November 2, 2024

Gervonta Davis vs Leo Santa Cruz on Halloween Day at the Alamodome

By Carlos Costa

The exciting 2-title battle between undefeated WBA lightweight World champion ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Gervonta โ€œTankโ€ Davis and Mexican WBA Feather & Super Featherweight โ€œSuperโ€ Champion ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Leo โ€Terremotoโ€ Santa Cruz has been postponed to Halloween Day. โœ…

Originally, it was scheduled for a week earlier, but the two outstanding warriors will have to go at each other a few days later on October 31.

The reason for the postponement is for the fight to avoid going head-to-head in ratings with a big UFC show. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Understandably, the move is to avoid loses in PPV sales. ๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ’ฐ The big stage for ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Davis (23-0, 22 KOโ€™s) vs ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOโ€™s) will be the Alamodome, the large American football stadium in San Antonio, Texas, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA.

The Alamodome is the same venue where thrilling then-featherweight ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Manny Pacquiao knocked out ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marco Antonio Barrera in eleven rounds in 2003; a classic fight that has become one of Pacquiaoโ€™s greatest hits.

Will โ€œTankโ€ also rock and knock out โ€œTerremotoโ€ on this monthโ€™s Halloween evening in San Antonio? ๐ŸŽƒ

Or will it be the tough ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexican 2-division world champion the one to deal ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Davis his 1st crushing defeat? ๐ŸฅŠ

Santa Cruz is the reigning WBA world champion both in Featherweight and Super Featherweight. Should he go on to defeat the unbeaten heavy-hitter โ€œTankโ€ Davis (not an easy thing to do), the Mexican would become a 3-division world champion simultaneously. How about that?

Such a feat is something not seeing often in boxing history.Legendary fighter ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Henry Armstrong was the 1st Man to hold 3 titles in 3 divisions simultaneously.

Armstrong (152-22-9, 101 KOโ€™s) won the Featherweight world title in October of 1937, then the welterweight belt in may of 1938, and in his next fight he claimed the lightweight crown.

However, Armstrongโ€™s fight times were light-years tougher that they now as there was one sanctioning body and one champion of the world champion per division. Now, how many? Times have changed. With so many options, itโ€™s way easier to fight for a world title nowadays, right?

Still, becoming a champ in three different weight classes at the same time is an extraordinary, really awesome achievement.

The question pops out: Is โ€œTerremotoโ€ (in English means โ€œEarthquakeโ€) really destined to be shake boxing history by becoming champion of the world in 3 weight-classes at the same time?

That we need go find out. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

โ€œTankโ€ Davis vs ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Leo Santa Cruz at each other on Halloween Day. ๐ŸŽƒ Booooooo.. May the Best Man Win.!! โœ…

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The author, boxing writer Carlos Costa, can be reached by email: carlos512@hotmail.com and whatsapp +639184538152

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