Weekend Boxing Results, July 29 (2024)

Davis Scores Easy TKO Win but Trump Tweet Steals BaltimoreShow

On a weekend where Gervonta Davis and hisconnection to Baltimore were supposed to take center stage,politics overshadowed an easy stoppage win for “Tank.” Leading upto the fight, all the talk was about Davis’ upbringing in the cityand his relationship with trainer Calvin Ford, who inspired thecharacter “Cutty” on The Wire.

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Davis did everything according to plan. He went out and overpoweredlittle-known mandatory challenger Ricardo Nunez of Panama, landing a flurry of punches againsta pinned Nunez in the second round that forced the referee toend the mismatch. It was an easy, hometown defense of Davis’ 130pound WBA title that moved Tank’s record to 22-0 with 21knockouts.

Any other weekend and Davis’ win would have been the talk ofBaltimore. Unfortunately, this weekend President Trump got into aspat with Elijah Cummings, insulting his district in West Baltimoreas crime-ridden, dirty and rat-infested. Suddenly, everyone on bothsocial media and in traditional media got into apro-Trump/anti-Trump online brawl centered around how nice of acity Baltimore is or isn’t, and Davis’ big win was hugelyovershadowed.

That’s unfortunate, but Davis apparently has a big-name opponent inmind for his next bout that would get people talking about himagain. While there are still rumors of Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Davis following Gamboa’s bigwin over Rocky Martinez, Davis made itabundantly clear after the fight that he (and apparently hispromoter, Floyd Mayweather Jr.) want the long awaited unificationbout with longtime Twitter enemy/IBF champion Tevin Farmernext. That would be a big fight, but one that seemed just aroundthe corner for ages, so who knows if it will actually happen thistime?

Tevin Farmer Bores, But Won’t Get Himself Hurt Trying to“Entertain” Fans

The reason Gervonta Davis-Tevin Farmer is still being discussed isthat Tevin Farmer also won his bout this weekend. But while Daviswas entertaining his hometown fans with another thrilling stoppage,Farmer’s unanimous 116-111, 116-111, 119-108decision win over Guillaume Frenois wasn’t so entertaining, and Farmerdoesn’t care.

“The Athletics’” Mike Coppinger tweeted “Here inArlington, Tevin Farmer is getting booed so loudly, can’t even hearhis interview with Mannix after points win. I’m here with hispromoter Lou DiBella, who said Tevin had a good performance, butthat he’ll have a talk with his fighter about being moreentertaining.”

In the wake of the death of Maxim Dadashev, Farmer didn’t want to hear that heshould be more “entertaining.” In response to Coppinger’s tweet,Farmer said “More entertaininglike take more risk. And more punches to the head. Just to beanother fighter to suffer from brain injuries and possibly die justso I can be forgotten about a few months after. Nah. I dominatedlast night. Came home to my family unmarked and well. Godbless.”

Without a dazzling personality, a defensive southpaw is always atough sell, though Farmer did have some flashy moments that lookgood on highlight reels. It's tough to disagree with either DiBellaor Farmers stances, but with Mayweather trying to make Davis-Farmera big PPV event, maybe Farmer’s admission that he doesn’t care ifhis fights are exciting or not would have been best leftunsaid.

Jose Ramirez Takes Maurice Hooker’s Belt in his HometownDebut

While Baltimore fans had a reason to celebrate after GervontaDavis’ win, Dallas fans that made the brief trip to Arlington Texasto watch Maurice Hooker left with a sour tastein their mouths. Former Olympian Jose Ramirez, who has made great strides trainingunder Robert Garcia, after leaving Freddie Roach in 2018, took hisWBC 140 pound title into Arlington and engaged in a toughback-and-forth battle, until the sixth round.

In the sixth round, even on one scorecard and slightlyahead on the other two, Ramirez hurt Hooker with a 1-2-3 (it’sokay to hook with a Hooker, apparently) that hurt Hooker, then teedoff on him with such accuracy, precision and sheer suddenness of violencethat the referee was forced to stop the fight. With the win,Ramirez became the WBO Champion, as well, and moved hisprofessional record to 25-0 with 17 knockouts.

Again, the specter of Dadashev’s death loomed large. In case anyonewanted to question the stoppage, Hooker himself said it was a gooddecision, that he was hurt, and that “two fighters died this week, and Ididn’t want to be the third.”

Ramirez was well aware that two fighters died this week, he is donating his shoes, trunks and glovesfrom the fight to the Maxim Dadashev fund. Those items willfetch at least $30,000 (there was already a bid of that amount) andRamirez said he would match the highest offer himself.

What’s next for Ramirez? Well, there are only two other 140 poundfighters with belts, Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor, and after they fight each other next --in the WBSS final, supposedly Oct. 5 -- Ramirez wants to fight fortotal unification of the weight class. He’ll probably need to makea mandatory title defense before then. Hopefully he’s smart enoughto keep it away from his hometown.

Gamboa Stops Martinez with Second-Round Flurry

Yuriorkis Gamboa used to be known for his explosiveness, maybe hestill should be. Against Rocky Martinez, the now 37-year-old formerOlympic gold medalist out of Cuba dropped Puerto Rico’s RockyMartinez twice in the second round, once with a left hook and oncewith a right hand against the ropes.The second knockdown ended the fight when Martinez didn’t beat thecount (though, honestly he looked like he just didn’t want tocontinue).

Is Gamboa back and ready for Gervonta Davis, if Davis-Farmerdoesn’t work out? Not so fast. Martinez, who was 36 years oldhimself, took three years off boxing after getting brutally KOed byVasiliy Lomachenko. This was only his secondfight after that break.

While Gamboa looked great, this was his first stoppage win since2014. So, while Davis-Gamboa sounded good when Davis was fightingscrubs, if Gervonta Davis is talking -- seriously talking, notGervonta Davis Twitter talking -- about fighting legitimate worldchampions, then Gamboa-Davis doesn’t need to happen.

Ref Botches Call on Push, Leads to Ladarius Miller Victory


This was the moment thatLadarius Miller beat Jezzrel Corrales, by pushing him onto the canvas.See, in a largely uneventful fight that would ultimately end ina split 93-96, 96-93, 95-94 Millervictory, Miller pushed Corrales onto the canvas, but on his waydown Corrales grabbed onto Miller’s arm and (after an A+ ninja kip)was deducted a point for the move.

Had he not lost this point; math will tell you the fight would haveresulted in a split draw, but if he hadn’t lost the point he likelywould have fought a completely different fight. (People who say ateam that loses by one point would have won if they’d taken thefield goal in the first quarter are the reason we shouldn’t havetime travel.) Still, it was a terrible call by the referee and anincredibly costly one for Jezreel Corrales.

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