Over the weekend in Brooklyn (New York, USA) in the main event of the evening from RVS Al Haymon, WBA World lightweight champion American Gervonta “Tank” Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) knocked out mandatory challenger compatriot Rolando “Rolly” Romero (14-1, 12 KOs) in the 6th round.
Six for cricket. Davis punished Romero — report from WMMAA
A contender from the USA, Ryan Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs), came to see a potential opponent with his own eyes. True, then he became interested in playing on camera and lost 20 thousand USD to the unified welterweight champion American Errol Spence – he decided to bet Romero on victory.
Ryan Garcia bet Errol Spence $20,000 that Rolly Romero would beat Gervonta Davis…
[ @ErrolSpenceJr] pic.twitter.com/BcMVmdR4tJ
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) May 29, 2022
After the fight, Garcia of course challenged Gervonte, promising to fight him in December. Champion promoter Leonard Ellerbee (Mayweather Promotions)
doesn’t believe in it: “But you don’t need all this. Understand, Garcia doesn’t want this fight. Only a few people believe in Ryan. And some TV people, like Chris Mannix, fill everyone with what kind of Garcia is an incompetent killer. In fact, he is a really good fighter, I respect him. But he does not want to fight with “Tank”. Otherwise, he would have already put pressure on Golden Boy Promotionsso that they give him this duel. Just a reminder that I have already tried twice to bring them together in the ring. It’s funny that then the reporters shout that it is supposedly “Tank” that is avoiding rivals. I don’t want to discuss contract issues. But Davis is still with us.”
According to Ellerbee, Garcia can’t even handle Romero: “I think Rolly would have knocked him out in three rounds. I have no doubt at all that Romero is the #2 fighter in the division. But “Tank” is not just good. This is a special fighter. Name me another dude who knows how to box and punch just as powerfully. “Tank” is an almost perfect fighter. He knows how to do everything at a very, very high level. And now he has more experience. But if you look at the rest of the division, I would bet on “Rolly” – a very powerful devil. If you have nothing to keep him, then he will simply move you. Why did Garcia, Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson attend the Tank fight? Out of respect. They are all excellent fighters, but “Tank” does not go to their fights. He has no need … Think of the rest yourself … “
It’s funny that Lopez has already challenged Davis: “Get up to me, the light weight has already died out.” At the same time, they say that “Tank” already has the next rival – they call him “Ali”.
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