America’s Youngest Champion Makes First Title Defense On The Road Against No. 1 竞争者 & Local Favorite Walsh
精彩表演拳击锦标赛® 承保范围开始于 6 P.M. AND/3 P.M. PT
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伦敦 (五月 17, 2017) – Gervonta Davis and Liam Walsh participated in public workouts 周三 at the legendary York Hall in advance of 这个星期六的IBF Junior Lightweight World Championship on SHOWTIME from Copper Box Arena in London.
Baltimore’s Davis (17-0, 16 科斯) was joined in the ring during the workout by his promoter and mentor, 历史上伟大的弗洛伊德·梅威瑟. 戴维斯, 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 科斯).
戴维斯VS. Walsh is the opening bout of a unique split-site, four-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event 这个星期六 that begins at 6 P.M. AND/3 P.M. PT在Showtime. 在主要事件, 加里·拉塞尔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 科斯) and José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 科斯) will face off in an IBF Super Middleweight Eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for champion James DeGale. Undefeated Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 科斯) will meet Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 科斯) in a WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator for unified champ Julius Indongo.
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