New date, new location.
The pay-per-view fight between Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz has been moved from Oct. 24 to Oct. 31 and from Uncasville, Conn., to the Alamodome in San Antonio, according to multiple reports.
The move was made because Texas is allowing a limited number of spectators – up to 25% — to attend sporting events amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The date was pushed back because a college football game will take place at Alamodome on Oct. 24. Organizers will also have an extra week to market the event and sell tickets.
The move will allow San Antonio product Marios Barrios (25-0, 16 KOs) to fight at home. He is scheduled to face Ryan Karl (18-2, 12 KOs) on the card.
Davis and Santa Cruz are scheduled to fight for Davis’ secondary lightweight title – what the WBA calls its “regular” title — and Santa Cruz’s junior lightweight belt. Boxing Junkie doesn’t recognize Davis’ title.
Davis (23-0, 22KOs) is coming off a 12th-round knockout of Yuriorkis Gamboa in December. Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) last fought in November, when he defeated Miguel Flores by a unanimous decision to win his 130-pound title.
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