Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis will sq. off tonight, in one of many most-anticipated fights amongst boxing purists lately.
Both lightweights are unbeaten, with Davis (28-0, 26 knockouts) reigning as WBA champion and Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) having beforehand held the WBC interim title.
The Americans will meet in a catchweight bout at 136lbs, nevertheless, in a bid to lastly settle a long-standing grudge.
Davis’ latest authorized points threatened to delay the combat, which has already taken years to come back collectively, however “Tank”, 28, and Garcia, 24, are on track to conflict in Las Vegas.
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When is it?
The combat will happen on Saturday 22 April, a major occasion on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The major card is because of start at 1am BST on Sunday 23 April (5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET on Saturday). Ring walks for the principle occasion are then anticipated at roughly 4am BST on Sunday (8pm PT, 10pm CT, 11pm ET on Saturday).
How can I watch it?
The occasion will stream reside on Dazn within the UK and chosen European international locations, and on Dazn pay-per-view within the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It may also be obtainable as a Showtime pay-per-view within the US.
Odds
Garcia – 15/8
Davis – 4/9
Draw – 14/1
Via Betway.
Fight card (topic to vary)
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia (136lbs catchweight)
David Morrell (C) vs Sena Agbeko (WBA super-middleweight title)
Bektemir Melikuziev vs Gabriel Rosado (super-middleweight)
Elijah Garcia vs Kevin Salgado Zambrano (middleweight)
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