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Alejandro barrios boxer6/20/2023 ![]() Not one person on Gervonta's resume to this juncture will make the Hall of Fame. And it looks very much like he will have skipped from 130 to 140, and not tested his worth against Vasiliy Lomachenko, Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, that bunch who are currently in the lightweight region. But from the perspective of someone who believes the best in class in pugilism want to test themselves against the very best much of the time, and prove that they are all that by downing rivals, or comparable talents, that limits my interest. It makes business sense, I think the response to Davis as a gate attraction or his PPV buy numbers justify and validate the plan. I'm not in embrace mode when Mayweather talks about Gervonta possibly being an all-time great, not when his foes are so carefully curated. ![]() On the other side, I will say, for myself, I know that the career track Davis has been on, as formulated by Mayweather Promotions, makes it so I'm simply not as compelled by his skills/stature as I'd like to be. Barrios will attest, his power doesn't fade. Next, we realized a bit more that Gervonta is a late-inning threat, that he's not the sort who only snags stops early in a fight, and then his power fades. One, that Gervonta Davis has a solid relationship with Atlanta, the fighter is embraced in that region in the way it counts most, people show up to see him do his thing.Īlso, the power of the Baltimore boxer came with him when he went to junior welterweight, and met Mario Barrios last night at State Farm Arena, in a clash featured on Showtime PPV. A couple things were proven, or solidified to a degree, on Saturday night in Atlanta. ![]()
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