Gervonta Davis: record, next fight and profile →
Gervonta “Tank” Davis is expecting the toughest fight of his career when he moves up by two weight divisions to face undefeated WBA "regular" super lightweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios. The fight will headline a Showtime pay-per-view card on Saturday, June 26, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
Four-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis will take on a career-defining challenge as he sets his sights on capturing a title in a third weight class when he faces undefeated WBA Super Lightweight Champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios in a SHOWTIME PPV main event Saturday, June 26 at the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Canelo Alvarez is universally considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. In some instances, pundits and publications alike have slightly discredited Alvarez’s resume and haven’t listed him in the No. 1 position.
WBC super featherweight champion Oscar Valdez is still riding high after his sensational knockout of heavily favored Miguel "Alacran'' Berchelt. Valdez, now a two-division world champion, is looking for the biggest possibilities out there.
Oscar De La Hoya disputes Devin Haney’s version of why Ryan Garcia didn’t agree to fight him after defeating Luke Campbell. Haney, the WBC world lightweight champion, feels it’s obvious that Garcia ducked him. De La Hoya, whose company promotes Garcia, contends that Haney needs to strengthen his resume before Garcia will consider challenging him, even though Haney holds a 135-pound championship.
By Cliff Rold - Last July, Showtime dropped a grenade in the just rippling lake of pandemic era boxing with a slate of mostly excellent fights meant to carry through the rest of 2020. Rather than announce a fight at a time, Showtime let fans and subscribers know exactly what to expect for a sustained period of time and left the ball in the court of the rest of boxing’s broadcast and streaming arms to deliver their goods.
By Keith Idec - Gervonta Davis’ move up to the 140-pound division is official. Premier Boxing Champions and Showtime announced Thursday that the undefeated Davis will meet Mario Barrios in a Showtime Pay-Per-View main event June 26 at a site to be determined. The four-fight show also will include an intriguing 12-round, 154-pound bout between former IBF/IBO/WBA champ Jeison Rosario and Erickson Lubin.
As much as Oscar Valdez wants to silence Shakur Stevenson, he also is motivated to capitalize financially on his career-changing victory over Miguel Berchelt as much as possible.
Gervonta Davis will now have to speak to charges implicating the boxer in a hit-and-run incident which left four people injured. The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office has charged the unbeaten two-division titlist with 14 counts of traffic violations stemming from a Nov. 2020 hit-and-run in the boxer’s hometown. The most serious charges suggest that Davis allegedly fled the scene of an accident involving bodily injury, along with driving on the highway while his license was suspended and revoked—each of which separately carry a maximum one-year sentence.
Former two-division champion Bernard Hopkins believes lightweight star Ryan Garcia has all of the necessary tools to defeat Gervonta "Tank" Davis. Hopkins is a partner in Golden Boy Promotions, who promote Garcia. Garcia is currently the WBC's interim-champion and could be heading in the direction of a fight with Javier Fortuna.