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Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero: Date, time, how to watch, background

Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero: Date, time, how to watch, background.

Gervonta Davis returns to the ring in a pay-perv-view bout against fellow contender Rolando Romero on Saturday in Brooklyn.

Gervonta Davis (26-0, 24 KOs) vs. Rolando Romero (14-0, 12 KOs)

  • Date: Saturday, May 28
  • Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
  • Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
  • TV/Stream: Pay-per-view
  • Cost: $74.99
  • Division: Lightweight (135 pounds)
  • Rounds: 12
  • At stake: No major titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: Davis No. 13
  • Odds: Davis 8½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
  • Also on the card: Erislandy Lara vs. Gary O’Sullivan, middleweights; Jesus Ramos vs. Luke Santamaria, junior middleweights; Eduardo Ramirez vs. Luis Melendez, junior lightweights
  • Prediction: Davis KO 7
  • Background: Gervonta Davis continues his march toward a lightweight title shot on Saturday. The WBA’s top contender will face unbeaten underdog Rolando Romero, who sits immediately below Davis in the sanctioning body’s rankings. “Tank” is coming off a close unanimous-decision victory (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) over aggressive Isaac Cruz in December, a fight in which Davis said he injured his left hand. That result ended Davis’ streak of knockouts at 16. The gifted former 130-pound titleholder has his sights set on the top 135-pounders, including WBA champ George Kambosos Jr. The Australian defends his belt against Devin Haney on June 5 in Melbourne. Romero has talked a good game leading up to this fight but Davis represents an enormous step up in opposition for him. The Las Vegas resident, a good boxer with power, struggled to outpoint Jackson Marinez in August 2020 but responded by stopping Avery Sparrow and Anthony Yigit in his two fights since then. The Yigit fight took place in July of last year. On the undercard, 39-year-old Erislandy Lara (28-3-3, 16 KOs) is a significant favorite to beat Gary O’Sullivan (31-4, 21 KOs) in a scheduled middleweight bout. The Cuban will be taking part in his second fight as a full-fledged 160-pounder.

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Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero: Date, time, how to watch, background

Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero: Date, time, how to watch, background.

Gervonta Davis returns to the ring in a pay-perv-view bout against fellow contender Rolando Romero on Saturday in Brooklyn.

Gervonta Davis (26-0, 24 KOs) vs. Rolando Romero (14-0, 12 KOs)

  • Date: Saturday, May 28
  • Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
  • Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
  • TV/Stream: Pay-per-view
  • Cost: $74.99
  • Division: Lightweight (135 pounds)
  • Rounds: 12
  • At stake: No major titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: Davis No. 13
  • Odds: Davis 8½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
  • Also on the card: Erislandy Lara vs. Gary O’Sullivan, middleweights; Jesus Ramos vs. Luke Santamaria, junior middleweights; Eduardo Ramirez vs. Luis Melendez, junior lightweights
  • Prediction: Davis KO 7
  • Background: Gervonta Davis continues his march toward a lightweight title shot on Saturday. The WBA’s top contender will face unbeaten underdog Rolando Romero, who sits immediately below Davis in the sanctioning body’s rankings. “Tank” is coming off a close unanimous-decision victory (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) over aggressive Isaac Cruz in December, a fight in which Davis said he injured his left hand. That result ended Davis’ streak of knockouts at 16. The gifted former 130-pound titleholder has his sights set on the top 135-pounders, including WBA champ George Kambosos Jr. The Australian defends his belt against Devin Haney on June 5 in Melbourne. Romero has talked a good game leading up to this fight but Davis represents an enormous step up in opposition for him. The Las Vegas resident, a good boxer with power, struggled to outpoint Jackson Marinez in August 2020 but responded by stopping Avery Sparrow and Anthony Yigit in his two fights since then. The Yigit fight took place in July of last year. On the undercard, 39-year-old Erislandy Lara (28-3-3, 16 KOs) is a significant favorite to beat Gary O’Sullivan (31-4, 21 KOs) in a scheduled middleweight bout. The Cuban will be taking part in his second fight as a full-fledged 160-pounder.

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Fight Week: Gervonta Davis returns against fellow 135-pound contender Rolando Romero

Fight Week: Gervonta Davis will return against fellow 135-pound contender Rolando Romero on Saturday in Brooklyn.

FIGHT WEEK

Gervonta Davis returns to the ring in a pay-perv-view bout against fellow contender Rolando Romero on Saturday in Brooklyn.

Gervonta Davis (26-0, 24 KOs) vs. Rolando Romero (14-0, 12 KOs)

  • When: Saturday, May 28
  • Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
  • Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
  • TV/Stream: Pay-per-view
  • Division: Lightweight (135 pounds)
  • Rounds: 12
  • At stake: No major titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: Davis No. 13
  • Odds: Davis 8½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
  • Also on the card: Erislandy Lara vs. Gary O’Sullivan, middleweights; Jesus Ramos vs. Luke Santamaria, junior middleweights; Eduardo Ramirez vs. Luis Melendez, junior lightweights
  • Prediction: Davis KO 7
  • Background: Gervonta Davis continues his march toward a lightweight title shot on Saturday. The WBA’s top contender will face unbeaten underdog Rolando Romero, who sits immediately below Davis in the sanctioning body’s rankings. “Tank” is coming off a close unanimous-decision victory (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) over aggressive Isaac Cruz in December, a fight in which Davis said he injured his left hand. That result ended Davis’ streak of knockouts at 16. The gifted former 130-pound titleholder has his sights set on the top 135-pounders, including WBA champ George Kambosos Jr. The Australian defends his belt against Devin Haney on June 5 in Melbourne. Romero has talked a good game leading up to this fight but Davis represents an enormous step up in opposition for him. The Las Vegas resident, a good boxer with power, struggled to outpoint Jackson Marinez in August 2020 but responded by stopping Avery Sparrow and Anthony Yigit in his two fights since then. The Yigit fight took place in July of last year. On the undercard, 39-year-old Erislandy Lara (28-3-3, 16 KOs) is a significant favorite to beat Gary O’Sullivan (31-4, 21 KOs) in a scheduled middleweight bout. The Cuban will be taking part in his second fight as a full-fledged 160-pounder.

 

ALSO FIGHTING THIS WEEK

FRIDAY

  • Jonathan Ramirez vs. Adrian Pacheco Perez, junior lightweights, Mexico City (Estrella TV).

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Fight Week: Gervonta Davis returns against fellow 135-pound contender Rolando Romero

Fight Week: Gervonta Davis will return against fellow 135-pound contender Rolando Romero on Saturday in Brooklyn.

FIGHT WEEK

Gervonta Davis returns to the ring in a pay-perv-view bout against fellow contender Rolando Romero on Saturday in Brooklyn.

Gervonta Davis (26-0, 24 KOs) vs. Rolando Romero (14-0, 12 KOs)

  • When: Saturday, May 28
  • Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
  • Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
  • TV/Stream: Pay-per-view
  • Division: Lightweight (135 pounds)
  • Rounds: 12
  • At stake: No major titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: Davis No. 13
  • Odds: Davis 8½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
  • Also on the card: Erislandy Lara vs. Gary O’Sullivan, middleweights; Jesus Ramos vs. Luke Santamaria, junior middleweights; Eduardo Ramirez vs. Luis Melendez, junior lightweights
  • Prediction: Davis KO 7
  • Background: Gervonta Davis continues his march toward a lightweight title shot on Saturday. The WBA’s top contender will face unbeaten underdog Rolando Romero, who sits immediately below Davis in the sanctioning body’s rankings. “Tank” is coming off a close unanimous-decision victory (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) over aggressive Isaac Cruz in December, a fight in which Davis said he injured his left hand. That result ended Davis’ streak of knockouts at 16. The gifted former 130-pound titleholder has his sights set on the top 135-pounders, including WBA champ George Kambosos Jr. The Australian defends his belt against Devin Haney on June 5 in Melbourne. Romero has talked a good game leading up to this fight but Davis represents an enormous step up in opposition for him. The Las Vegas resident, a good boxer with power, struggled to outpoint Jackson Marinez in August 2020 but responded by stopping Avery Sparrow and Anthony Yigit in his two fights since then. The Yigit fight took place in July of last year. On the undercard, 39-year-old Erislandy Lara (28-3-3, 16 KOs) is a significant favorite to beat Gary O’Sullivan (31-4, 21 KOs) in a scheduled middleweight bout. The Cuban will be taking part in his second fight as a full-fledged 160-pounder.

 

ALSO FIGHTING THIS WEEK

FRIDAY

  • Jonathan Ramirez vs. Adrian Pacheco Perez, junior lightweights, Mexico City (Estrella TV).

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Yordenis Ugas-Abel Ramos card gets relatively strong TV ratings

The Yordenis Ugas-Abel Ramos card this past Sunday on FOX reportedly averaged 1,019,000 viewers and peaked at 1,260,000 viewers.

Boxing fans might be coming around.

The Yordenis Ugas-Abel Ramos card this past Sunday on FOX reportedly averaged 1,019,000 viewers and peaked at 1,260,000 viewers, which make it the most-watched boxing telecast since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, BoxingScene.com is reporting.

By comparison, the Aug. 29 show featuring Erislandy Lara-Greg Vendetti on FOX averaged 833,000 viewers. It peaked at 1,067,000 viewers.

Many in the boxing industry have been concerned about low television viewership during the pandemic.

Ugas (26-4, 12 KOs) seemed to control the fight against Ramos (26-4-2, 20 KOs) but had to settle for a split-decision victory.

Yordenis Ugas-Abel Ramos card gets relatively strong TV ratings

The Yordenis Ugas-Abel Ramos card this past Sunday on FOX reportedly averaged 1,019,000 viewers and peaked at 1,260,000 viewers.

Boxing fans might be coming around.

The Yordenis Ugas-Abel Ramos card this past Sunday on FOX reportedly averaged 1,019,000 viewers and peaked at 1,260,000 viewers, which make it the most-watched boxing telecast since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, BoxingScene.com is reporting.

By comparison, the Aug. 29 show featuring Erislandy Lara-Greg Vendetti on FOX averaged 833,000 viewers. It peaked at 1,067,000 viewers.

Many in the boxing industry have been concerned about low television viewership during the pandemic.

Ugas (26-4, 12 KOs) seemed to control the fight against Ramos (26-4-2, 20 KOs) but had to settle for a split-decision victory.

Erislandy Lara outclasses Greg Vendetti, wins one-sided decision

Erislandy Lara had his way with Greg Vendetti en route to a unanimous-decision victory Saturday at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Erislandy Lara didn’t throw many punches but landed more than enough.

Lara, the 37-year-old former junior middleweight champ, had his way with overmatched Greg Vendetti en route to a unanimous-decision victory Saturday at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Lara (27-3-3, 15 KOs) was economical with his punches but landed plenty eye-catching blows, including a number of hard straight left hands and uppercuts.

And while the game Vendetti (22-4-1, 12 KOs) was able to bull his way inside fairly consistently, he did little damage, as Lara held, spun out of harm’s way or generally got the better of inside exchanges.

Vendetti was able to land some shots to the body, which made a few rounds competitive, but he simply could do enough to make the fight truly competitive.

The scores arguably were closer than they should’ve been: 116-112, 117-111 and 117-111. Boxing Junkie scored it 118-110 for Lara.

With the victory, Lara maintained his position as a legitimate contender to any of the 154-pound titleholders. He’d like to face the winner of the Sept. 26 Jermell Charlo-Jeison Rosario title-unification fight and also has his eye on a rematch with Canelo Alvarez.

A young Alvarez defeated Lara by a split decision in 2014.

Erislandy Lara outclasses Greg Vendetti, wins one-sided decision

Erislandy Lara had his way with Greg Vendetti en route to a unanimous-decision victory Saturday at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Erislandy Lara didn’t throw many punches but landed more than enough.

Lara, the 37-year-old former junior middleweight champ, had his way with overmatched Greg Vendetti en route to a unanimous-decision victory Saturday at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Lara (27-3-3, 15 KOs) was economical with his punches but landed plenty eye-catching blows, including a number of hard straight left hands and uppercuts.

And while the game Vendetti (22-4-1, 12 KOs) was able to bull his way inside fairly consistently, he did little damage, as Lara held, spun out of harm’s way or generally got the better of inside exchanges.

Vendetti was able to land some shots to the body, which made a few rounds competitive, but he simply could do enough to make the fight truly competitive.

The scores arguably were closer than they should’ve been: 116-112, 117-111 and 117-111. Boxing Junkie scored it 118-110 for Lara.

With the victory, Lara maintained his position as a legitimate contender to any of the 154-pound titleholders. He’d like to face the winner of the Sept. 26 Jermell Charlo-Jeison Rosario title-unification fight and also has his eye on a rematch with Canelo Alvarez.

A young Alvarez defeated Lara by a split decision in 2014.

Vladimir Hernandez defeats Alfredo Angulo by wide decision

Vladimir Hernandez outworked Alfredo Angulo to win a unanimous decision in a 10-round super middleweight bout Saturday in Los Angeles.

Heart can take you only so far.

Alfredo Angulo learned that against late replacement Vladimir Hernandez, who outworked the 38-year-old warhorse to win a unanimous decision in a 10-round super middleweight bout on the Erislandy Lara-Greg Vendetti card Saturday in Los Angeles.

Hernandez, who replaced an ill Caleb Truax on Friday, took the fight to the slow-starting Angulo from the opening bell, landing relatively quick punches in bunches, and never really let up.

Angulo (26-8, 21 KOs) took everything Hernandez landed and picked up his punch rate a few rounds into the fight, turning what could’ve been a rout into a competitive fight with hard shots to the head and body.

However, “Perro” just couldn’t keep pace with the younger (31 years old), faster Hernandez.

All three judges had the same score 98-92, eight rounds to two. Boxing Junkie scored it 97-93 for Hernandez.

Angulo was coming off a sensational split-decision victory over Peter Quillin last September, which gave him hope of fighting for a major title once more. However, on Saturday, he took a step backward. It will be difficult for him to rebuild at his age.

Meanwhile, Hernandez (12-4, 6 KOs) recorded the biggest victory of is 11-year career on national television (FOX). As a result, we’ll probably see him again on TV.

Vladimir Hernandez defeats Alfredo Angulo by wide decision

Vladimir Hernandez outworked Alfredo Angulo to win a unanimous decision in a 10-round super middleweight bout Saturday in Los Angeles.

Heart can take you only so far.

Alfredo Angulo learned that against late replacement Vladimir Hernandez, who outworked the 38-year-old warhorse to win a unanimous decision in a 10-round super middleweight bout on the Erislandy Lara-Greg Vendetti card Saturday in Los Angeles.

Hernandez, who replaced an ill Caleb Truax on Friday, took the fight to the slow-starting Angulo from the opening bell, landing relatively quick punches in bunches, and never really let up.

Angulo (26-8, 21 KOs) took everything Hernandez landed and picked up his punch rate a few rounds into the fight, turning what could’ve been a rout into a competitive fight with hard shots to the head and body.

However, “Perro” just couldn’t keep pace with the younger (31 years old), faster Hernandez.

All three judges had the same score 98-92, eight rounds to two. Boxing Junkie scored it 97-93 for Hernandez.

Angulo was coming off a sensational split-decision victory over Peter Quillin last September, which gave him hope of fighting for a major title once more. However, on Saturday, he took a step backward. It will be difficult for him to rebuild at his age.

Meanwhile, Hernandez (12-4, 6 KOs) recorded the biggest victory of is 11-year career on national television (FOX). As a result, we’ll probably see him again on TV.