Gervonta Davis: record, next fight and profile →
A grudge match of 130-pound southpaws between Baltimore’s WBA “super” champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and IBF counterpart Tevin Farmer is “probably inevitable” and “a meaningful possibility” for 2019, Farmer’s promoter, Lou DiBella told Tha Boxing Voice during a Tuesday podcast hosted by Nestor Gibbs, Ronald Goodall, Michael Gross and Mario Mungia.
If Gervonta Davis doesn’t make weight for his upcoming title defense against Abner Mares, the challenger’s trainer won’t allow him to face Davis. Robert Garcia, Mares’ trainer, told co-hosts Gerry Cooney and Randy Gordon during an episode of their SiriusXM radio show Monday night that they won’t tolerate Davis missing weight again. Davis (20-0, 19 KOs) is scheduled to meet Mares (31-3-1, 15 KOs) in a 12-round, 130-pound title fight February 9 in Carson, California.
Abner Mares distanced himself from an edited obscenity-laced video that appeared on Facebook on Sunday night with his image and a dubbed-over, Spanish-speaking voice directed at upcoming rival Gervonta Davis, calling it a misrepresentation of an English-spoken message he shared paying homage to his supporting fans.
Three-division world champion Abner Mares believes that he's got the right game plan to unseat heavy favorite Gervonta "Tank" Davis for the WBA super featherweight world title. Their contest has been finalized for Saturday, February 9 live on Showtime from the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Leonard Ellerbe believes Gervonta Davis is ready to become boxing’s biggest star. Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, is confident Davis has the fortitude, skills and temperament to separate himself from the rest of the sport’s top young stars. Davis is 20-0 and has knocked out 19 of his professional opponents, but the powerful southpaw will fight for the first time in 9½ months when he squares off against Abner Mares on February 9 in Carson, California.
When southpaw Gervonta Davis makes his initial WBA “super” junior featherweight title defense on February 9 against three-division champion Abner Mares live on Showtime from The StubHub Center near Mares’ native Los Angeles, the 24-year-old Baltimore native looks to emulate the beat-down his promoter and mentor Floyd Mayweather inflicted on Arturo Gatti in June 2005.
New York - Two time super featherweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis (20-0, 19 KO’s) has been out of the ring since he defeated Jesus Cuellar (28-3, 21 KO’s) in April of this year. A stark contrast from his 2017 campaign when he fought three times.
Robert Garcia, trainer for three division champion Abner Mares, is expecting a very big upset on February 9th, when his boxer will challenge WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis. The contest will take place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
WBA “super” junior lightweight titlist Gervonta Davis picks Errol Spence to win a battle of left-handed 147-pound champions by knockout over Terence Crawford, and Spence believes Davis would stop three-division title winner Vasyl Lomachenko in another clash of southpaws.
The WBA's "super" champion at 130-pounds, Gervonta Davis (20-0, 19 KOs), is motivated to headline a pay-per-view event by 2020. Davis wants to ensure 2019 is a very major year for his career, and the first bout of that journey will land on February 9th at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. He's going to face former three division world champion Abner Mares.