NEW YORK – Gervonta “Tank” Davis has observed the exodus of pound-for-pound peers to Saudi Arabia and firmly stood his ground in the U.S. Davis watched as rival and four-division champion Terence Crawford became the first to headline an American card in August. He saw the sport’s most popular fighter, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, shrug off Turki Alalshikh’s boast that a UFC bout he was backing in September would “bury” the Mexican star’s Las Vegas card, only to be in business with him five months later. And he looked on as David Benavidez boarded a flight to attend Saturday’s light heavyweight championship bout in Riyadh. On Saturday night in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, Baltimore’s WBA lightweight titleholder Davis, 30-0 (28 KOs), is content producing the most lucrative live boxing gate in the
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NEW YORK — Abdullah Mason put a frightening beating on Manuel Jaimes, knocking out a game but outgunned fighter who had just gone the distance with Rolando Romero. Mason put Jaimes down four times in four rounds before referee David Fields stopped their eight-round scheduled lightweight fight at the 1:55 mark. The fight was on the preliminary undercard of Denys Berinchyk-Keyshawn Davis at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. While Mason’s last bout in November was among the best brief shootouts in recent history – a two-round win over Yohan Vasquez in which both men hit the canvas – this match was mostly one-way traffic in favor of the 20-year-old Mason, who is now 17-0 (15 KOs). Mason showed patience and worked behind his jab, hurting
Oleksandr Usyk has become the new undisputed heavyweight champion, but he will soon lose one of his belts. Usyk, aged 37, defeated Tyson Fury in a thrilling match in Saudi Arabia, with a split decision of 115-112, 113-114, 114-113. However, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) will strip Usyk of his title. Filip Hrgovic, the IBF’s […]