Who scored the finest, most explosively impressive, most memorable KO of 2020? The award for the finest knockout of the 12 months is always one fighters hope to pick up. A lights out KO is often something special, with a perfectly placed punch ending a fight with the speed and grace of a camera flash.… read full article “When It Comes To THE KO Of 2020 A Brutal Uppercut Wins Hands Down”
Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton gave us two thrilling battles back in 2016 and 2017, with the two featherweights ending up even at one win each. The first fight was a modern day classic, with Frampton winning a close decision.… read full article “Should Leo Santa Cruz Retire? Carl Frampton Says So”
Last Saturday’s blockbuster pay-per-view event featuring Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz along with the event’s co-feature, Mario Barrios vs. Ryan Karl, will air on SHOWTIME this Saturday, November 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Below are some stats, accolades and notable tweets coming out of the event.… read full article “Davis vs. Santa Cruz Replay This Saturday on SHOWTIME”
Tank’s performance, like everything else comes with an upside and a potential downside. How he handles both from here will ultimately dictate which is more influential. The end result was the type of punctuation every promoter wants to see in an emerging star.… read full article “VIDEO: Tank’s Victory Places Him Amongst Lightweight Elite, But is he the Best?”
Gervonta “Tank” Davis delivered a Knockout of the Year candidate over four-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz in the most significant fight of his career, retaining his WBA Lightweight title and picking up the WBA Super Featherweight title Saturday night on SHOWTIME PPV® at the Alamodome in San Antonio in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.… read full article “Gervonta Davis scores knockout of the year against Santa Cruz – Boxing Results”
In a highlight-reel knockout, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) scored a vicious sixth-round knockout over Leo Santa Cruz (37-2, 19 KOs) to take his WBA 130-lb title from him on Saturday night in front of a live audience at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.… read full article “Photos: ‘Tank’ Davis KOs Santa Cruz in 6th round”
Leo Santa Cruz says Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis really struggled badly to make the 130-pound weight limit for last Friday’s weigh-in, and he says he looked soft and unconfident when he saw him up close.
Tank (23-0, 22 KOs) made the weight in weighing in at 129 3/4 pounds, but he looked small and dried out as an old prune from the dehydration.… read full article “Santa Cruz: Tank Davis looks soft and unconfident”
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis quieted the critics in weighing in successfully at 129.8 pounds. WBA super featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz weighed in at 129.6 lbs for their much-anticipated fight this Saturday on October 31st, on Showtime PPV at the Alamodome in San Anton, Texas.… read full article ““Tank” Davis and Leo Santa Cruz make weight for Saturday”
SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streaming coverage of fight week events featuring three-time world champion Gervonta Davis and four-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz ahead of their blockbuster SHOWTIME PPV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) main event battle for the WBA Super Featherweight and WBA Lightweight Championships.… read full article “Watch LIVE: Gervonta Davis – Leo Santa Cruz Weigh In Results & Livestream”
The biggest topic for Saturday nights Showtime PPV headliner between Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz is how each fighter’s body will react in the ring to the 130-pound division. Gervonta has struggled to keep his weight down out of training camp and lost his title back in 2017 because he couldn’t shed enough to make junior lightweight.… read full article “Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz: Weight and See”