America’s Youngest Champion Makes First Title Defense On The Road Against No. 1 Contender & Local Favorite Walsh
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לאָנדאָן (מייַ 17, 2017) – Gervonta Davis and Liam Walsh participated in public workouts אויף מיטוואך at the legendary York Hall in advance of דעם שבת סIBF Junior Lightweight World Championship on SHOWTIME from Copper Box Arena in London.
Baltimore’s Davis (17-0, 16 קאָס) was joined in the ring during the workout by his promoter and mentor, all-time great Floyd Mayweather. דייוויס, 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 קאָס).
דייוויס ווס. Walsh is the opening bout of a unique split-site, four-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event דעם שבת that begins at 6 פּ.ם. און/3 פּ.ם. פּט אויף שאָוטיים. אין די הויפּט געשעעניש, גערי רוססעלל דזשוניער. will make the second defense of his WBC Featherweight World Championship against mandatory challenger Oscar Escandon from MGM National Harbor just outside of Washington, ד.ק.
Two world title eliminators will round out the quadrupleheader. Top super middleweight contenders Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 קאָס) and José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 קאָס) will face off in an IBF Super Middleweight Eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for champion James DeGale. Undefeated Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 קאָס) will meet Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 קאָס) in a WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator for unified champ Julius Indongo.
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