America’s Youngest Champion Makes First Title Defense On The Road Against No. 1 Contender & Local Favorite Walsh
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Coverage Begins At 6 p.m. A/3 p.m. PT
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LONDÝN (Květen 17, 2017) – Gervonta Davis and Liam Walsh participated in public workouts ve středu at the legendary York Hall in advance of tuto sobotu jeIBF Junior Lightweight World Championship on SHOWTIME from Copper Box Arena in London.
Baltimore’s Davis (17-0, 16 KO) was joined in the ring during the workout by his promoter and mentor, skvělý Floyd Mayweather všech dob. 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 KO).
Davis vs. Walsh is the opening bout of a unique split-site, four-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event tuto sobotu that begins at 6 p.m. A/3 p.m. PT na SHOWTIME. V hlavní události, Gary Russell 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. Nejlepší uchazeči o super střední váhu Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 KO) a José Uzcategui (26-1, 22 KO) se utká v IBF Super Middleweight Eliminator, aby určil povinného vyzyvatele pro šampiona Jamese DeGalea. Neporažený Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KO) se setká s Kirylem Relikhem (21-1, 19 KO) v turnaji WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator pro sjednoceného šampiona Julia Indonga.
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