Gervonta Davis is adept at bouncing opponents off the canvas. He is accused of doing the same with checks. Davis has been sued by a high-end New York City jeweler who claims a check from the boxer for nearly a half-million dollars was returned …
Gervonta Davis is adept at bouncing opponents off the canvas. He is accused of doing the same with checks.
Davis has been sued by a high-end New York City jeweler who claims a check from the boxer for nearly a half-million dollars was returned because of insufficient funds, according to the New York Post.
Elliot Buryev of Eliantte & Co. claims he personally delivered three custom pieces of jewelry — a diamond tennis chain, a tank charm with emeralds and diamonds and a watch with diamond baguettes — to Los Angeles and was given a check for $486,671.25.
Buryev alleges in his lawsuit, filed in a Manhattan Supreme Court, that Davis’ actions were intentional.
“This was no accounting error or mistake. Since the check was returned for insufficient funds, Davis has promised to make payment repeatedly but failed to do so,” Buryev stated in the lawsuit.
Davis also was sued in January for allegedly failing to make a $250,000 payment to Shyne Jewelry in Philadelphia, according to a TMZ report.
Gervonta Davis is adept at bouncing opponents off the canvas. He is accused of doing the same with checks. Davis has been sued by a high-end New York City jeweler who claims a check from the boxer for nearly a half-million dollars was returned …
Gervonta Davis is adept at bouncing opponents off the canvas. He is accused of doing the same with checks.
Davis has been sued by a high-end New York City jeweler who claims a check from the boxer for nearly a half-million dollars was returned because of insufficient funds, according to the New York Post.
Elliot Buryev of Eliantte & Co. claims he personally delivered three custom pieces of jewelry — a diamond tennis chain, a tank charm with emeralds and diamonds and a watch with diamond baguettes — to Los Angeles and was given a check for $486,671.25.
Buryev alleges in his lawsuit, filed in a Manhattan Supreme Court, that Davis’ actions were intentional.
“This was no accounting error or mistake. Since the check was returned for insufficient funds, Davis has promised to make payment repeatedly but failed to do so,” Buryev stated in the lawsuit.
Davis also was sued in January for allegedly failing to make a $250,000 payment to Shyne Jewelry in Philadelphia, according to a TMZ report.
The pay-per-view fight between Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz has been moved from Oct. 24 to Oct. 31 and will take place in San Antonio.
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.
The pay-per-view fight between Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz has been moved from Oct. 24 to Oct. 31 and will take place in San Antonio.
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.
Jermall and Jermell Charlo climb onto the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list after strong performances on Saturday.
The Charlo brothers have arrived.
Jermall and Jermell Charlo have knocked on the door of pound-for-pound lists for some time, as both have defeated quality opponents consistently and collected title belts.
They took another step on a pay-per-view card Saturday night in Uncasville, Conn.
Jermall defeated highly respected Sergiy Derevyanchenko by a clear unanimous decision, which is more than middleweight rivals Daniel Jacobs and Gennadiy Golovkin did. He made a solid statement.
Jermell turned what was supposed to be a stiff test against Jeison Rosario into a rout, putting the Dominican down three times and stopping him with a jab to the body in Round 8 to unify the 154-pound titles.
As a result, the Charlos enter the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list for the first time as “Honorable Mentions.”
To make room for them, Shawn Porter and Teofimo Lopez drop out.
Porter is coming off a unanimous-decision victory over Sebastian Formella last month but lost his last big fight, albeit by a split decision in a war with Errol Spence Jr. Meanwhile, Lopez has his fate in his own hands. If he beats No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko on Oct. 17, he’s back in.
Here’s something else to watch: No. 15 Leo Santa Cruz will be an underdog when he faces Gervonta Davis on Oct. 24. If Santa Cruz loses, one of the honorable mentions is likely to move onto the main list.
That HM might be Mairis Briedis, who defeated Yuniel Dorticos by a majority decision to win the World Boxing Super Series championship and a cruiserweight title on Saturday in Munich.
The Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list is below.
The Charlo twins provide each other with unwavering support. Amanda Westcott / Showtime
BOXING JUNKIE POUND-FOR-POUND
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Terence Crawford
Canelo Alvarez
Naoya Inoue
Oleksandr Usyk
Gennadiy Golovkin
Errol Spence Jr.
Tyson Fury
Juan Francisco Estrada
Mikey Garcia
Artur Beterbiev
Josh Taylor
Manny Pacquiao
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Leo Santa Cruz
Honorable mention (alphabetical order): Miguel Berchelt, Mairis Briedis, Jermall Charlo, Jermell Charlo and Kosei Tanaka.
Jermall and Jermell Charlo climb onto the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list after strong performances on Saturday.
The Charlo brothers have arrived.
Jermall and Jermell Charlo have knocked on the door of pound-for-pound lists for some time, as both have defeated quality opponents consistently and collected title belts.
They took another step on a pay-per-view card Saturday night in Uncasville, Conn.
Jermall defeated highly respected Sergiy Derevyanchenko by a clear unanimous decision, which is more than middleweight rivals Daniel Jacobs and Gennadiy Golovkin did. He made a solid statement.
Jermell turned what was supposed to be a stiff test against Jeison Rosario into a rout, putting the Dominican down three times and stopping him with a jab to the body in Round 8 to unify the 154-pound titles.
As a result, the Charlos enter the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list for the first time as “Honorable Mentions.”
To make room for them, Shawn Porter and Teofimo Lopez drop out.
Porter is coming off a unanimous-decision victory over Sebastian Formella last month but lost his last big fight, albeit by a split decision in a war with Errol Spence Jr. Meanwhile, Lopez has his fate in his own hands. If he beats No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko on Oct. 17, he’s back in.
Here’s something else to watch: No. 15 Leo Santa Cruz will be an underdog when he faces Gervonta Davis on Oct. 24. If Santa Cruz loses, one of the honorable mentions is likely to move onto the main list.
That HM might be Mairis Briedis, who defeated Yuniel Dorticos by a majority decision to win the World Boxing Super Series championship and a cruiserweight title on Saturday in Munich.
The Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list is below.
The Charlo twins provide each other with unwavering support. Amanda Westcott / Showtime
BOXING JUNKIE POUND-FOR-POUND
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Terence Crawford
Canelo Alvarez
Naoya Inoue
Oleksandr Usyk
Gennadiy Golovkin
Errol Spence Jr.
Tyson Fury
Juan Francisco Estrada
Mikey Garcia
Artur Beterbiev
Josh Taylor
Manny Pacquiao
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Leo Santa Cruz
Honorable mention (alphabetical order): Miguel Berchelt, Mairis Briedis, Jermall Charlo, Jermell Charlo and Kosei Tanaka.
Here are five fights that could shake up the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list.
The Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list could look considerably different in the next few months.
At least 14 of the 20 fighters on our list — the Top 15 and five honorable mentions — are scheduled or expected to fight before the end of the year, several of them before the end of next month.
No. 12 Josh Taylor fights mandatory challenge Apinun Khongsong this coming Saturday in London. On the same day, honorable mention Mairis Briedis faces Yuniel Dorticos in the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final in Munich.
Those at least tentatively set to fight next month: No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko (vs. honorable mention Teofimo Lopez), No. 4 Naoya Inoue (vs. Jason Moloney), No. 5 Oleksandr Usyk (vs. Derek Chisora), Juan Carlos Estrada (vs. Carlos Cuadras) and No. 15 Leo Santa Cruz (vs. Gervonta Davis).
The rest of the 14 probably will fight before 2021. The remaining six? Several probably will fight early next year while the fate of a few — Canelo Alvarez and Manny Pacquiao, for example — is utterly uncertain.
On top of all that, the winners of the two featured fights on the pay-per-view card this Saturday — Jermall Charlo vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Jermell Charlo vs. Jeison Rosario — will probably get serious pound-for-pound consideration, particularly if they dominate.
So which upcoming matchups are most likely to alter our pound-for-pound list? Here are five that could shake things up.
Gervonta Davis (left, against Jesus Cuellar) will be a handful for Leo Santa Cruz. AP Photo / Frank Franklin II
No. 15 Leo Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) vs. Gervonta Davis (23-0, 22 KOs, Oct. 24: Santa Cruz, who will be defending his 130-pound title, is ranked here and more experienced than Davis but the challenger is naturally bigger, probably more gifted and definitely more explosive. That’s why Davis is around a 2½-to-1 favorite in the fight. Santa Cruz could outwork Davis, as he does against most opponents, but he’ll have his work cut out. Davis most likely will climb onto the list if he wins.
No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) vs HM Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs), Oct. 17: Yes, the man on top is in danger of being knocked off. Lomachenko is around a 3-to-1 favorite but don’t let that fool you. The Ukrainian is probably the most-gifted active fighter but, at 32, some believe he’s slipping. If that’s the case, this could be Lopez’s breakthrough victory. The Honduran-American has everything but an abundance of experience. He’s skillful, fast and powerful, and has a nasty streak that fans love. No one will be shocked if Lopez wins.
No. 7 Errol Spence Jr. (26-0, 21 KOs) vs. Danny Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs), Nov. 21: Spence is around a 5-to-1 favorite, which seems about right. The welterweight titleholder is both talented and naturally bigger than Garcia, who was at his best at 140 pounds. Two things, though. One, Garcia is an elite fighter who has demonstrated over and over again that he knows how to win. And, two, Spence hasn’t fought since his horrific car accident in October. Garcia was a threat to Spence at his best. If he’s not 100 percent? An upset becomes likely.
Jermell Charlo (33-1, 17 KOs) vs. Jeison Rosario (20-1-1, 14 KOs), Sept. 26: Charlo would probably be on the list now if he hadn’t slipped up in his first fight with Tony Harrison. He got his revenge by knockout, though. And he will be impossible to ignore if he can beat this Dominican beast. Rosario doesn’t have a deep resume but he’s coming off a huge upset stoppage of Julian Williams. If he can beat Williams and Charlo back to back, well, he will have demonstrated that he’s one of the best fighters in the world. And it could happen.
Mairis Briedis (26-1, 19 KOs) vs. Yuniel Dorticos (24-1, 22 KOs), Sept. 26: Briedis proved what he’s made of when he fought Oleksanr Usyk on even terms before losing a razor-thin majority decision in 2018. The Latvian, who can do it all, has since reached the final of the WBSS tournament, stopping Krzysztof Glowacki in the semis. Dorticos is no pushover. The Cuban can box and punch, as his record indicates. A victory over Briedis — around a 2-to-1 favorite — would lift him to star status. And it won’t be shocking if he does.
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No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko is in training for his Oct. 17 fight against Teofimo Lopez. Richard Heathcote / Getty Images
BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Terence Crawford
Canelo Alvarez
Naoya Inoue
Oleksandr Usyk
Gennadiy Golovkin
Errol Spence Jr.
Tyson Fury
Juan Francisco Estrada
Mikey Garcia
Artur Beterbiev
Josh Taylor
Manny Pacquiao
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Leo Santa Cruz
Honorable mention (alphabetical order): Miguel Berchelt, Mairis Briedis, Teofimo Lopez, Shawn Porter and Kosei Tanaka
Here are five fights that could shake up the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list.
The Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list could look considerably different in the next few months.
At least 14 of the 20 fighters on our list — the Top 15 and five honorable mentions — are scheduled or expected to fight before the end of the year, several of them before the end of next month.
No. 12 Josh Taylor fights mandatory challenge Apinun Khongsong this coming Saturday in London. On the same day, honorable mention Mairis Briedis faces Yuniel Dorticos in the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final in Munich.
Those at least tentatively set to fight next month: No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko (vs. honorable mention Teofimo Lopez), No. 4 Naoya Inoue (vs. Jason Moloney), No. 5 Oleksandr Usyk (vs. Derek Chisora), Juan Carlos Estrada (vs. Carlos Cuadras) and No. 15 Leo Santa Cruz (vs. Gervonta Davis).
The rest of the 14 probably will fight before 2021. The remaining six? Several probably will fight early next year while the fate of a few — Canelo Alvarez and Manny Pacquiao, for example — is utterly uncertain.
On top of all that, the winners of the two featured fights on the pay-per-view card this Saturday — Jermall Charlo vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Jermell Charlo vs. Jeison Rosario — will probably get serious pound-for-pound consideration, particularly if they dominate.
So which upcoming matchups are most likely to alter our pound-for-pound list? Here are five that could shake things up.
Gervonta Davis (left, against Jesus Cuellar) will be a handful for Leo Santa Cruz. AP Photo / Frank Franklin II
No. 15 Leo Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) vs. Gervonta Davis (23-0, 22 KOs, Oct. 24: Santa Cruz, who will be defending his 130-pound title, is ranked here and more experienced than Davis but the challenger is naturally bigger, probably more gifted and definitely more explosive. That’s why Davis is around a 2½-to-1 favorite in the fight. Santa Cruz could outwork Davis, as he does against most opponents, but he’ll have his work cut out. Davis most likely will climb onto the list if he wins.
No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) vs HM Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs), Oct. 17: Yes, the man on top is in danger of being knocked off. Lomachenko is around a 3-to-1 favorite but don’t let that fool you. The Ukrainian is probably the most-gifted active fighter but, at 32, some believe he’s slipping. If that’s the case, this could be Lopez’s breakthrough victory. The Honduran-American has everything but an abundance of experience. He’s skillful, fast and powerful, and has a nasty streak that fans love. No one will be shocked if Lopez wins.
No. 7 Errol Spence Jr. (26-0, 21 KOs) vs. Danny Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs), Nov. 21: Spence is around a 5-to-1 favorite, which seems about right. The welterweight titleholder is both talented and naturally bigger than Garcia, who was at his best at 140 pounds. Two things, though. One, Garcia is an elite fighter who has demonstrated over and over again that he knows how to win. And, two, Spence hasn’t fought since his horrific car accident in October. Garcia was a threat to Spence at his best. If he’s not 100 percent? An upset becomes likely.
Jermell Charlo (33-1, 17 KOs) vs. Jeison Rosario (20-1-1, 14 KOs), Sept. 26: Charlo would probably be on the list now if he hadn’t slipped up in his first fight with Tony Harrison. He got his revenge by knockout, though. And he will be impossible to ignore if he can beat this Dominican beast. Rosario doesn’t have a deep resume but he’s coming off a huge upset stoppage of Julian Williams. If he can beat Williams and Charlo back to back, well, he will have demonstrated that he’s one of the best fighters in the world. And it could happen.
Mairis Briedis (26-1, 19 KOs) vs. Yuniel Dorticos (24-1, 22 KOs), Sept. 26: Briedis proved what he’s made of when he fought Oleksanr Usyk on even terms before losing a razor-thin majority decision in 2018. The Latvian, who can do it all, has since reached the final of the WBSS tournament, stopping Krzysztof Glowacki in the semis. Dorticos is no pushover. The Cuban can box and punch, as his record indicates. A victory over Briedis — around a 2-to-1 favorite — would lift him to star status. And it won’t be shocking if he does.
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No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko is in training for his Oct. 17 fight against Teofimo Lopez. Richard Heathcote / Getty Images
BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Terence Crawford
Canelo Alvarez
Naoya Inoue
Oleksandr Usyk
Gennadiy Golovkin
Errol Spence Jr.
Tyson Fury
Juan Francisco Estrada
Mikey Garcia
Artur Beterbiev
Josh Taylor
Manny Pacquiao
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Leo Santa Cruz
Honorable mention (alphabetical order): Miguel Berchelt, Mairis Briedis, Teofimo Lopez, Shawn Porter and Kosei Tanaka
Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz is one of the best — and interesting — matchups on the Showtime-PBC schedule.
One of the gems on the Showtime-Premier Boxing Champions schedule is set for Oct. 24.
That’s when Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz are scheduled to fight for titles in two weight divisions – one a secondary belt – in the new Showtime bubble at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn.
We’ll see whether the matchup will generate big pay-per-view numbers but it’s difficult to find fault in the main event.
Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) is one of the most-gifted young fighters in the world and resonates with a wide swath of fans. Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) is a proven, volume-punching warhorse who doesn’t appear to be slowing down at 31.
It doesn’t get much better than this is an era when it seems elite fighters work as hard to avoid one another as they do in the ring.
Leo Santa Cruz (right) outpointed Miguel Flores to win a title in a fourth division. Ryan Hafey / Premier Boxing Champions
And there are already good story lines directly related to the boxing side of the matchup.
The most compelling might be that Davis has agreed to a weight limit of 130 pounds, which will allow him to challenge for Santa Cruz’s WBA junior lightweight title. Davis’ WBA “regular” 135-pound belt also will be on the line but Boxing Junkie doesn’t recognize that title. Vasiliy Lomachenko is the WBA lightweight champion.
Still, the fact the fight is scheduled to take place at 130 pounds is interesting. Davis made the move up to 135 pounds for his last fight, a 12th-round knockout of Yuriorkis Gamboa in July of last year. Can he even make 130 pounds at this point?
Remember, Davis isn’t known for his discipline. He lost his junior lightweight title when he weighed 132 for his fight against Francisco Fonseca on the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor card in 2017. He made 130 for his next three bouts but needed two tries before succeeding against Hugo Ruiz in February of last year. And he initially weighed 136.2 the day before the lightweight fight against Gamboa. He made weight on his second attempt.
Thus, Stephen Espinoza, president of sports and event programming for Showtime, chuckled when he was asked on a conference call whether he was concerned about Davis’ ability to make weight.
“He’s motivated here. I don’t think there will be any problems making weight on this one,” Espinoza said.
Meanwhile, the fact the fight will take place at 130 – and not 135 – probably raises Santa Cruz’s chances of winning twofold. The three-division titleholder from the Los Angeles area was a 126-pounder only two fights ago. And while he outpointed Miguel Flores to win his 130-pound title in his debut at the weight in November, he didn’t look particularly sharp. That raised questions about his effectiveness at 130.
Can Davis make the junior lightweight limit? If he can’t, what will Santa Cruz do? Go through with the fight anyway? And can Santa Cruz be as effective at 130 as he was at lighter weights?
Davis vs. Santa Cruz provides a lot of fodder for discussion.
The gifted Shakur Stevenson has announced that he’s moving up to 130 pounds, making an already-deep division even deeper. Who’s the best of the lot? Stevenson, the now-former featherweight titleholder, brings an impressive pedigree and skill set to …
The gifted Shakur Stevenson has announced that he’s moving up to 130 pounds, making an already-deep division even deeper.
Who’s the best of the lot?
Stevenson, the now-former featherweight titleholder, brings an impressive pedigree and skill set to his new division. Battle-tested Miguel Berchelt can do it all, including hurt anyone he faces. Leo Santa Cruz is a proven commodity. Joseph Diaz Jr., Jamel Herring. Oscar Valdez. The long list goes on and on.
DAZN commentators Chris Mannix and Sergio Mora give their thoughts on the division and who the top talent is in this episode of Jabs with Mannix and Mora.
