Tonight, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) defends his WBA lightweight title against WBA super featherweight champion Lamont Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs). A familiar opponent whom he’s faced multiple times in the amateurs. The familiarity between the two has given Roach undue confidence, believing he is the … Read more
#5 Lewis Crocker (21-0, 11 KOs) was saved from a near-certain defeat by referee Marcus McDonnell abruptly disqualifying Paddy Donovan (14-1, 11 KOs) in the eighth round after he dropped Crocker with a perfectly placed right hand, albeit a tad bit after the bell in their IBF welterweight title eliminator on Saturday night at The … Read more
Oscar De La Hoya says it will be physically tough on Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev if they meet for a trilogy match between them next. He says he’d like to see it, but he feels it’ll be tough on both light heavyweights. De La Hoya favors undisputed champion Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) to defeat … Read more
For the people who have ties to the DMV area, this one is for the culture, as the WBA world lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis will defend his title against the WBA super-featherweight champion Lamont Roach Jr, tonight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, live on Amazon Prime PPV. The defending champion Gervonta … Read more
Turki Alashikh responded to Gervonta Davis’ biting remarks to the media this week, telling him that he doesn’t “blame” him. Alalshikh views this as a natural reaction from Tank in response to Terence Crawford bringing in “five times” what he has in his entire career from just two fights [Israil Madrimov and Canelo Alvarez]. In other … Read more
#1 WBO-ranked Xander Zayas says he’s ready to be crowned a world champion at junior middleweight in his next fight. The Top Rank-promoted Zayas (21-0, 13 KOs) is the mandatory for WBO champion Sebastian Fundora, and will likely be elevated if he chooses not to defend against him. It’s not the ideal way for Zayas … Read more
Teofimo Lopez scolded Richardson Hitchins on social media for pricing himself out by demanding $2.5 million+ for a unification fight against him at light welterweight. Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) instead went with the less expensive Arnold Barboza Jr. as his next opponent for Turki Alalshikh’s event on Times Square in New York City on May … Read more
The Ring updated their light heavyweight top 10 rankings, and a few fixes are needed to move the more talented fighters from the bottom towards the top. Undisputed light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is understandably placed as the division’s King. However, as we’ve seen with other weight classes, being the four-belt champion isn’t what it’s … Read more
Liam Wilson and Youssef Dib just threw down in a rematch so violent, so chaotic, that it somehow outdid their first war. From the first bell, it was pure carnage. Wilson came in with bad intentions, dropping Dib twice early and looking like he might end it quick. But Dib wasn’t having it—he dug deep, … Read more
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis returns to the ring tonight after a nine-month layoff to defend his WBA lightweight title against 130-pounder Lamont Roach in the main event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) is in a situation where he has to make the victory look spectacular to get credit from … Read more