Ohara Davies: record, next fight and profile →
Ohara Davies doesn’t believe that Rolly Romero is injured. The British junior welterweight contender is convinced that Romero’s mysterious absence from the ring is more the result of the polarizing power puncher not being in the right frame of mind to train. Regardless, Davies (25-2, 18 KOs) is
Davies, Barroso Weights Photos Gallery - For his big debut in his new division, undefeated, knockout sensation Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas, is set to fight after a long layoff.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. stepped on the scale and made weight Friday for the first time in 17 months. Ortiz officially weighed in at a career-high 156 pounds, the contracted limit for his 12-round fight Saturday night against Fredrick Lawson at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Chicago’s Lawson stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale
Ohara Davies is nine years younger than Ismael Barroso, who looks considerably older than the Venezuelan veteran’s listed age of 40. Davies dismissed Barroso’s age disadvantage as their 12-round, 140-pound title fight nears, however, because Barroso
Ohara Davies has watched the Rolly Romero-Ismael Barroso fight numerous times. The British junior welterweight contender still isn’t sure what to make of a 140-pound title fight that resulted in Romero’s controversial ninth-round, technical-knockout victory 7½ months ago. Davies respects Barroso and realizes that the
Ismael Barroso has waited for a long time to get a big opportunity, and that opportunity is a few days away. The Venezuelan puncher will face Ohara “Two Tanks” Davies (25-2, 18 KO) on January 6 for the interim-junior welterweight belt of the World Boxing Association.
With less than a month away for the return of undefeated, knockout sensation Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas, who will participate in a 12-round super welterweight fight against Accra, Ghana’s Fredrick "General Okunka" Lawson (30-3, 22 KOs), Golden Boy has finalized the undercard. The event is scheduled to take place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on January 6 and will be broadcast worldwide on DAZN.
Ohara Davies will have to wait a few more weeks for his Golden Boy Promotions debut. A delay in his visa paperwork has forced the British contender to withdraw from this weekend’s planned interim WBA junior welterweight title fight versus Venezuela’s Ismael Barroso. The bout was due to serve as the DAZN-aired chief
Golden Boy has set down the undercard for the return of “King” Ryan Garcia (23-1, 19 KOs), who will face the dangerous knockout artist Oscar “La Migraña” Duarte (26-1-1, 21 KOs) in a super lightweight fight.
As Kenneth “Bossman” Sims, Jr., closes out the 10th year of his professional career, he and his team remain focused on one thing – securing a world title shot. A former amateur standout, Sims’ professional career has certainly gone differently than he planned when he first turned professional in 2014.