Liam Walsh: record, next fight and profile →
At the request of promoter Floyd Mayweather Jr., Gervonta Davis moved the final week of his training camp from Baltimore to Las Vegas. It motivated Davis to work alongside Mayweather and to have his mentor help him prepare for a title defense in enemy territory. Davis will be in London by Sunday for a mandatory defense of his IBF super featherweight championship against England’s Liam Walsh on May 20.
At the Copper Box Arena, London, next Saturday unbeaten Liam Walsh steps into the ring to challenge one of the youngest Champions in boxing Gervonta Davis. He has the backing of promoter Floyd Mayweather and holds the IBF World Super-Featherweight Title.
Like everyone else, Liam Walsh was impressed with how easily Gervonta Davis handled Jose Pedraza. Davis dominated Pedraza on his way to scoring a sixth-round technical knockout and winning the IBF world super featherweight title January 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. As impressive as Davis was against Pedraza (22-1, 12 KOs), Walsh wants people to realize it’s still too soon to tout the hard-hitting Davis (17-0, 16 KOs) as a future superstar.
When asked why he thinks he’ll beat Liam Walsh, Gervonta Davis didn’t search for some diplomatic response. The unbeaten Baltimore native was blunt. “To be completely honest, I’m just on a whole different level,” Davis said during a conference call Wednesday. “Not to write Liam Walsh off. ‘Oh, he’s a British fighter,’ but I’m on a whole different level right now.”
NEW YORK – America’s youngest world champion, Gervonta Davis, will make his first world title defense in the opening bout and featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. will make his mandatory world title defense in the main event of a split-site, four-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event on Saturday, May 20, live on SHOWTIME at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT*.
Frenchman Hadilah Mohoumadi (22-5-1) won the vacant EBU title tonight (May 5) in Madrid with a unanimous points win against Mariano Hilario (16-6) after twelve hard fought rounds. At the end it was scored 119-017, 114-112 and 115-111. Mohoumadi had a point deducted after pushing Hilario to the ground while Spaniard was down in round eleven.
Liam Walsh hopes hammering WBO Super-Featherweight Champion Gervonta Davis later this month will be a step towards a ‘Battle of Britain’ against Terry Flanagan. Unbeaten Walsh challenges Davis, who is being touted to take his promoter Floyd Mayweather Jr’s mantle as boxing’s number one star, at London’s Copper Box Arena on May 20.
IBF Super-Featherweight World Champion Gervonta Davis has promised to capitalise on any Liam Walsh mistakes when the rivals battle it out at London's Copper Box Arena on May 20, live on BT Sport and BoxNation. The 19-0 Floyd Mayweather protege is deep into his training camp ahead of the first defence of his World Title and is confident he will be returning to the US with his belt.
Undefeated Cromer hero Liam Walsh believes his long-awaited World Title shot against IBF Champion Gervonta Davis has come at the perfect time. Floyd Mayweather protege Davis makes the first defence of his World Title against mandatory challenger Walsh at London's Copper Box Arena on Saturday 20th May, live on BT Sport and BoxNation.
Undefeated WBO Inter-Continental Super-Lightweight Champion Jack Catterall is backing Liam Walsh to dethrone IBF King Gervonta Davis when the pair clash in a blockbuster World Title showdown at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday 20th May, live on BT Sport and BoxNation.