Gervonta Davis: record, next fight and profile →
Gervonta Davis drew the largest viewing audience of his developing career Saturday night. According to data Nielsen Media Research released Tuesday, Showtime’s broadcast of Davis’ second-round technical knockout of Ricardo Nunez was watched by 594,000 viewers at its peak. Their brief bout drew an average audience of 553,000.
BALTIMORE – Gervonta Davis and Tevin Farmer have built up their rivalry through social media and face-to-face arguments that have attracted attention. Floyd Mayweather, Davis’ promoter, thinks there’s now enough interest in a Davis-Farmer fight for it to warrant Davis’ debut on pay-per-view. Mayweather admits he doesn’t how many buys Davis-Farmer would produce, but the most successful pay-per-view attraction in sports history is willing to take that risk next if Farmer accepts a fight with his powerful southpaw from Baltimore.
WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis is hungry to batter Tevin Farmer, the IBF's world champion, in a high stakes unification showdown. Both boxers were in action on Saturday night, coming away with wins and their world titles.
Gervonta Davis Video Interview - Gervonta Davis delivered in his hometown, retaining his WBA super-featherweight title with a second-round TKO of Ricardo Nunez on Saturday. (photos by Sean Michael Ham, Amanda Westcott).
Some 1,400 miles away from where Gervonta Davis delivered an early knockout in front of a capacity hometown crowd, Tevin Farmer opted for the old adage ‘win today, look good the next time’ in his latest title defense.
BALTIMORE – Gervonta Davis didn’t hesitate when asked Saturday night who he wants to face next. The unbeaten WBA “super” 130-pound champion feels he and Tevin Farmer have done enough talking about boxing one another. It’s time that they finally fight.
Baltimore - 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 Nunez Saturday on SHOWTIME from a sold-out Royal Farms Arena.
Gervonta Davis, Ricardo Nunez Fight Photos Gallery - Gervonta Davis delivered in his hometown, retaining his WBA super-featherweight title with a second-round TKO of Ricardo Nunez on Saturday. (photos by Sean Michael Ham, Amanda Westcott).
Gamboa, Davis Fight - Baltimore, Maryland - In the televised co-feature, former two-division world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa turned back the clock with a sensational second round knockout of Roman “Rocky” Martinez.
Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore - For the WBA super featherweight world title, Gervonta Davis (22-0, 21 KOs) stops mandatory challenger Ricardo Nunez (21-3, 19 KOs) in two rounds. Nunez came out coming forward, looking to pressure Davis, who was jabbing and feeling out the style of his opponent. In the second round, the round was going at a decent pace - with Davis rocking Nunez with a hard hook. He unloading with several hard shots while Nunez was pressed against the ropes a moment later - Nunez was in serious trouble, with the referee jumping in to wave off the fight.