By Mark Eisner: Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis has an actual combat on his palms tonight towards the extremely completed Hector Luis Garcia of their battle on Showtime pay-per-view.

Tank Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) places his unbeaten report on the road towards the 2016 Olympian and present WBA tremendous featherweight champion Hector Davis (16-0, 10 KOs) in an occasion that begins at 9:00 p.m. ET.

Boxing Information 24 might be giving dwell updates & outcomes under of tonight’s motion.

• Junior middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. (14-1, 9 KOs) stopped Omar Rosales (9-2-1, 5 KOs) by a fourth spherical knockout. The 32-year-old Rosales was knocked down within the third spherical. Within the fourth, his coach had the combat stopped. The 20-year-old Mielnicki Jr picked up his sixth consecutive victory.
• Gentle welterweight Michael Ogundo (17-16, 14 KOs) defeated ring-rusty former two-division world champion Lamont Peterson (35-6-1, 17 KOs) by a fourth spherical knockout. Coming off a four-year layoff, the 38-year-old Peterson was knocked personal within the fourth spherical, and the bout was then halted shortly after that. Earlier than tonight, the Washington, D.C. native Peterson hadn’t fought since March 2019, dropping to Sergey Lipinets by a tenth spherical knockout. Peterson’s loss tonight was his third consecutive since 2018. His final win got here in 2017 towards David Avanesyan.
• Undefeated junior middleweight prospect Travon Marshall (7-0, 6 KOs) scored a blistering quick first spherical knockout over Shawn West (7-3-1, 4 KOs). The bout was halted within the first minute earlier than boxing followers at ringside bought an opportunity to see an actual combat.
• Tremendous middleweight contender Kyrone Davis (17-3-1, 6 KOs) confirmed his class, beating journeyman Cristián Fabián Ríos (23-16-3, 7 KOs) by an eight spherical unanimous resolution. The scores have been 80-72, 80-72, and 79-73.
• Welterweight  Keeshawn Williams (11-1, 2 KOs) beat Argentinian journeyman Gustavo David Vittori (27-12-1, 12 KOs) by a six spherical unanimous resolution.
• Unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Jalil Hackett (5-0, 4 KOs) crushed Joel Guevara (4-9-1, 3 KOs) by a primary spherical knockout.
• Feminine tremendous featherweight Mia Ellis (6-1, 5 KOs) destroyed 47-year-old Karen Dulin (5-26-1, 3 KOs) by a primary spherical knockout.
• Unbeaten gentle welterweight contender Brandun Lee (27-0, 23 KOs) saved his good report intact with a fourth spherical knockout over Diego Luque (21-11-2, 10 KOs). Referee Brent Bovell halted this hopelessly one-sided contest at 2:55 of the fourth. It positive could be good to see Lee step it up sooner or later.

The co-feature bout between Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (29-0, 27 KOs) and Karen Chukhadzhian (21-1, 11 KOs) is arguably the extra fascinating one than the principle occasion combat between Tank & Hector as a result of there’s much more using on the combat.

‘Boots’ Ennis & Chukhadzhian might be preventing for the vacant interim IBF welterweight title, with the winner to be able to problem IBF/WBA/WBC champion Errol Spence Jr this yr.

“It’s going to be combat. I feel the child [Hector Luis] Garcia is coming to win. He’s bought the look in his eyes that Tank goes to must earn every thing he will get,” mentioned Stephen ‘Breadman’ Edwards to Struggle Hub TV.

Undercard

Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian
Rashidi Ellis vs. Roiman Villa
Demetrius Andrade vs. Demond Nicholson
Vito Mielnicki Jr vs. Omar Rosales
Brandun Lee vs. Diego Luque
Travon Marshall vs. Shawn West

Demetrius Andrade (31-0, 19 KOs) might be seeking to shine in his debut at tremendous middleweight towards Demond Nicholson (26-4-1, 22 KOs) in a ten spherical bout that he’s hoping will result in him getting a combat towards Jermall Charlo or the winner of the Caleb Plant vs. David Benavidez combat.

Andrade will probably come up empty in getting any of these fighters to face him as a result of the risk-reward is just too excessive for him to be a worthwhile opponent.

Welterweight Rashidi Ellis (24-0, 15 KOs) will compete in an IBF 147-lb eliminator towards fringe contender Roiman Villa (25-1, 24 KOs). The winner might be obligatory for Spence’s IBF 147-lb title, however they might find yourself having to accept a combat towards ‘Boots’ Ennis.

Gervonta has to show himself

“Tank passes the eyeball take a look at actually good. He seems like the true deal. I feel he’s the true deal,” mentioned Edwards when requested why so many boxing followers consider that Hector has no probability towards Tank Davis and might be steamrolled tonight.

“When you discover that large punchers earlier than they lose, they’re at all times large favorites in fights. When you discover guys like Tyson, Hearns. Simply consider all the large punchers that you already know. They’re normally large favorites earlier than they lose.

“So the eyeball checks say that Tank might be going to knock him out. I don’t know; we bought to see. Lots of guys are surviving with good match-making, and a whole lot of guys are the true deal,” mentioned Edwards when requested if Hector Garcia’s defensive capacity in previous fights suggests how good he’s or if he a product of fine match-making.

“As you step up and combat fights towards opponents that aren’t hand-picked, as you combat fights towards guys which have had eight to 10 weeks to organize for you, then the outcomes begin altering a bit.

“We bought to see. I don’t know sufficient about him to say that. He seems like a stable fighter to me, however I’ve solely seen the [Chris] Colbert combat. So it’s onerous to guage a man off of 1 combat. He [Hector Garcia] may have simply been scorching that evening. It’s onerous to guage a man off one combat.

Hector can’t be wreckless

“‘Sudden’ is an effective phrase as a result of his energy comes out of nowhere,” mentioned Edwards about Tank Davis. “With a man like that, you possibly can’t go to sleep, or you’ll go to sleep. You bought to be in your p’s & q’s. You’ve bought to be actual alert.

“You’ve bought to have a excessive sense of consciousness as a result of they’re hitting you with pictures that you just’re not seeing out of the clinch. Guys making silent agreements out of the clinch, after which he [Tank Davis] pulls up, ‘Growth!’ He’s actual good at that. He bought a man within the UK like that. He was breaking him up.

“It wasn’t even an unlawful shot. It was shot, however it’s a must to have a excessive sense of consciousness whenever you’re coping with a giant puncher, and that’s what I might be preaching to the child [Hector].

“Everyone has tendencies. Tank has little setup strikes that he does. You must have an actual sense of consciousness, and also you’re punches must be actual sharp. You possibly can’t be actual loopy along with your punches as a result of you may get countered.

“Rolly [Romero] was doing actual good; he was preventing combat. I believed he was profitable the combat so far as factors are involved, however folks solely keep in mind the top outcome.

“He overcommitted with the appropriate hand, and Tank ran him straight into his left hand.  So that you’ve bought to watch out whenever you’re coping with a giant puncher that you just don’t overcommit and that every thing is sharp and have a excessive sense of consciousness,” mentioned Breadman.

Garcia is effectively skilled

“Garcia has coach. He is aware of what he’s doing. Bob Santos is an effective coach,” mentioned Edwards. “Hopefully, they’ve bought the appropriate sport plan. We’ll see. It’s going to be combat.

“I don’t like to talk on how the ship is being ran once I’m not in a camp with a man. I’m not in camp with Tank, so I don’t know if he’s centered or not. I don’t know him effectively sufficient to say that.

“I simply know he’s a terrific fighter from what I see from the surface. I’ve been round Calvin Ford somewhat bit. I feel he’s an important coach. I feel he’s actual underrated.

“Anytime you will have among the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet, and also you had them since they have been a small child, and also you get them up to now, you’ve bought to get your props as a coach.

“He’s a superb coach. However so far as their camp is being run, I can’t  communicate on that as a result of I’m not of their camp.

“I don’t  know, I don’t know him effectively sufficient,” mentioned Breadman when requested if Tank is overlooking Garcia. “Typically folks get in entrance of cameras, and so they communicate in absolute phrases like they know various things. I might simply be guessing.

“I by no means even met Tank earlier than. I do know his coaches. His coaches are cool, Kenny & Calvin, however I don’t know him. So, I don’t know if he’s overlooking him. Some guys can operate beneath absolute chaos.

“They will have lots of people round them with a whole lot of outside-of-the-ring stuff. Some guys can operate beneath that, and a few guys can’t. Everyone is completely different,” mentioned Breadman.

Tank can’t overlook this man

“So, I don’t know if he’s overlooking the man or if he’s nervous about various things,” Edwards mentioned. “Some folks have the flexibility to only flip the swap. Some folks don’t. Some guys, you’ve bought to lock away. You’ve bought to take their telephones and focus on every thing that they’re doing.

“So, it relies on the fighter. You in all probability know greater than me, so I don’t know. He [Gervonta] appears to return by when he wants to return by. He appears to have a clutch gene the place he bought up to now.

“Folks speak about his opponents, however he’s nonetheless bought to ship. He’s nonetheless bought to go in there and ship these knockouts and put folks within the seats and be thrilling. So he nonetheless has to do what he must do, as a result of not everyone seems pretty much as good as he does profitable the fights he wins.

“I can simply think about that he’s in all probability locked in and able to go. That’s what his profession has proven just about up to now. We’re going to see, however I do suppose he’s in an actual combat.

“Once you’ve bought a coach that’s scorching and a whole lot of good guys within the gymnasium, and everyone is profitable, and everyone is on high of you, and every thing you’re doing is being marked down.

“Your situps, your pushups, what number of rounds you sparred, how a lot you’re doing on this bag or that bag. All that stuff issues. So [Hector] Garcia goes to combat.

“I don’t suppose he’s going to win. That’s his coach proper there.  I’m going to be actual trustworthy. I don’t suppose he’s going to win the combat, however I do suppose he’s going to exit on his defend.

“I do suppose he’s going to let everyone know that he got here to win. I feel Tank has bought his work minimize out for him, however we’ll see. Tank may clip him within the first spherical. That’s the type of man he’s, however we’ll see how the combat goes,” mentioned Breadman Edwards about tonight’s Gervonta vs. Hector combat.