Ohara Davies: record, next fight and profile →
In an action packed co-main event, the U.K.’s Ohara “Two Tanks” Davies (25-2, 18 KOs) of London will make his debut in the U.S. under the Golden Boy Promotions' banner against El Tigre, Venezuela’s Ismael Barroso (24-4-2, 22 KOs).
Rolando Romero will keep his crown. For now. BoxingScene.com has learned that the WBA Medical Committee has reviewed and accepted al records submitted by Las Vegas’s Romero, who will be permitted to keep his junior welterweight title. The ruling comes with two specific caveats:
The WBA has extended its own deadline as the junior welterweight title picture remains at a standstill. Rolando Romero and Ohara Davies continue to wait out the process as Romero’s medical records are still being reviewed by the sanctioning body. The reigning WBA junior welterweight titlist filed for an exemption to delay his mandatory title status, citing an undisclosed injury.
Rolando Romero has until the end of business Monday to either show proof of injury or honor his mandatory title defense obligation. A ruling handed down from the WBA Championships Committee called for a 72-hour period from Friday for the Las
Oscar De La Hoya demands answers on the extended delay surrounding the WBA mandatory 140-pound title fight. The Hall of Fame former six-division titlist is prepared to take legal action to protect the rights of England’s Ohara Davies, the top-rated WBA junior welterweight contender who Golden Boy Promotions signed earlier this spring. Davies was named mandatory challenger to current titlist Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, for which a purse bid hearing was indefinitely
Golden Boy Promotions announced today the signing of No.1- WBA ranked British professional boxer Ohara “Two Tanks” Davies (25-2, 18 KOs). Representing London, Davies is the mandatory WBA Super Lightweight challenger to Rolando “Rolly” Romero.
Ohara Davies will have to wait a little longer for his first career title fight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBA has delayed the previously scheduled purse bid hearing for Davies’ mandatory title shot versus defending junior welterweight titlist Rolando Romero. The matter was previously slotted to
Rolando “Rolly” Romero returned Saturday night to The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the site of his controversial championship win two months ago, resigned to fulfilling his obligation against Ohara Davies.
A purse bid date has been assigned to the Rolando Romero-Ohara Davies clash. WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza confirmed that the sanctioning body will hold a July 24 hearing to determine promotional rights for the mandatory 140-pound title fight.
The Rolando Romero-Ohara Davies WBA junior welterweight title fight will head to a purse bid hearing. BoxingScene.com has learned that the ordered 30-day negotiation period between parties ended without a deal being reached. The two sides had until June 29 to come to an agreement for their mandatory title fight but no real progress