on two-division champion Badou Jack Saturday, December 28 live on SHOWTIME from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
More tickets are now available for the December 28 event at the award-winning State Farm Arena that is headlined by boxing’s hottest attraction Gervonta “Tank” Davis taking on former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in the first world title fight in Atlanta since 1998.
Two-division world champion Badou Jack showed off his skills and previewed his upcoming title fight at a Las Vegas media workout Tuesday as he prepares to take on WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Jean Pascal Saturday, December 28 live on SHOWTIME from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-2, 18 KOs) is going to need to get young awfully quick for him to have a shot at beating two-time former super featherweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (22-0, 21 KOs) in their fight on SHOWTIME on December 28 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Two-time super featherweight champion Davis will take on former unified world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBA Lightweight World Championship as the 24-year-old Davis looks to conquer another division.
Unbeaten Polish star and Brooklyn native Adam Kownacki (20-0, 15 KOs) earned a unanimous decision over Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (38-6-1, 33 KOs) in an all-action brawl in front of his hometown fans that headlined FOX PBC Fight Night main event and on FOX Deportes Saturday night from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
Heavyweights Adam Kownacki and Chris Arreola went to war on Saturday night in a that smashed the CompuBox record for most punches landed.