Since the Situation is highly unusual, is not yet clear whether the WBA expresses both fighters fees in the two Limits of the eye.
Nevertheless, the Match is not without precedent, as Stephen Espinoza said the channel Showtime in a virtual press conference: “We have done a investigation and the best known example of Ray Leonard and Donny are Lalonde. It is something that occurs very irregularly, and that is a Bonus for the Event.“ In Espinoza mentioned fight Leonard (36-3-1, 25 knockouts) and Lalonde (41-5-1, 33 Ko) had on 7. November Lalondes WBC belt in a semi-hard, and the vacant WBC title at super middle.
Davis had carries the title, the Santa Cruz, 2019 laid down, in order to light-weight up. However, the Tank had “” recently the Weight in the Easy problems and brought too much on the scale. This should happen also in his Showdown with Santa Cruz, he wouldn’t have to pay a penalty, but it should also be boxed only to Davis‘ title in the lightweight. But Espinoza does not believe that it will come to that. “He is motivated,” he said of the 25-Year-old, with the October Fight will be his debut as a Pay-per-View Headliner. “I don’t think it will make this fight any problems with the Weight.”
Text: Nils Bothmann
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