Barring any unexpected late snags, Ryan Garcia (above with trainer Joe Goossen), will fight Gervonta Davis on April 15 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Tom Hogan/Golden Boy Promotions via Getty Images) On Nov. 17, both Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia took to social media to announce that they’d agreed to fight each other in what all in the sport agree will be a mega-fight at super lightweight if it goes forward. Davis went so far on Twitter to say the fight was “signed sealed delivered…done.” But… Source link
Read More »Boxer Gervonta Davis set for Dec. trial after judge rejects plea deal for 2020 hit-and-run
Boxer Gervonta Davis and his lawyer are headed to trial on Dec. 12 after a judge rejected a plea deal in the case of a 2020 hit-and-run crash in Baltimore. In a hearing on Tuesday, Judge Melissa Phinn rejected the deal offered by prosecutors, which included a one-year suspended sentence, two months of home confinement, and zero jail time. Davis, 27, had already accepted that deal, which was not the first one he was offered. Prosecutors originally proposed a plea deal that included four months… Source link
Read More »Ryan Garcia dismantles Javier Fortuna, calls out Gervonta Davis for potential superfight at 140 pounds
Ryan Garcia looked fantastic Saturday in his 6-round destruction of Javier Fortuna in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Four years ago, Ryan Garcia, Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis were all fledgling lightweights with oversized personalities who were overflowing with talent. Speed, power, quickness, intelligence, charisma, punching accuracy, courage — you name it, this quartet had it all. And now they’re in their primes and it’s time for them to be the modern version… Source link
Read More »Gervonta Davis puts top lightweights on notice with KO
On June 4 in Melbourne, Australia, George Kambosos Jr. and Devin Haney will fight for the undisputed lightweight title. But no matter who wins, the identity of the world’s best lightweight will be very much in dispute. Gervonta “Tank” Davis made his statement on Saturday at the Barclays Center in New York, and it was a loud, emphatic one: He knocked out Rolando Romero with a crushing counter left hand with 21 seconds remaining in the sixth round. Now, boxing being so disorganized and… Source link
Read More »Gervonta Davis beats Isaac Cruz despite hand injury
Gervonta Davis got a fight on Sunday. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images) Gervonta Davis might have defeated Isaac Cruz, but there was at least one upset in the ring Sunday night. It was the judges filling their whole scorecard. Davis, the undefeated knockout artist who could soon be boxing’s next big thing, defeated the challenger Cruz by unanimous decision — 116-112, 115-113, 115-113 — at Staples Center, his first fight to go the distance since October 2014. And even that fight was… Source link
Read More »Gervonta Davis stops Santa Cruz with KO of the Year
Leo Santa Cruz showed up to the Alamodome intending to throw down with one of boxing’s scariest knockout artists. Gervonta Davis responded in kind and delivered the type of dramatic ending that fans crave. The 9,000 or so socially distanced fans in attendance in San Antonio, Texas, witnessed an explosive main event filled with non-stop action as Santa Cruz and Davis engaged in a firefight. Santa Cruz looked good early and won the first two rounds on two of the judges’ scorecards. But Davis… Source link
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