Gervonta Davis vs Rolando Romero: Preview, Where to watch and betting odds

WBA Lightweight champion, Gervonta Davis puts his title on the line against fellow American and WBA Interim Champion Rolando Romero in a mandatory title defence. The fight was originally scheduled for December 2021 but was pulled when Romero became embroiled in sexual assault allegations. The fight between the two undefeated Lightweights is now back on following the clearance of the allegations against Romero. The title defence will be the last fight for Davis under the Mayweather Promotions.

Location: Barclays Centre, Brooklyn, New York

Date: 28.05.2022, 23:00

Where to Watch: Showtime PPV

Gervonta Davis is ranked as the world’s 10th best active boxer, pound for pound by the Boxing Writers Association of America and BoxRec. The American is ranked 3rd by ESPN and 5th by The Ring. He also has a record of 26 wins with 24 coming by knockout. Davis has held multiple championships in 3 weight classes: WBA (Regular) Lightweight, WBA (Super) Lightweight and IBF Super Featherweight.

27-year-old Davis who is nicknamed “Tank” fights with a southpaw stance and holds a knockout-to-win percentage of 93%. He has been reported saying that he modelled his fighting to Floyd mat weather Jr’s.

I had a lot of experience [from the amateur ranks], but I learned how to keep my composure. Floyd told me to stay calm, and I studied Floyd Mayweather [videos] when he was 'Pretty Boy.' My uppercut was my best shot, and it was landing all night. It felt really good to fight the way I did. I could take it and dish it out.

Gervonta Davis

• Born: November 7, 1994
• Height: 5’ 5.5’’ (162 cm)
• Reach: 67.5’ (171 cm)
• Total: 26
• Record: 26-0-0

Rolando Romero is the WBA Interim Lightweight Champion and is undefeated too. He became the interim champion after defeating previously undefeated Jackson Marinez. However, the unanimous decision win over Marinez was controversial as any viewers felt that MArinez deserved to win the bout.

Romero made his professional debut in 2016 and has gone16 fights undefeated with 12 coming by way of knockouts. After revealing via his Instagram that no charges were filed against him following the sexual assault allegations that led to the pulling of the original fight date with Davis, the WBA ordered that Davis must make a mandatory title challenge against him.

• Born: October 14, 1995
• Height: 5’ 8’’ (173 cm)
• Reach: 68’ (173 cm)
• Total: 14
• Record: 14-0-0

The sportsbooks have installed Davis as the favourite to win at 1.096 odds. A win for Romero is priced at 8.2 odds and 29 odds will get a draw.

A points victory for Davis comes at 6.9 odds

Total over 9.5 is priced at 3.14 odds while over 5.5 is a decent 1.76 odds

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