Gervonta Davis: record, next fight and profile →
The odds makers might list IBF Super-Featherweight king Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis as a prohibitive 3-1 on favourite ahead of his maiden and mandatory defence against Cromer’s Liam Walsh at The Copper Box Arena in Hackney Wick on May 20th.
LONDON – America’s youngest world champion, Gervonta Davis, and undefeated No. 1 contender Liam Walsh both tipped the scale at the 130-pound limit during Friday’s official weigh-in at the 133-year-old Theatre Royal Stratford East for Saturday’s IBF Junior Lightweight World Championship on SHOWTIME.
Gervonta Davis was overweight twice Friday in London for his first defense of the IBF super featherweight title. Baltimore's Davis (17-0, 16 KOs) was two ounces overweight on his first attempt. He had two full hours to come back to the British Boxing Board of Control scale to meet the 130-pound limit for his fight Saturday night against Liam Walsh. He didn't use all of the alloted time, apparently because he thought he would make weight the second time. Davis still didn't meet the 130-pound limit and seemed stunned by the result on the scale.
Even though my heart and a hefty percentage of my head is telling me Liam Walsh will become our latest world champion on Saturday night, what I do know for sure is that he is going to have his work cut out to unseat Gervonta Davis as the IBF world super featherweight champion. Nothing is going to be straightforward or come easy and I would imagine there will be a few twists and turns over the 12 rounds before winner is declared.
Floyd Mayweather was involved in heated exchanges with Liam Walsh's brothers as a press conference to promote the Briton's world title bout against Gervonta Davis turned ugly. In his promoter's guise, America's Mayweather is accompanying his protege and compatriot Davis in London, where he makes the first defence of his IBF super-featherweight title on Saturday.
IBF Junior Lightweight World Champion Gervonta Davis, undefeated No. 1 contender Liam Walsh and promoter Floyd Mayweather got into a jarring session during Thursday’s final press conference at Landmark Hotel in London just two days before Saturday’s world title clash on SHOWTIME from Copper Box Arena.
Mayweather trades words with Walsh brothers video - Gervonta Davis from Baltimore, USA, makes the first defence of his IBF junior-lightweight belt when he meets mandatory challenger Liam Walsh from England at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday night.
By Cliff Rold - When watching him fight, the thing that jumps out is often best seen between rounds. It’s the eyes. There is a focus to 22-year old Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 KO) that is hard to miss. His game is still refining, but inside he’s one of the more accurate fighters in the game. He sees the target and wears...
Mayweather, Davis Workout Photos Gallery - LONDON – Gervonta Davis and Liam Walsh participated in public workouts on Wednesday at the legendary York Hall in advance of this Saturday’s IBF Junior Lightweight World Championship on SHOWTIME from Copper Box Arena in London.
Liam Walsh was as surprised as anyone the night of January 14. The unbeaten British super featherweight contender thought Jose Pedraza would beat Gervonta Davis. He thought Puerto Rico’s Pedraza would remain undefeated and retain his IBF 130-pound championship against a powerful, talented opponent who hadn’t really beaten anyone worth noting.