Gervonta Davis confirmed today that his next fight will take place in December in Houston, Texas. He didn’t say who he would fight, but the WBA has already let the cat out of the bag.
They revealed that they have given permission to Lamont Roach, who is the super featherweight champion, to move up to lightweight to challenge Tank for the belt.
Fans on social media are not happy with the selection of Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) who challenged Tank (30-0, 28 KOs), as he lacked power and looked ugly last November in Las Vegas. , defeating former Davis opponent Hector Garcia, via a 12-round split decision.
“DECEMBER, Houston #TheONE #LongLiveBABYFRANK,” said Gervonta Davis on Instagram, making it clear that he will fight next December in Houston.
Tank Davis’ third Super Featherweight opponent
This is the third time Tank Davis has chosen a 130-lb star to fight at lightweight since 2020. He defeated Leo Santa Cruz and Hector Garcia, both of whom were dropped from the super featherweight division to face Tank for the WBA. lightweight article.
It is believed that the PBC will use the WBC interim light heavyweight champion David Benavidez to attract PPV buys for the Tank vs. Roach by sticking him in a joint feature and marketing that angle to attract fans turned off by a disappointing main event. However, Benavidez is expected to face #14 WBC Jesse Hart as his opponent.
That’s not a PPV level opponent to make phone sitters want to dig deep into their wallets to shell out $75.95 to order an event from PBC on Prime Video PPV. That’s all they have that will interest the fans.
They won’t match Benavidez with ‘regular’ WBA light heavyweight champion David Morrell because he might lose. That will ruin Benavidez’s chances of fighting the winner of the October 12 fight between light heavyweight champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
Gervonta Davis Confirms his next fight in Houston in December‼️ pic.twitter.com/s27eNtAi2O
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Last updated on 10/02/2024
