Manny Pacquiao isn’t the only ageing lower-weight fighter who is able to astonish us all by throwing punches as fast as a man around half his age.
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.
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.
Two-time super featherweight champion and Baltimore native Gervonta “Tank” Davis went face to face with mandatory challenger Ricardo Núñez Thursday at the final press conference before Davis defends his WBA title in his hometown this Saturday from Royal Farms Arena in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Former world champions Yuriorkis Gamboa and Roman “Rocky” Martínez will battle in a 10-round lightweight attraction while lightweight contender Ladarius “Memphis” Miller meets former world champion Jezreel “El Invisible” Corrales in a 10-round showdown live on SHOWTIME Saturday, July 27 from Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Both men are well into their 30s, both have been inactive as of late and both men need to win: Yuriorkis Gamboa and Roman Martinez, who will clash in Baltimore on July 27th.
Yuriorkis Gamboa seemed to be headed towards star status, maybe even superstar status. When he burst onto the scene, showing off his incredible speed, his razor-sharp reflexes, his sheer aggression and his formidable punching power, the featherweight/super-featherweight was leaving audiences in awe.
Last night in Miami, veteran former champions Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel Lopez scored wins that set up a March/April clash between the Cuban and the Puerto Rican.
Yuriorkis Gamboa 135.25 vs Miguel Beltran 136.8
Juanma Lopez 134.8 vs Cristian Mino 134.6.
“REDEMPTION IN MIAMI” fight card, headlined by four-time world champion in three weight divisions and Olympic Gold Medalist YURIORKIS GAMBOA will take place Saturday, November 10 at the MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FAIR EXPO CENTER, in Miami, Florida and will be available live on pay per view, beginning at 9 pm ET / 6pm PT.