{"id":84021,"date":"2019-11-06T00:09:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T05:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=84021"},"modified":"2019-11-06T00:16:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T05:16:46","slug":"gervonta-davis-adrien-broner-needs-to-be-pimp-slapped-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=84021","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis Returns: &#8220;Adrien Broner Needs to Be Pimp Slapped!&#8221;  &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=84021\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=84021\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-84022 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image004-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image004-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image004.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Photo by Sean Michael Ham\/Mayweather Promotions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>One of RSR&#8217;s biggest readers, Danny Allen had this to say about the incident where Adrien Broner punched Gervonta Davis. &#8220;Gervonta is the man and Adrien Broner needs to be pimp slapped!&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Davis To Face Yuriorkis Gamboa For WBA Lightweight World Championship While Jack Challenges WBA Light Heavyweight Titlist Jean Pascal Live On SHOWTIME\u00ae From State Farm Arena In Atlanta<\/p>\n<p>WHAT: Gervonta Davis and Badou Jack met with members of the media last Saturday in Las Vegas to discuss their upcoming matchups taking place Saturday, December 28 live on SHOWTIME at the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a special year-end Premier Boxing Champions event.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Two-time super featherweight champion Davis will take on former unified world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBA Lightweight World Championship as the 24-year-old Davis looks to conquer another division. In the co-main event of a special holiday SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING\u00ae telecast, former two-division champion Jack will challenge WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean Pascal. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the event, which is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, GTD Promotions and TGB Promotions, are available through Ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xSXcwf0vV7E\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>Also participating in Saturday\u2019s luncheon at Wolfgang Puck at MGM Grand were Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, and Stephen Espinoza, President, Sports &amp; Event Programming, Showtime Networks Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what the fighters and executives had to say:<\/p>\n<p>GERVONTA DAVIS:<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts about Gamboa and moving up in weight:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know Gamboa is a veteran and that he\u2019s had a lot of wars, so we know we have a tough fight. He\u2019s definitely dangerous. He can hit. He can fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis last fight he made 134, so we know he can get bigger than me at that weight. I\u2019m going into this knowing he\u2019s a bigger fighter than me. I\u2019m just going to bring my power and capitalize on that weight class and becoming world champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe I\u2019m one of the top fighters in the world, but I don\u2019t compare myself to other fighters. I just go out and get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAtlanta is my second home. I\u2019m confident I\u2019ll sell it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his ability and uniqueness as a fighter:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI come from a different cloth than these other guys. I\u2019ve been through everything in my life. A lot of people haven\u2019t experienced what I have. If I ever get beat it would have to be by someone who\u2019s been through what I have been through. It can\u2019t be anyone who\u2019s just been training all their life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I step in the ring I\u2019m willing to leave it all in there. A lot of people haven\u2019t seen my full skills because I haven\u2019t fought an opponent that has brought them out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his potential in the sport:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boxing world hasn\u2019t seen my true potential as a fighter, they\u2019ve just seen my power. I\u2019m the type of boxer where if you don\u2019t belong in there with me, you won\u2019t be in there too long. Some fighters like to take their time. I\u2019m the type, if I know you\u2019re not on my level, I\u2019m going to show it. The world will see. I\u2019ll fight anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BADOU JACK:<\/p>\n<p>On his upcoming matchup against Pascal:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited for this fight. I actually called Pascal the day before his last fight and let him know I was rooting for him. But this is business at the end of the day. I\u2019m coming to take back my title.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On how he feels at this age:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like a young 36 years old. I live a clean life. I\u2019m always in the gym training and I try not to take any punishment. I have a couple of years left and I\u2019m more motivated now than ever. I needed that little break. I hadn\u2019t had a break since I was an amateur twenty years ago. I took time to relax with the family and eat good food. Now I\u2019m hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his last performance against Marcus Browne:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone who saw me in my last fight could see I was flat. My fighting instinct kicked in at that point. He was fighting a dead man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the Davis vs. Gamboa matchup:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great fight. Gamboa is a little older, but he looked good in his last fight. I\u2019m a big, big fan of Tank \u2013 the way he fights, his speed, his athleticism, everything. He has star power. He was on my undercard, now I\u2019m on his. He\u2019s going to bring great things to the sport and as long as he stays focused, he\u2019s going to be a superstar. He\u2019s already a superstar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LEONARD ELLERBE:<\/p>\n<p>On Davis\u2019 position and progression in the sport:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to show everyone how he\u2019s going to become the biggest star in the sport. In 2020 we\u2019re going to blow this out of the water. We\u2019ve been able to think outside the box. That\u2019s how you grow the sport. We\u2019ve made a concerted effort to cross him over to the mainstream; working with the Baltimore Ravens, his parade, now Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur plan is to make the biggest and best fights out there. We\u2019re going to call the shots and it\u2019s going to be on our terms, and we\u2019ll let everyone know when that happens. Everyone wants to fight Tank. There\u2019s one common thing when you talk about 126, 130, 135, and now 140. There\u2019s one name that\u2019s common among the fighters and that\u2019s Tank. This is going to be a great journey and you better get on it now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he can get past Gamboa on December 28, then in 2020 he\u2019s going into that pay-per-view world. When you have that kind of star power and you\u2019re thinking outside of the box, not just boxing fans, we\u2019re going to make the biggest fights out there in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Badou Jack:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBadou\u2019s a promoter\u2019s dream. He\u2019s a guy who gives you no problems. He\u2019s out there doing wonderful things for himself and his family. He\u2019s doing so much to help so many others. He\u2019s using his platform in the right way. It\u2019s an honor to work with a fighter like him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always knew he was a great talent and sometimes you can find the diamonds in the rough. Everyone\u2019s always looking at the guys coming out of the Olympics. We saw him in the gym and he really messed a guy up. We had an eye on him and we worked out a deal with Lou [DiBella] and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had one setback, but everything happens for a reason, and he\u2019s just taken off since. He\u2019s a great fighter and I like the fact that he\u2019s always willing to fight the best. Never had to second guess that he\u2019s willing to fight everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STEPHEN ESPINOZA:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are advantages and disadvantages to promoting a show on this date. There has been a lot of success promoting music shows on that weekend. It\u2019s not apples to apples, but it\u2019s one of the factors that went in and there\u2019s a way to turn this into something special and unique because of Gervonta\u2019s fan base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to have skilled boxers but we need, for the health of the sport, guys like Gervonta who are putting butts in the seats. That\u2019s the key in bringing him to Atlanta. Boxing is a part of a culture that crosses over into music and sports. There\u2019s not an athlete who doesn\u2019t watch a pay-per-view boxing match. Tapping into that with a personality like Tank is only going to expand the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an authenticity and an openness about Gervonta. There\u2019s a lot of people who\u2019ve had setbacks who don\u2019t talk about it, like Tank. It takes a risk to talk about that and that\u2019s why a lot of people can relate. This is Tank. What you see is what you get. It\u2019s very real. It\u2019s very authentic and I think that\u2019s why people connect with him the person as opposed to him the fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] Photo by Sean Michael Ham\/Mayweather Promotions One of RSR&#8217;s biggest readers, Danny Allen had this to say about the incident where Adrien Broner punched Gervonta Davis. &#8220;Gervonta is the man and Adrien Broner needs to be pimp slapped!&#8221; Davis To Face Yuriorkis Gamboa For WBA Lightweight World Championship While Jack Challenges WBA Light Heavyweight [&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],"tags":[21038],"class_list":["post-84021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-gervonta-davis-returns-adrien-broner-needs-to-be-pimp-slapped-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84021","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=84021"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}