Gervonta Davis: record, next fight and profile →
Mario Barrios is confident that the best available version of Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis will show up for tonight's fight. The unbeaten San Antonio native is equally confident of scoring his biggest win to date.
Gervonta Davis is expecting his next fight to go a lot like the night he first fought for a major title. The unbeaten knockout artist from Baltimore moves up two weight divisions for his next fight, a showdown with undefeated secondary WBA junior welterweight titlist Mario Barrios. The bout takes place Saturday evening on Showtime Pay-Per-View from State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
ATLANTA – Batyr Akhmedov wasn’t surprised when he learned Gervonta Davis agreed to fight Mario Barrios for a title Akhmedov believes he should own.
Gervonta Davis has felt comfortable competing against bigger sparring partners in the gym these past couple months. The 130-pound and 135-pound champion admits, though, that he doesn’t know exactly what to expect when, without headgear and while wearing smaller gloves, he encounters a significantly taller, heavier opponent Saturday night. Whatever happens when he meets Mario Barrios in their 12-round, 140-pound title fight at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Davis would prefer to return to the lightweight division or even the junior lightweight limit after he battles Barrios.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes three division world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, is looking for the biggest fight possible in his next outing. Before he discusses the future, Lomachenko has to get past dangerous opponent Masayoshi Nakatani at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
By Cliff Rold - The mission of the team around Gervonta Davis has been clear. Put butts in seats. Create a pay-per-view star. The former they’ve been doing with regularity in multiple stops across the United States. Last October, they made their first play for the latter and with pay-per-view the in-ring risk is escalating.
Gervonta Davis, Mario Barrios Official Weights Photos Gallery - Four-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and WBA Super Lightweight Champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios went face-to-face Friday at the official weigh-in before they meet in the SHOWTIME PPV main event this Saturday, June 26 from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Amanda Westcott, Sean Michael Ham)
ATLANTA – This was nothing like Gervonta Davis’ previous trip to the scale the day before a main event at State Farm Arena. Davis made the 140-pound limit on his first attempt Friday afternoon for his 12-round title fight against Mario Barrios. The significantly taller Barrios also made weight on his initial try for their Showtime Pay-Per-View main event Saturday night.
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe was alongside Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s flawless ride fighting his way to becoming a five-division champion. Ellerbe is spearheading another similar operation with intent to guide Gervonta Davis in becoming a champion across multiple divisions.
LAS VEGAS – It’s cute. That’s Teofimo Lopez’s perspective on Gervonta Davis moving up two divisions to challenge Mario Barrios for his secondary WBA 140-pound championship on Saturday. The undefeated, unified lightweight champion claims he knows the real reason Davis decided to take his next fight at junior welterweight rather than the lightweight division within which he also holds a WBA secondary championship.