Gervonta ‘Tank Davis places his good document on the road towards Frank Martin in a light-weight title struggle tonight in Las Vegas. Martin, 29, is coming to Dethrone, the Baltimore native Tank, on this conflict, and it will likely be fascinating to see if he can pull off the upset.
B247 can be giving stay updates and outcomes under of tonight’s motion:
David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) obtained off to a successful observe in his debut at gentle heavyweight, defeating former WBC 175-lb champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-2, 16 KOs) by a lopsided 12-round unanimous choice. The scores had been:
– 116-112– 117-111– 119-109
Benavidez light after six rounds and was dominated in rounds 7-12 by Gvozdyk, the busier fighter of the 2. The struggle ought to have been a draw, however the judges scored it for the star.
Alberto Puello (23-0, 10 KOs) beat Gary Antuanne Russell (17-1, 17 KOs) by a 12 spherical break up choice to win the WBC interim gentle welterweight title. The scores had been 118-109 for Antuanne Russell, 115-112, and 114-113 for Puello.
It was fascinating how the decide that had it for Russell might have had it so huge as a result of it was an in depth struggle, and Puello obtained the higher of the motion together with his superior boxing expertise. Russell, who got here into the struggle unbeaten, obtained uncovered tonight.
Making his first protection of his WBC middleweight title, champion Carlos Adames (24-1, 18 KOs) outslugged the light-hitting veteran Terrell Gausha (24-4-1, 12 KOs) to win a 12-round unanimous choice. The judges’ scores had been 119-109, 118-110 and 118-110.
Gausha was at his greatest early, touchdown a variety of jabs and proper fingers, however with out a lot energy behind them.
Adames began selecting up steam from the sixth spherical, connecting with laborious single pictures to dominate the motion within the second half. He was lacking many punches however nonetheless linked sufficient to get a transparent choice.
Tremendous middleweight Kyrone Davis (18-3-1, 6 KOs) pulled off an upset ten-round break up choice win over Elijah Garcia (16-1, 13 KOs) in a struggle that would have gone the opposite approach.
The 21-year-old Garcia was the busier fighter of the 2, touchdown the larger, higher pictures towards a really trying Kyrone. The scores had been 99-93, 97-93 for Davis, and 98-92 for Garcia. This author had Elijah successful the struggle eight rounds to 2.
Benavidez Steps As much as Gentle Heavyweight
David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) takes a dangerous step up in school combating at gentle heavyweight, searching for the WBC interim 175-lb title towards the previous world champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-1, 16 KOs) within the 12-round chief help bout on tonight’s card.
This can be a calculated threat on Benavidez’s half, selecting to go away the secure waters of the 168-lb division to swim with the sharks at 175 with hopes of selecting up that bag.
Benavidez is fashionable sufficient to headline his card, however he’s been packaged with Tank Davis to make sure the success of tonight’s card on PBC on Prime Video PPV.
Gvozdyk will decide whether or not Benavidez has any future at 175. Because it’s a brand new weight class, there are numerous questions on whether or not he’s the actual deal or simply one other one of many many fighters who has turn out to be overconfident, drunk on previous successes.
After Benavidez’s earlier enterprise into the pay-per-view market final November, inserting him on the undercard was a safer wager than the primary occasion.
Tonight’s card
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Frank MartinDavid Benavidez vs Oleksandr GvozdykGary Antuanne Russell vs. Alberto PuelloCarlos Adames vs. Terrell GaushaElijah Garcia vs. Kyrone DavisMark Magsayo vs. Eduardo Ramirez
WBA ‘common’ 135-lb champion Tank (29-0, 27 KOs) fights Martin (18-0, 12 KOs) in the primary occasion on PBC on Prime Video PPV on the MGM Grand Backyard Area.
Occasion Info & Viewing Choices
Location: MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas, Nevada
Begin time: Tonight’s occasion can be proven stay on PBC on Prime Video PPV, beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Ring Walks: 11:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 Am UK for the Tank Davis vs. Frank Martin primary occasion struggle.
