Leo Santa Cruz: record, next fight and profile →
By Keith Idec - Leo Santa Cruz casually mentioned that training camp was going great during a virtual press conference Tuesday. His brother, Antonio, has been doing the bulk of the physical training with him. Their father, Jose, has been overseeing the operation. It has been business as usual for the Santa Cruz clan as they prepare for the biggest fight of Leo’s life, a Show...
SHOWTIME Sports will chronicle the buildup to the battle for championships in two weight divisions between Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz with a new installment of the Emmy Award-winning series ALL ACCESS. The two-part series premieres Friday, October 16 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME with episode two premiering Friday, October 23, in advance of the four-fight SHOWTIME PPV® event on Saturday, October 31.
Assuming they don’t fight to a draw, Gervonta Davis or Leo Santa Cruz will leave the ring October 31 with world titles in two weight classes. Davis and Santa Cruz believe that the winner of their Showtime Pay-Per-View main event also should earn more esteem among fans and media. They agreed during a virtual press conference Tuesday that whoever emerges victorious from their 12-round, 130-pound title fight deserves a place on pound-for-pound lists.
Gervonta Davis was barely into his first year as a pro and hardly on the radar of Floyd Mayweather Jr. when they first met back in 2013. Something about that photo opportunity, however, told the now retired former pound-for-pound and box-office king that a future world champion was in his presence. It didn’t take much longer than that to sense that such talent could one day parlay into a box-office attraction.
Gervonta Davis delivered a message Tuesday to the skeptics suspecting he’ll have another problem at the scale October 30. “Gervonta Davis definitely will make the weight,” Davis told Showtime’s Brian Custer during a virtual press conference to promote his fight against Leo Santa Cruz on October 31 at Alamodome in San Antonio.
Tickets to the first major boxing event in the United States that’ll allow fans since the COVID-19 pandemic began will go on sale Monday. Premier Boxing Champions announced Friday afternoon that tickets to the Gervonta Davis-Leo Santa Cruz card October 31 at Alamodome in San Antonio will be released in “pods.” Tickets, which should be available in blocks of two and four per customer, can be bought by visiting ticketmaster.com, starting at 10 a.m. CT.
The next major boxing Pay-Per-View event is officially on the move. Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz now have a new date and a firm location for their anticipated two-belt title fight showdown. Their originally scheduled October 24 Showtime PPV headliner will now take place one week later, moving to October 31 and to take place at The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, three sources with intimate knowledge of the development confirmed to BoxingScene.com on Wednesday.
UNCASVILLE, Connecticut – The Gervonta Davis-Leo Santa Cruz undercard is now complete. BoxingScene.com has learned that two fights that were supposed to be part of the Showtime Pay-Per-View event Saturday night at Mohegan Sun Arena have been placed on the Davis-Santa Cruz card.
Leo Santa Cruz is embracing the underdog mentality ahead of his junior lightweight fight against Gervonta Davis on Oct. 24 on Showtime pay per view. Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) will be fighting for just the second time at 130, while Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) will be dropping back down from 135 after making his division debut as a lightweight in December.
Gervonta “Tank” Davis knows that he will have to use brute strength to bulldoze his way through Leo Santa Cruz when the two meet Oct. 24 on Showtime pay per view. Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) has consistently displayed one of the highest punch outputs in the sport year-over-year, and Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) recognizes that in order to remain undefeated, he might need to reach back into his well-regarded bag of knockout tricks.