In accordance with Bob Arum, a boxing match between Gervonta Davis and Vasyl Lomachenko is within the works.
‘Tank’ is recent off his return to the boxing ring final month in Las Vegas. There, Gervonta Davis made the primary protection of his WBA light-weight title, going through the undefeated Frank Martin. Whereas the challenger had some early success, the champion wound up retaining his title by a brutal eighth-round knockout victory.
Following the victory, Gervonta Davis went face-to-face with Ryan Garcia. ‘KingRy’ had beforehand suffered a loss to the champion, dropping their bout final April by seventh-round knockout. Garcia was there to name for a rematch however together with his private points and yearlong suspension, Davis will as an alternative meet Vasyl Lomachenko.
A bout between the 2 has reportedly been within the works for a while. Nonetheless, as first reported by FightsATW, Gervonta Davis vs. Vasyl Lomachenko is now being finalized for November. In accordance with Bob Arum, the light-weight title battle will occur in November, on the MGM Grand or T-Cell Area.
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Gervonta Davis vs. Vasyl Lomachenko focused for November boxing match in Las Vegas
“He’s hilarious! It was a great time. We mentioned Loma. Loma is coming right here [this week], and we’ll sit down, and he’ll inform us what he needs. My feeling is, studying Egis [Kilmas], that it’s a Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis battle [next].” When then? November is sensible if the deal might be crafted. “Bob Arum acknowledged within the interview. “It’s a Vegas battle, MGM or T-Cell. We’d resolve a date the place there are openings.” (h/t FightsATW)
A battle between Gervonta Davis and Vasyl Lomachenko would simply make boxing’s 2024 schedule already larger. Already set for the remainder of this 12 months is Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2, Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois, and Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol. For ‘Loma’, the battle will probably be his first since Might.
In Might, Vasyl Lomachenko scored an Eleventh-round knockout victory over George Kambosos Jr. That victory noticed the Ukrainian win IBF gold, his first world title since 2020. In November, he would possibly get the possibility to take Gervonta Davis’ WBC light-weight title as effectively.
What do you make of this boxing information? Who do you’ve profitable this one? Gervonta Davis or Vasyl Lomachenko?