US boxer Gervonta Davis (L) fights Mexican boxer Isaac Cruz during their WBA Lightweight Championship bout at the Staples center in Los Angeles, California on December 5, 2021. The 27-year-old Davis is now 26-0, with 24 knockouts. The judges scored it, 115-113, 115-113, 116-112, in favor of Davis, who went the full 12 round for the first time in his career. That won’t change, but at least we have a mute button for them.Gervonta Davis remained undefeated as he retained his WBA lightweight title with a unanimous decision win over an up-to-the-challenege Isaac Cruz at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Dec. Unfortunately, many enjoy putting out malice instead of giving credit where it’s due. Romero as an inferior matchup, the solution is not to watch instead of wasting 280 characters on Twitter to trash two boxers trying to make a living by sacrificing their health. He had plenty of stay-busy fights against the likes of Zora Folley, Jerry Quarry, and Ron Lyle, so why rag on Davis for fighting Romero? Muhammad Ali didn’t fight Joe Frazier and George Foreman in every bout. No boxer fought in a Fight of the Year every time out because factors surrounding the boxing business prevent that from happening. After leaving the ring against a boxer of Davis’s caliber, not many can say the same.Īll boxers need two things to improve and rise up the ranks–activity and competition. Davis notched another knockout, and Romero proved that he’s worthy of a second look. In all honesty, that’s what they are looking for–a reaction.ĭavis and Romero put on a good show, and both upped their stock. Let them spit out their venom on social media and don’t react. You can also call them trolls, but I prefer to look at them as unrealistic. We call them malcontents, and there are plenty of them out there. The truth is that some people will never be satisfied with what they see in the ring. That should be a good thing, but apparently, it’s not enough for some. There are enough talented boxers at the high end that every matchup at the top will be competitive. Fans want to believe that there’s one fighter that’s head and shoulders above all others, but that fighter doesn’t exist at the elite level and never will. Knowing when to be aggressive and when to lay off is a skill that Davis possesses and Romero doesn’t. He probably had the tools to go the distance, but impatience got the better of him as he kept leaping at Davis with his hands down, which cost him the fight. To Romero’s credit, he won the first three rounds against Davis. He’s a tactical fighter and proved it by catching Romero with a counter left that came at the precise moment when required. He paced himself for a 12-round fight if needed. However, if you search Twitter for #DavisRomero, you’ll see plenty of fans getting on Davis’s case for not throwing more punches during the first three rounds. Rolly Romero was competitive for six rounds and helped each fighter improve their standing despite the naysayersĭavis closed the fight against Cruz one-handed and beat Romero with one perfectly timed punch. Cruz’s ability to take a punch and apply pressure was a near-perfect strategy against Davis, and he still couldn’t get the victory. He had trouble against Cruz, but he also suffered an injured hand in round 10. Davis is only 5-foot-5 and is a small lightweight himself, making that an unfair assessment. Yet, people want to diminish his victories against Gamboa and Santa Cruz because they were undersized. That’s a pretty impressive record for a 27-year-old who’s still approaching his prime. He has notched wins against Jose Pedraza, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Leo Santa Cruz, Mario Barrios, and Isaac Cruz. That’s where a lot of the post-fight critiques came from, but it’s unrealistic to think you’re going to get a gold-standard fight every time.ĭavis’s record deserves more credit than it receives. People want to see Davis against the division’s best like Devin Haney, George Kambosos Jr.
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