Category: Gervonta Davis

Gervonta Davis vs Ricardo Nunez (Weign-in)

Mayweather Promotions
Showtime

Venue: Royal Farms Arena
201 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Super Featherweights

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Gervonta “Tank” Davis (21-0,20 KOs) walked out to a roar of screams and shouts as an excited Baltimore crowd welcomed him home. Saturday night, Davis will make history by being the first Baltimore born boxer to defend a world title, in Charm City, since Harry Jeffra in 1940. “Tank” promises to deliver another catastrophic defeat against little known Panamanian (mandatory challenger), Ricardo “El Cientifico” Nunez ( 21-2, 19KOs). Weigh in’s were: Davis 129.5 and Nunez 128.75

 

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Puerto Rican, Roman “Rocky” Martinez (30-3-3,18KOs) came in at 133.5, while his opponent, Cuban Gold Olympic Medalist, Yuriorkis Gamboa (29-2,17 KOs), fared at 134.6. The .06 exceeded the contractual agreement for the bout, forcing Gamboa a 2 hour window to come in at the agreed upon weight limit of 134. Luckily, Gamboa made weight within the contractual two hour window.

Cali’s Davonte McCowen weighed in at 130.6, while his contemporary, Malik Warren tipped the scale 1 pound less, at 129.6

Mexico’s Hector Suarez ( 12-10-2, 6KOs) tipped the scale at 131.6 while, Puerto Rico born Jayson Velez (28-5-1, 20KO) weighed in at 130.2

Lightweights

 

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Panamanian Jezreel “El Invincible” Corrales ( 23-2,9 Kos) weighed in at 134.25. His opponent, Memphis bred, Ladarius “Memphis” Miller(19-1,6KOs) came in at 135.5

Shawn West (3-0,2KOs) weighed in at 139.8. His Staten Island opponent, Kenny Robles (6-1,3KOs) came in at 138.8

Jonathan Steele (9-4-1, 6KOs) weighed in at 139.8. His opponent, Baltimore Native, Malik Hawkins (15-0, 9KOs) scaled at 140.2
Super Flyweights

Samuel Gutierrez (16-23-6, 6KOs) came in at 116.4 on the first weigh in. Gutierrez came in at 116.2 on the reweigh. His opponent, Dylan Price (8-0 6KOs) scales 115.6.

Terrance Harris (0-1) weighed in at an even 134, while his rival, Demichael Harris (0-0) came in at 130.6
Super Lightweight

Mexico’s Luis Avila (8-18, 5KOs) weighed 139.2, while opponent, DC bred, Kareem Martin (12-2-1, 3KOs) topped the scale at 139.8

Super Bantamweight

Houston’s Isau Duenez (1-8-1) came in at 122.2, and Trenton New Jersey’s Jovan Woodard Jr. (0-0) scaled 120.8

Middleweight

Freddy Hernandez (34-11,22KOs) would be weighed 3 times in order to come in at the 160 pound weight limit. First, Hernandez came in at 160.2, the second time at 160.2, then on the 3rd and final scale attempt, he weighed an even 160. His opponent, Immanuel Aleem (18-1-2, 11KOs) came in at 160.2 but, during reached 160 even during the reweigh in.

Adrien Broner vs. Jessie Vargas

Vargas

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York

Jessie Vargas (29-2-1, 10 KOs) fought to a Majority Draw, against Adrien Broner (33-3-1, 24KOs) in a late action pulsed bout.  Vargas used his height to land jabs which took Broner out of his game. He followed up with several body shots which slowed the already cautious Broner.  Vargas would continue to focus on the body which seemed to bother Broner. Vargas built upon his activity up until round 7. In round 7, Broner would adjust his style and land an over hand right which kept Vargas honest.  He would follow up his right with several body shots which secured him the middle rounds.  As Vargas slowed, Broner became more active landing straight rights which resulted in several bruises and a cut over Vargas’ left eye.  In round 10, Broner landed two consecutive uppercuts to close out the round, nearly sending Vargas down. Vargas would recover in round 11, However, Broner would continue to land 1’s and 2’s never going for the knock out. In round 12, Vargas returned to his old form, landing jabs and an over hand right to keep Broner at bay. Vargas would dance and use Broner’s pension for inactivity to cruise to the end of the 12th round. The fight was then ruled a draw 115-113, 114-114, 114-114.

Unbeaten Middleweight Jermall Charlo (27-0, 21 KOs) knocked out Hugo Centeno (26-2, 14 KOs) with a brutal left hook at :55 of round two, to claim the WBC Interim Middleweight Title.  Charlo started off round 1 establishing his flinching jab. Centeno stormed out in round 2 hoping to smother Charlo with his height. To make a long story short, he did not succeed. Charlo answered with to right’s and a left hook over Centeno’s right- which sent Centeno to sleep. Charlo is now the WBC Interim Middleweight Champion, and the number one contender for Gennady Golovkin’s WBC Title.

Gervonta Davis (20-0, 19 KOs), the undefeated super featherweight scored a 3rd round KO over Jesus Cuellar (28-3, 21 KOs). Davis landed a massive right to Cuellar’s body in the, 1st guiding the hard charging Cuellar into retreat mode.  Davis landed another body shot mid-way in the 2nd, hurling Cuellar to the mat. Cuellar answered the count.  As the round progressed, a distressed Cuellar folded into himself for the remainder of the round.  In round three, Davis closed the show with a flurry of uppercuts and body shots forcing Cuellar to the floor for the 2nd time. Seconds later is a depressed Cuellar is guided down again – causing Referee Estevez to call an end to the bout. Time was 2:55/

Female Featherweight Heather Hardy (21-0, 4 KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over Paola Torres (10-3-1, 3 KOs). Scores were 78-74, 78-74, 79-73.

Welterweight Fabian Maidana (15-0, 11 KOs), younger brother of Marcos Maidana, won by a third round corner stoppage against Justin Savi (31-16-2, 21 KOs).