Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz

[ykdadamaja]

Mares is a tough fighter, he hasn't achieved what I thought he would but he's done well.

Davis will stop him

Yup. And the stoppage will be brutal before the 5th.

[Spicoli]

Can we once and for all stop using "multi division champ" and "historical" in the same sentence . Size won't matter half as much as Mares inability to maintain range and match speed with Davis. I wouldn't mind seeing Davis dropped on his wallet though. Two fighters going in opposite directions.

[smashup]

Tank should and probably will smash him to bits if his inactivity hasn't stsrted to take it's toll physically.
He still young so should be ok.
My favourite break through fighter of the past 5 years is Davis but it's so frustrating to see him wasting time.
Seems ages ago he came to London and beat the shit out of Walsh.
I still think Davis is one fighter who can stop Lomachenko 👊🏻😉

[ykdadamaja]

Tank should and probably will smash him to bits if his inactivity hasn't stsrted to take it's toll physically.
He still young so should be ok.
My favourite break through fighter of the past 5 years is Davis but it's so frustrating to see him wasting time.
Seems ages ago he came to London and beat the shit out of Walsh.
I still think Davis is one fighter who can stop Lomachenko 👊🏻😉

That Davis v Loma fight IS the next, big PPV fight outside of Crawford v Spence and Wilder v Joshua.

But Oscar DLH said the days of PPV are dead. I still wanna know where the money is in this free to view mega fight system? I just don't know?!

[Master]

Abner Mares forced to withdraw from Feb. 9 Gervonta Davis title bout; Hugo Ruiz fills in on short notice

One of boxing's top fights to begin 2019 is no more.

Former three-division world champion Abner Mares suffered a right elbow injury in training and was forced to bow out of his scheduled bout on Feb. 9 against WBA "super" super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis. BoxingTalk.com was the first to report the news. Davis will still headline the show and face former super bantamweight champion Hugo Ruiz from the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.

Davis (20-0, 19 KOs), one of boxing's exciting young stars, will defend his belt and return for the first time since demolishing Jesus Cuellar in three rounds back in April.



Ruiz (39-4, 33 KOs) won the WBC title back in February 2016 when he stopped Julio Ceja. The 30-year-old has won three consecutive fights. He just competed on the Manny Pacquiao-Adrien Broner undercard in January and defeated Alberto Guevara by unanimous decision. 18 of Ruiz's 33 knockouts have come in the first round.

"I trained for three months to fight a southpaw when I fought in January," Ruiz said in a press release. "When the opponent changed, it was hard to adjust in 24 hours. After the fight I immediately went back to the gym, because you never know what's going to happen in boxing. I'm 100 percent ready to knockout Gervonta Davis."

Mares (31-3-1, 15 KOs) was looking to avenge his June loss to Leo Santa Cruz and would have been making his debut at super featherweight. The 33-year-old was upset with not being able to compete in his home state.

"I'm not going to sugarcoat this. I'm disappointed and devastated that I've injured my right elbow in sparring,'' Mares said in the same press release. "This is something that I haven't had happen to me during my career and the feeling is just horrible. I will be going to see my doctor about this and am prepared to follow whatever recommendations and rehab that gets me back into the ring. I'm healthy, not afraid of doing the work and I will be back. This is a temporary setback. Don't count me out.''

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/abn...191941756.html

[Spicoli]

Well it was at least a little interesting. Davis just cannot get any career traction. Ruiz just fought 3 weeks ago and coming up in weight. Decent matches with Bogere v Fortuna and Lubin v Smith.

[powerpuncher]

Well it was at least a little interesting. Davis just cannot get any career traction. Ruiz just fought 3 weeks ago and coming up in weight. Decent matches with Bogere v Fortuna and Lubin v Smith.

I thought that Ruiz just fought but I assumed I was wrong. That’s a really quick turnaround