America’s Youngest Champion Makes First Title Defense On The Road Against No. 1 Претендент & Local Favorite Walsh
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP Бокс® Coverage Begins At 6 p.m. И/3 p.m. PT
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LONDON (Май 17, 2017) – Gervonta Davis and Liam Walsh participated in public workouts в сряда at the legendary York Hall in advance of тази съботаIBF Junior Lightweight World Championship on SHOWTIME from Copper Box Arena in London.
Дейвис Балтимор (17-0, 16 Нокаута) was joined in the ring during the workout by his promoter and mentor, all-time great Floyd Mayweather. Davis, who became America’s youngest reigning world champion in January, will make the first defense of his IBF belt on the road against undefeated No. 1 contender and local favorite Walsh (21-0, 14 Нокаута).
Дейвис срещу. Walsh is the opening bout of a unique split-site, four-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event тази събота that begins at 6 p.m. И/3 p.m. PT на SHOWTIME. В основното събитие, Гари Ръсел Jr. will make the second defense of his WBC Featherweight World Championship against mandatory challenger Oscar Escandon from MGM National Harbor just outside of Washington, D.C.
Two world title eliminators will round out the quadrupleheader. Top super middleweight contenders Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 Нокаута) and José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 Нокаута) will face off in an IBF Super Middleweight Eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for champion James DeGale. Undefeated Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 Нокаута) will meet Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 Нокаута) in a WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator for unified champ Julius Indongo.
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