{"id":108505,"date":"2021-12-03T21:55:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T02:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=108505"},"modified":"2021-12-03T21:57:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T02:57:29","slug":"gervonta-davis-defends-his-wba-world-lightweight-title-against-number-seven-ranked-isaac-cruz-on-december-4th-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=108505","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis Defends His WBA World Lightweight Title Against Number Seven Ranked Isaac Cruz on December 5th \u2013 Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=108505\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=108505\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-108506 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0016_Davis_and_Cruz-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0016_Davis_and_Cruz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0016_Davis_and_Cruz.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By \u201cBad\u201d Brad Berkwitt<br \/>\nPhoto by Esther Lin\/SHOWTIME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Sunday, December 5th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles California current WBA world lightweight champion Gervonta \u201cTank\u201d Davis, 25-0, 24 KO\u2019s defends hit title for the third time against the number seven ranked WBA challenger, Isaac Cruz, 22-1-1, 15 KO\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, this fight looks like it will be an early night for \u201cTank\u201d. Cruz does have a few noticeable names on his ledger. His only loss came by a unanimous decision, in his sixth fight back on February 6, 2016, to Luis Miguel Montano, an 8-5 fighter at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Davis\u2019 experience with big name opponents and on big stages is 100% a huge advantage for him.<\/p>\n<p>One thing we do know about &#8216;Tank&#8221;, sometimes he does not take fights seriously with coming in with weight issues or letting personal problems affect his performance. For this fight, I have not heard anything to support that this time. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Both fighters during the final press conference for the fight were quoted as saying:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cHe can say whatever he wants right now, but it\u2019s different when you get hit in the face.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u2013 \u201cTank\u201d Davis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cMy hunger and will to win is unparalleled. He\u2019s going to feel it on Sunday night.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u2013 Isaac Cruz<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The fight is on PPV which it has no business being on! It is at best, an ESPN level fight. But once again, boxing shows us the direction that it&#8217;s\u00a0 going in which is not a good one for the boxing fans&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Gervonta will fight as the sizable -1400 favorite and Isaac the +700 underdog as seen on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/\">sportsbettingdime.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;1&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By \u201cBad\u201d Brad Berkwitt Photo by Esther Lin\/SHOWTIME This Sunday, December 5th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles California current WBA world lightweight champion Gervonta \u201cTank\u201d Davis, 25-0, 24 KO\u2019s defends hit title for the third time against the number seven ranked WBA challenger, Isaac Cruz, 22-1-1, 15 KO\u2019s. On paper, this fight looks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10928],"tags":[27882],"class_list":["post-108505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","category-columns-by-bad-brad-berkwitt","tag-gervonta-davis-defends-his-wba-world-lightweight-title-against-number-seven-ranked-isaac-cruz-on-december-5th-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108505"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}