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On Saturday, July 27, Claressa Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) attempts to add another world title to her ever-growing collection as she moves up to heavyweight to face Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse (7-1, 2 KOs) for the Canadian’s WBC title. The entire card at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan will be shown live on DAZN in over 200 countries across the globe.

Shields was last seen in the ring on June 3, 2023, when she defeated Maricela Cornejo. She holds notable wins against Savannah Marshall and Ema Kozin. Lepage-Joanisse won the WBC crown by a split decision against Abril Argentina Vidal.

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Can Shields create history at heavyweight? All eyes turn to Detroit, Michigan as the GWOAT moves up to heavyweight.

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Betting Odds

Per Sportsbook Draftkings, Shields will enter the bout as an overwhelming -2500 betting favourite. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse is the +1200 underdog as we get closer to fight night.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced Saturday he and John Gotti III agreed to a rematch on Aug. 24 in Mexico City.

The pair previously fought in June 2023. The exhibition was ended in the sixth round. Gotti continued to throw punches at Mayweather after the stoppage, which sparked a wider brawl in and out of the ring.

Gotti, who’s the grandson of the late New York mob boss John Gotti, told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour shortly after the event he was open to a return encounter. He said Mayweather might have a hard time turning down the idea based on how much attention they generated from their post-fight melee.

Mayweather previously announced the two would square off during the week of Super Bowl LVIII. However, that came to nothing.

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The 47-year-old has maintained his retirement from boxing after beating UFC star Conor McGregor in 2017 and running his record to a perfect 50-0. Since then, he has scheduled a series of exhibitions, making no bones about the fact he’s getting paid handsomely for much less work than would be required in an official fight.

Gotti got his combat sports career started in MMA, debuting in 2017 and compiling a 5-1 record before pivoting to boxing. He’s 2-0 so far as a professional.

Tank needs to be the one to make the decision, as long as it’s financially viable.

Alot of high-profile boxers are currently in holding patterns when it comes to deciding what their next moves will be. Canelo Alvarez still doesn’t have an opponent for September. No one knows what Devin Haney might do after the Ryan Garcia debacle. And Gervonta Davis just saw a potential opponent, Vasiliy Lomachenko, fall through.

That last big name is of particular importance to Shakur Stevenson, who is coming off of a recent victory and needs a notable win to stave off the criticism. Fighting and beating Tank would certainly accomplish that, and it sounds like Stevenson is open and willing to making it happen.

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Shakur Stevenson waiting for Tank Davis to make the call

Stevenson’s co-manager, Josh Dubin, spoke to BoxingScene on Tuesday and revealed that they’re just waiting on Davis to come through.

It’s all up to Tank. The one thing about Shakur: he will take anyone you put in front of him. We’re here and waiting and ready to negotiate. We’ll know how realistic [it] is by how financially viable they make it for Shakur… [We] have our phone lines open, ready for a call, and they have our numbers. It’s a fight Shakur really wants. He’s been begging for it for a long time.

It appears that Stevenson wants it badly, but it will come down to the numbers, as is usually the case when two elite boxers try to plan a fight. We’ll see if both sides can make sacrifices and come to a compromise some time within the next couple of months.

After the longest layoff of his professional career, Gervonta Davis “Tank” made a triumphant return to the ring, reminding the boxing world of his formidable one-punch power.

Davis secured an eighth-round knockout against Frank Martin on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, retaining his WBA lightweight title.

Gervonta Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) showcased his signature power with a devastating left uppercut followed by a straight left, sending Martin crashing into the ropes and onto the canvas. This victory marked Davis’s fourth consecutive knockout win. Despite conceding five of the first six rounds to gather data on his opponent, Davis ended the bout in spectacular fashion.

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“A couple rounds, I didn’t feel like I warmed up completely like I wanted to, but I did warm up as the fight was going on,” said Davis, who was fighting for the first time in 421 days. “I knew that he was going to tire down, so I was just standing there, being a target for him so he could tire himself out. And once he tired himself out, I started picking him apart.”

Entering the seventh round, Martin (18-1, 12 KOs) held a slight edge in power punches, leading 37-31 according to CompuBox statistics. However, Davis reversed this margin dramatically by landing 19 power punches to Martin’s 11 in that round.

The seventh round set the stage for Gervonta Davis brutal finale. He stalked Martin into the corner and began unloading a flurry of punches. A clean left hand stunned Martin, and Davis unleashed another powerful shot that sealed the knockout victory, drawing cheers from the announced crowd of 13,249.

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Davis had not fought since his seventh-round knockout of Ryan Garcia in April 2023, also in Las Vegas. His time away from the ring included a 44-day stint in a detention center for violating the terms of his house arrest related to a car accident that injured four people, including a pregnant woman.

“I’ve been around for a long time,” said Davis, whose right cheek was swollen and red from absorbing blows in the early rounds. “I’ve been training since I was 7 years old and competing since I was 8. It’s like second nature. It’s about staying focused, making sure my mind is on a goal, and that’s always to come out on top.”— Gene Wang

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis is one of the new breakout stars of boxing.

The Philadelphia fighter recently signed with Matchroom and got his latest win at home in front of the largest crowd in the city for many years. His impressive fifth-round stoppage of former European champion David Avanesyan was his 29th knockout from 32 fights overall and was the first defence of his IBF welterweight belt.

On a similar level are Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, two lightweight belt holders who have long been linked with fighting each other.

 

‘Tank’ is an all-action knockout artist and pay-per-view star, while Stevenson is more of a technical fighter who often takes a safety-first approach on his way to patient wins, and that has brought some ire from fans in recent times.

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Speaking to Cigar Talk, ‘Boots’ was asked about how a fight between the two might go and, like many, found it a hard one to call.

“That’s a great fight, you know, I think that’s 50-50, two great guys, two sharp guys. That’s a great fight. I really think it’s 50-50, they both great fighters, we’re not gonna know ’till they get in the ring. That’s a great match, Shakur is sharp, he knows how to box, he’s technical, ‘Tank’, he’s sharp, he can box, he’s got power, he can do everything. I think that’s gonna be a sharp type of fight.”

A possible unification fight between the two just moved a step close after Vasiliy Lomachenko pulled out of negotiations to fight ‘Tank’ next.

For a beauty lover, planning your in-flight skin-care routine is taken almost as seriously as packing your suitcase for the rest of the trip. Packing essentials like cleansers, moisturizers, and serums can feel like a never-ending puzzle, with the challenge of deciding what goes in your carry-on for easy access and what goes in checked baggage. But for on-the-go pros like American gymnast Sunisa “Suni” Lee, in-flight lifesavers like lip balms, moisturizers, and eye masks are absolute must-haves.

Heading to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games, Lee has a simple yet effective four-step routine that’s perfect for any travel situation (and eczema-friendly, as the athlete has been open about her experience with the skin condition). In a TikTok video, the Olympic gold medalist is seen enjoying a meal fit for champions before diving into her travel skin-care regimen. She kicks things off by refreshing her face with Celimax’s Ji Woo Gae One-Step Mild Cleansing Pads. Following that, she uses cult-loved, go-to products from brands like Summer Fridays and Peter Thomas Roth.

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To get the full lowdown on this Olympics star’s flight beauty routine — and shop the products directly from her bag — keep reading.

Lee kicks off her in-flight routine with arguably the most important step: a cleanse. The star of the show are Celimax’s Ji Woo Gae One Step Mild Cleansing Pads ($17), which are the perfect travel tool to cleanse and refresh the skin in just one step. Each container holds 60 pads, pre-soaked in formula, so you can just wipe and go — no rinsing required.

Win lose or draw, Anthony Joshua always seems to come in for criticism.

So far in his 31-fight career, Joshua has lost only three times. The first was an upset against Andy Ruiz Jr in June 2019 which he quickly avenged in December of the same year.

The other two were back-to-back 12-round contests against the soon-to-be undisputed heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk. Despite winning rounds on the cards and not being put down, many people claimed Joshua was done.

He has disproved that by coming back with four wins, three by knockout, and now he is to take on Daniel Dubois as he attempts to become a three-time heavyweight champion.

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However, contender Jarrell Miller – who recently lost to Dubois – claims Joshua has only looked good in those fights because the opponents had no power.

Speaking to BoxNation, he was asked if he still thinks he will fight Joshua one day after missing out in June 2019 when he tested positive for banned substances late in the day.

“I think it still happens, but like I said before If I’d got that win against Dubois it would have been me against ‘AJ’ not Francis Ngannou against ‘AJ’. I think it still happens. I get a win under my belt and I’m top two, top three rankings and people want that fight.”

“Look who he’s fighting. He’s fighting guys who don’t really have punching power so it makes him a little more aggressive coming in. He’s fighting guys aggressive who he knows he can fight aggressively cause he knows they’re not scary. When he’s fighting guys who are scary he’s not going to fight the same way.”

Davis and Shields have had a public disagreement in the past, with Davis making derogatory comments about Shields’ appearance and Shields responding by calling him short and saying that he beats up women

Before and after his victory over Artem Harutyunyan this past weekend, Shakur Stevenson expressed great interest in fighting fellow lightweight world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis.

When asked over the weekend if Stevenson would be ready for that unification bout against “Tank,” Claressa Shields didn’t hold back at all.

“You cannot ask me is Shakur ready for ‘Tank'” and ‘Tank’ couldn’t make it to the Olympics,” Shields began telling FightHype.com. “Shakur went to the Olympics. So, of course Shakur is on the same level as ‘Tank.'”

Don't throw rocks and hide your hands" - Claressa Shields reacts to  domestic violence allegations against Gervonta Davis

 

 

She added: “Now, they both are great fighters so let them fight and let them figure it out, but I’m always team Shakur and I’m gonna be team Shakur no matter who he fights against.”

Stevenson maintained that fans and critics will see the best version of him as his competition gets stiffer.

“I want to fight the best fighters in boxing,” Stevenson told ESPN after his latest victory. “That’s how you’re going to get to see the best version of me — when you put me in the ring with somebody else that wants to fight back and compete.”

In addition to Davis, Stevenson has also expressed the desire to fight Vasiliy Lomachenko, though he sounded as if he’s not holding his breath for either bout.

“If they don’t fight me, they don’t fight me,” he also told ESPN. “I’m just going to stay in the gym and stay ready.”

Davis, Lomachenko and Stevenson are three lightweight world champions with Denys Berinchyk being the fourth.

Gervonta Davis is one of the most ferocious champions in the sport of boxing having knocked out all but two of his 30 opponents.

Now WBA Lightweight World Champion, ‘Tank’ from Baltimore made his first defence of the belt with a knockout win over previously undefeated Frank Martin.

In his typical fashion of giving away a few rounds to lure his opponent in, the 29-year-old found his opportunity in the eighth to lay fellow southpaw Martin flat on his back.

He is one of four champions in the 135 ranks, joined by Shakur Stevenson, Vasiliy Lomachenko and Denys Berinchyk.

Bob Arum Says Gervonta Davis-Shakur Stevenson "Only Ends One Way"

 

In an interview with The Only Kayla, two-weight undisputed champion Claressa Shields defended Stevenson for hitting back at criticism he has received due to his last two performances. In doing so, she named his as the only fighter who has a chance against Gervonta Davis.

“This boy got three-time division world champion, silver medal at the Olympics, one of the best fighters in the world right now. The only threat to Tank Davis right now is Shakur. And you just told this man he’s a s**t fighter. He spends every day in the gym trying to get better and be a great fighter. You can say that to him, but when he comes back to you and says something now you’re hurt and sad.

One of the most sought after fights in the sport, Davis-Stevenson became more realistic this week.

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‘Tank’ was previously in early talks with another champion in Vasiliy Lomachenko but the Ukrainian has decided he is not currently motivated enough to take the fight.

That leaves the door open for Shakur, who recently became a free agent, to step in and negotiate the fight all boxing fans want to see.

Gervonta Davis is moving on from Vasyl Lomachenko.

The pair were deep in negotiations to square off this year in a WBA and IBF lightweight world title unification clash.

It is understood that talks between Bob Arum’s Top Rank (who promote Lomachenko) and Al Haymon’s PBC (who represent Davis) were progressing well for a November fight date.

However, the Ukrainian slickster has opted to take some time out of boxing and won’t return to the ring until 2025.

Gervonta Davis Receives Approval To Travel To Paris And Join The U.S.  Olympic Boxing Team

 

Davis’ team was understandably taken aback by Lomachenko’s response, who has always sought the biggest fights possible during his 21-fight (18-3) pro career.

But instead of sitting around and waiting for Loma, Davis’ co-trainer Kenny Ellis has indicated that they may target a fight with WBC champion Shakur Stevenson next.

Speaking to Mill City Boxing, he said: “He [Loma] is straight ducking… Hopefully, Shakur won’t duck.

“They keep saying that Tank is ducking Shakur, let’s see. Him and Lomachenko are the only ones left.”

Asked what Davis would do if a fight with Stevenson or Lomachenko can’t be made by next year, Ellis added: “It’s up to Tank and what he wants to do but he might retire.

“If he does I support that, whatever he does I’ll support it. If he said let’s get the next one, I’ll support it.”

 

This comes after Lomachenko’s manager told boxing reporter Steve Kim: “Loma is not in the mood right now.

 

“He doesn’t have the motivation at the moment. He’s taking off, he wants to spend more time with the family.

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“He doesn’t want to do anything until the end of the year. So he’s definitely not coming to the ring until the end of the year…

“With Loma, just money is not what motivates him. He doesn’t take anything just because of money.

“You can offer him millions, tens of millions of dollars – if he doesn’t have motivation, he’s not ready to prepare for the fight.”

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