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Scheduled on October 24 31 in Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. This is another fight that is also highly anticipated, as we all know that Davis is an exciting fighter (although he has problems lately with making weights). And Leo Sta. Cruz is no push over.

https://i.imgur.com/89R4SLF.jpg

https://www.boxingscene.com/gervonta-davis-leo-santa-cruz-headline-showtime-ppv-card-october-24--150372

However, I don't see Leo giving Gervonta problems here, this could end up in judges scorecard in favor of Davis.

Current Odds:

https://i.imgur.com/WnmqEZv.png

https://www.bestodds.ai/odds/sport-boxing/matchups/leo-santa-cruz-vs-gervonta-davis

If I see the match history: champinon.info-davis-vs-santa-cruz (https://champinon.info/schedule/davis-vs-santa-cruz/#close), (Gervonta Davis vs Leo Santa Cruz), Leo looks professional, but from the scores they got both: 23-37 / 0-1-0-1, it seems that Leo are superior.

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From their age 25/32, Gervonta is physically much younger, however, from more experience to Leo.

I am also curious to see a boxing match, the two of them, however, have to wait 3 months, but no problem.

Maybe, if I want to bet in their match in October, maybe I should be in the position of Leo, (Mexico).
Hopefully this boxing match schedule does not change again.

This Sta Cruz is no push over just check this video and see for yourself he is a He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes
and he has a good knock out punch and  timing this is going to be a very excited fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6i3ekY0gg4
 

On this fight, Gervonta is a slight favorite because he is a natural lightweight compared to Santa Cruz who is coming from a much lighter weight
Although Leo Santa Cruz has a lot of experience and a good combination I still see Gervonta winning here, he has never fought a fighter like Gervonta compared to what I saw on Youtube on some of the fighters he beat so I'll go for Gervonta here.

The younger Davis is the crowds fav, he could throw several punches in milliseconds but still very heavy. Santa Cruz might not have the opportunity to counterpunch once Davis unleashes a combo. I'd go for the younger one. Looks like an obvious win unless its Davis unlucky day.

The odds will be very unfortunate though. I havent check the sportsbet, safe bet but few USD profit.

Just a suggestion, can you please include on this thread where we can place our bet in such bookmakers and how many bookmakers are there that support on this kind of event. Yes, I know aside from Sportsbet is there any bookmakers where we can place a bet?

I will go to Gervonta Davis because Leo Santa Cruz here is an underdog on this match, no wonder why he is in underdog because he had losses in the previous match.

He is the underdog because Gervonta Davis is the obviously superior boxer between the two. I would tend to agree that Leo Santa Cruz is a good boxer in his own right, but Davis is at the peak of his career, and young and at his prime.

Technical skills and speed goes to Gervonta Davis as well, the only way for Leo to win is established his jab and make Davis uncomfortable and commit to his punch and Leo countering. Otherwise, he will be having a hard time against Davis fast and vicious hands.

How can he counter if Davis is too fast and too elusive? He should try to chase Davis here and go toe to toe and hope that his chin will hold, and then give some. Take that risk early and switch strategy if that doesn't work. Davis is a well rounded fighter, but if he gets to confident and over extending, Leo then should grab that advantage and score 1-2 punch.

First, Tank needs to win in the scale here, I don't know why he chooses to go down to 130 lbs again because he already move to 135 lbs in his last fight. So definitely he will have some issues here and I do hope that he has someone in his time to monitor his weight going into this fight.

Second, Leo Sta Cruz avenge his only lost, so technically he has 0 lost in his resume.

This will Davis toughest fight to date, and if he win by KO or in a spectacular fashion, then the hype train continues for him.

You can try NitrogenSports.

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I forgot to mentioned that Leo Santa Cruz is a volume puncher, if I'm not mistaken there are matches wherein he throw more than 1000 punches in a 10 or 12 round bouts. So it will be a question on whether Davis can handle that. His lost to Frampton was avenge when they rematch, it was very close, but I do agree that he won in that rematch and readjust, specially adding that body shots. And I think this will be his strategy, take Davis early with his volume punch.

Well, I don't think if he will still apply that strategy, 1k punches have thrown is very crucial to the opponent and how he survives those punches. I have found here the Youtube video of what you have said. ^{[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJgxPF2s5CE ]}
He gave that punches on his opponent Rafael Rivera's match last year, --do you think Gervonta Davis will survive until round 12?

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Indeed, this match is good to watch, it feels me an excitement. I will place my bet on Santa Cruz here.

This is pretty unusual because as we all know, Davis really has problem with the scales. He even weigh over the limit at his first attempt in the scale for his fight with Gamboa, fortunately he made the weight in his second attempt. What makes this fight more interesting is that they are fighting for the 130lbs belt while the 135lbs championship belt of Davis is also at stake here lol.

I watch Leo Santa Cruz highlights and he is really a good solid fighter. More of brawler and counter puncher to me. So I don't know why you guys are writing him off. He has a solid chin as well and has been in a lot of wars.

So I will give my vote to him against Davis here, it will be an exciting match and I don't know if Davis can cope up with the number of punch that surely Leo will throw at him.

Yeah, that's why I said he needs to get his weight in check for this fight. Maybe they have a clause that if he goes over the agreed weight, Davis has to pay some penalties as this is some protection for fighters who have the habit of not being careful with their desired weight.

And it's really confusing that both 130 and 135 lbs are being fought, LOL.

Davis didn't look good at all in his last fight against washed up Gamboa who only had one good leg. He's going down in weight one division to face Leo. This makes it a much more intriguing fight since Leo has no power and would be at a huge disadvantage if they had fought at lightweight.

@Ryker1 - that's how Leo fights, he is a volume puncher and a brawler and that how he is built, so no matter who is opponent is he will always be like that, throwing everything he can. I think Davis can survived that barrage, it's just a matter of adjusted, he is not a brawler but more of a technical fighter. So we will see how many punches can Leo land on Davis. Yes he can still throw 1k punches in the bout, but the question is what percentage are going to connect to make the damage.

@bisdak40 - that's strange bro, there are a lot of questions after the fight, what is Leo wins, what belt is he going to defend? Will Davis will go up in weight or remain at 130?

Yes, that one disadvantage of Leo here is that he didn't have the power to put that his opponent and just rely on the old Mexican style of being a brawler and volume puncher until the other side runs or gets tired  One thing about him though is that with his volume punching, comes body shots after body shot that can make a toll on Davis. But clearly he is on the disadvantage here whether at 130 or 135, super featherweight or lightweight because Davis is the superior fighter.

I think this fight is some sort of a tune up for Davis bro, to keep him busy while waiting for this pandemic to be over. No offense to Leo's fans here but for him to win this fight is close to impossible. He maybe a volume puncher but that would change once he will be hit by those power punches of Davis and take the confidence off him. After this fight, Davis will vacate the 130 as the money fight for him is as Lightweight division. Ryan Garcia, Loma and even Linarez would be next in line for him.

Gervonta Davis is still undefeated, this is also a huge advantage for him against Leo Santa Cruz.
And Davis still much younger.
For me, I will go for this mexican Gervonta Davis boxer, even Leo Santa Cruz got the height and reacy advantage.
This fight gonna be exciting, I am excited to see some odds and check if odds is worth to bet on.

Yes, that's one possibility, and I think this is a good cherry pick fight for Davis and they know that they can win this. Leo's has a good record a champion, so in paper looks like the fight is even and close. But Davis is one level high as compare to Leo. So if he wins, he will gonna call Loma or Ryan Garcia or Haney, hehehe.

And even if Leo has the height and reach advantage, he can't utilized it against a fast and very technical fighter like Davis, and the camp of Davis knows this, so the bigger guy here is Davis itself. I would like to see Davis fight Haney first, Haney have been calling Davis for sometime now, GERVONTA DAVIS RESPONDS TO DEVIN HANEY, RYAN GARCIA CALLING HIM OUT AND TERENCE CRAWFORD'S WARNING (https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/boxing/gervonta-davis-responds-to-devin-haney-ryan-garcia-calling-him-out-and-terence-crawfords-warning/1hvcaz0x699hs1eddmpnhxnmn3#:~:text=Early%20Sunday%20morning%2C%20after%20Davis,fight%20in%20the%20new%20year.&text=Rising%20star%20Ryan%20Garcia%20called,ring%20as%20well%20in%202020.).

Leo Sta Cruz could be the spoiler if he beats Davis, there are mega fights ready for Davis against Haney and Garcia and the Golden Boy promotions are also cooking the Davis Garcia fight but it will not happen if Sta Cruz beat Davis, so there are so many things at stake for Davis for  this fight.

Leo Sta Cruz could be a spoiler but as i've said on my previous post, that possibility is very slim. Davis is the cash cow here and for sure his promoters are making sure that their fighter would not lose and at the same time they will hype this fight as if this is hard one for Davis to win. Sta. Cruz is not a knock out artist and he rely only on the volume of punches he threw while Davis can knock out him out cold even in round one if given the opportunity.

I usually bet on the underdog but not this one as i think this is a sure win for Davis.

Even if the possibility is slim there is such a thing as an upset, and he is not fighting a patsy he happens to be fighting a multi-title champion, this is boxing both fighters are entering the ring with both fighters training to hit and hurt Davis is a heavy favorite but we can always expect an upset with the kind of fighter in Sta Cruz.

That's a shame, i thought ryan garcia and gervonta davis most awaited fight could happened. Didn't expect this fight to happen and this will be probably an easy win for davis as Leo yes he's good but doesn't have the punching power or skills to beat tank.
What's the point speculating when you know what will happen. This spoils the fun and entertainment and betting in sports bookies with low reward if i win.

Speculating despite knowing what will happen will only generate more fans emotions and i dont see it chance spoiling the fun cause we cant have the same opinion.
With that been said, i believe Ryan and Davis fight will be after Leo Cruz fight cause some Davis also want it to happen so i expect him to give the fans what they wanted.

You make some good point but it not about Davis been undefeated or age but hes an experienced fight and so calculative.
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Nailed it, that's really a very big advantage. Having a good experienced together with his skills and capabilities, he can manage to dominate his opponent, though it's not really secured as there's sill possibilities that with good insight reviews and conditioning from the
part of Santa Cruz camp, if they'll able to counter and create good strategy chance
to win is still possible.

I am sure Gervonta Davis will win against Leo Santa Cruz, moreover Gervonta Davis has a younger age. This is enough to affect stamina
when fighting in the ring. I know that the advantages of Leo Santa Cruz have a volume puncher, but I believe Gervonta who fights is more
technical can overcome Santa Cruz's volume puncher. So Leo Santa Cruz can be defeated easily by Gervonta Davis. I bet big for Gervonta's
victory.

indeed we are not talking about Davis & Cruz who lost and won, they both have good careers, only the difference age 25/32.

I remember the Hopkins boxer, at the age of 30, he won the IBF at that time and also at the age of 50 Hopkins continued to box and beat Joe Smith Jr. That time.

In this match between Davis V Cruz, there is a new history for both of them, one aged 25 and one 32, to the best of the 23-year-old boxing bettor's condition, however, from the experience I've followed.
There are boxers who have age, should retire, who want to continue to fight & fight younger, sometimes can not be considered of age, and underestimated, the way they conquer opponents mostly uses strategy, so that the experienced senior boxers that I often see, also have quite thrilling blow guns.

Bottom line: the match hasn't started yet, I'm very curious the two of them to bet between Davis V Cruz .

OP, when the match is over who loses and wins, update this topic, I want to see the greatness of both.
Thanks.

This is a very rare occasion where a multi-titled fighter is an underdog to another champion, and there's a piece of evidence to prove that Gervonta Davis is a good fighter and he has an advantage because of his skills and generalship but there's a possibility of an upset because Sta Cruz is not a weak fighter.

I was also waiting for the Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis matchup but unfortunately it didn't put into its place.

Many of us are waiting for that rumor fight to happen but it didn't.

We should just support this next matchup, Gervonta Davis vs Leo Santa Crus which is for me, most awaited like the first matchup.

 I know that Davis is relentless and unpredictable inside the ring but we don't know if Santa Cruz will do something about it and train so hard so that he can punish Davis. This matchup will probably make a huge amount of money as many people are really hyped to see these two to brawl.

I think Gervonta has the higher possibility to win (based on my observation in his fights), as knockouts matter more than just wins and add his 23-streak wins without any loses nor draws. Also, most of the times younger ones often beat those whom have better experiences. I mean 95% KO rate of Gervonta is a huge gap and much comparable to 51% of Leo, and that was an advantage. Though Leo had won two titles, I think that wouldn't matter at all.

Hopefully this would be aired online or on my local television. I'm eager to bet and watch such a beautiful fight.  ;D

I can see something that will factor out Davis on this fight and that is the weight limit.  Several known boxers had been defeated because of the heavier boxer trimming down in weight.  And with Davis issue of having difficulty on catching up for the weight limit.  Davis may be younger but removing weight will surely take a toll on him if he will not do it the proper way.  Besides Leo Santa Cruz isn't past his prime yet.  So I think the fight can go either way.  The advantage of Davis is slightly nullified by that catchweight Division.

Yes, he could be a spoiler, but I agree that Davis has all the edge in this fight. Leo is good no questions about it he has been in a lot of good fights and a champion himself, but Davis is really that good and at his prime and has a knock out power. And Leo's chin are going to be tested here and can be crack by Davis in just one punch. So the odds are against Leo here. And Davis is smart and intelligent, he won't overlook Leo here, he will win and then talk about the next money fight.

Big "IF", on the contrary I believed that Davis will show his best here after his so-so performance against Gamboa. He will show us explosiveness, then fight on the distance, the whole package, so I don't think that Leo can handle all of that. Beside, Leo doesn't have the hands to knock out his opponents, and that's they only way he can win and derail Davis plans to fight other top boxers in 130-135 division.

When it comes to KO percentage then there no doubt that Gervonta do have it yet you can really foreseen its sheer power basing on of that percentage but i do disagree on the point you had said that
experience doesnt matter? No it is a big factor because you cant easily outboxed someone that do had much better experience that you are. Number of fights gaps does really counts because he wont able to
pile up those numbers if he's not good enough but well we can presume that younger and having some strong punching power will really have that kind of chance and can close up the gaps.

Gervonta Davis still is in his very prime with an incomparable reflex that can avoid a million punches while his hands are down. And with a KO record of 95%, almost all of the fighter who box with him in the ring end up kissing the floor. Whoever wants this fight to push through hates Leo Santa Cruz the most and will likely bet more than $1M for his 2nd knockout.

Mayweather who is Davis' promoter has kept him protected so it's impossible at this moment to know if it really is such a mismatch. Of course Santa Cruz naturally belongs at a lower weight class, has no power, and isn't a slick defensive fighter so that's why they cherry picked him. That being said, we can't discredit Santa Cruz's experience against championship level fighters. There is also his workrate, he is a big volume fighter. The biggest factor could end up being how well Davis can cut weight. He had problems making lightweight in his last bout and is now going back down to jr. lightweight. There is too many variables to be declaring Davis the winner so early on.

I said titles Leo has doesn't matter, not his 37 game experiences. I know it matters and was a huge factor to consider upon betting on Boxing, but fight gaps doesn't really count as an advantage nor be considered when it comes to whom could really win or not. But look at Gervonta's age and his fight count, he had most (almost everything) of his fights end up in knockouts, and with their 7 year gap, I think there's even a possibility that Gervonta could double those records in those years, beating the record and even Leo's "valuable experiences" (or beat Leo himself as well)

Age does shouldnt be use to predict the winner of every fight cause the length of how the fighter make use of his chance and stay intact in the defensive level determine the last man standing.
Speaking of thrilling blow guns, I think youre not aware that Davis was into boxing since he was 5years old and i believe he sees boxing as something far more than a sport and also belong to experience camp.

Yes, if Cruz camp can come up with a strong strategy Cruz can win and that how boxing works but Davis have multiple moves which I think will make hard for his opponent and camp to create a quick strategy like that. However, i dont think Davis will want to lose his reputation and the chance of facing Ryan.

Leo Santa Cruz is no joke, but odds are he's going to get KO'd by Davis.

I expect Cruz will be up on the score cards for much of the fight, but I think Gervonta Davis will land a combination to put him to sleep in the middle to late rounds.

I highly doubt if it goes the distance Davis will win on points, since he'll probs be outscored by Cruz, but that's very unlikely given Davis' knockout record.

He's like a mini Deontay Wilder, he's got dynamite in those little ass gloves  ;D

My bet is in knockout victory for Davis in 7-10 rounds.

I have to disagree with you here mate. Winners in the boxing match is not so hard to predict that is why we have an overwhelming favorite in betting, if you bet on the heavy favorite, most like betting sites will let you win 1% of your bet.

On this fight, Santa Cruz is the underdog here i suppose since the stronger puncher here would be Davis. Upset could happen but IMO, it's has a slim chance to happen in this fight unless Sta. Cruz will KO Davis but that's not going to happen.

What sites have good betting odds for this match? Haven't checked this match yet. But yes, if you bet in the heavy favourite, definitely the percentage you will get is low. And if you follow both of their careers, you will know which has high chance to win inside the ring.

I am very sure that Gervonta will win this boxing match easily, if you look at Gervonta's fighting style, which does not rely solely on punches
hard, but Gervonta including boxers who play smart with technical. Leo Santa Cruz is not really a bad boxer, but all Boxing fans know that
Gervonta's abilities and experience are still much better.

What you are saying here doesn't make sense, too much older in the field of boxing? Or do you mean Davis has the experience? In terms of experience I will give it to Leo Santa Cruz, but it doesn't matter if your opponent is better than you. Yes, Leo has a good left hook, but you also have to research who has the better knock out percentage. This is not 122 or 126 lbs that Leo used to be putting people down. This is 130 lbs in which Davis weight, although he has problems making it, but I think he will make the cut this time.

Very well explain, we only have 2 fighters in the ring and to put our bets so I don't know how difficult it is to bet and predict who are going to win because we have odds.  ;D


Davis should be the more powerful puncher here, it's just the law of science, short distance to travel, shorter fighter generates explosiveness which Davis possesses.

Just a short update on this fight:


https://fightnews.com/leo-santa-cruz-begins-preparation-for-tank-davis/79851

So he is really motivated and focused on this fight against Davis. I'm not saying that no one is giving him a shot, but his chances are very slim. For sure Davis wanted to bounce back from his poor performance against an old Gamboa. So it's a battle of grit, but I'm still backing Davis to win this fight.

It's time for Davis to share his thoughts about the fight,


https://www.boxingscene.com/gervonta-davis-santa-cruz-throws-more-me-i-come-hit-hard--151490

So he knows that Santa Cruz is a volume puncher and he is prepared for it. So volume vs accurate and hard puncher. A classic brawler vs technical fighter here.

The problem is that Sta. Cruz doesn't have a pop on his punches and I don't think it will be enough as Davis have shown that his chin can handle it. If Sta. Cruz could have that sting, similar to Pacquaio during his prime and hitting you at any angle, then he has a chance against Tank. Another thing to mention is that he is not that fast at this weight, Davis is, so Tank can elude and escape and he is too technical as well, with Floyd as his trainer or at least giving him pointers.

I always go for a technical fighter because they have more arsenals than a brawler, a brawler just comes after you with volume punches disregarding timing and powers, while a technical boxer can always get you with his counter punching and he can knock you down if you are caught off guard and Davis is a very good technical fighter.

I agree, brawler will just be a brawler, and when they are push, they don't know how to react. And besides, they don't have a good defense, because for they their offense is their best defense. As compare to technical fighters, who are defensive genius, know the sweet science of boxing, to hit and not get hit.

Not unless Davis, become too cocky and aggressive and then hit with a punch that he didn't see.

To hit and not get hit just like Mayweather  ;D but Davis is different from him as he is not a runner, he would engage in a brawl if needed and we all know who will end up in the canvass and that's not him. Agree with Baofeng that the chance for Leo to win is very slim that is why he is very motivated to train hard because if ever he can upset Davis, there is so much money for him in the rematch. The same with Davis, he can't be too overconfident here as this might cause complication on his next fight with the big names of this division.

in regards to experience, santa cruz has an advantage together with achievements also as santa cruz is currently holding 2 tiles while davis is still on pursue of it. davis can't be belittle also because of it's punching power as he was able to KO his 22 opponents out of 23 wins. if this fight will reach to 12 round, i am in favor for santa cruz.

There's a lot of stake here, specially for Gervonta Davis, I agree with @bisdak40, his no way close to Mayweather in terms of defense, he has this kind of thing like every boxer does, if he gets him, he wanted to give it back right away. So there will be instance in the fight that we will engage Leo in a brawl and then get out, it will not be like Floyd who runs a run, or at least prevent a full out brawl.

This fight is still more than one month away, as it is scheduled for 24th October. I haven't decided whether I should make a bet or not, but there is a lot of media hype surrounding this bout. Davis is reported to be training under Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather spent some time last month training Devin Haney as well. On the other hand, I haven't heard much about Leo Santa Cruz during the past few days.

Root for Davis, this guy is from Mars that can avoid whichever the punches come from, me may be younger but can knock with just a single punch.

Santa Cruz is ranking up his weight, this could be uncharted for him, its a slim chance for him to get used to new weight class in a short period of time. Unlike Davis who doesn't have to fast to achieve weight.

Agree, if Leo's punch has just enough sting then maybe he will be an elite fighter by now. But he turns out to be the usual Mexican brawler. Pacquaio is very different though, it has power and the angle.

Tank and Floyd is not even comparable though, and for sure fans here like Tank's style more than Floyd. Again, not to take away anything from Leo, but he doesn't have the tools to upset Davis here. Volume punching will not be enough.

Odds are already in guys, as per Nitrogen:

https://i.imgur.com/ks9xF9x.png

Davis odds? Not attractive, but it's obviously that Tank is the favourite, so it you wanted to get huge returns, you need to get as much money that you can bet as you can.

Just to let you know, the fight has been moved to Oct 31. The reason? there will be fans in attendance.


https://www.boxingscene.com/davis-vs-santa-cruz-moves-oct-31-san-antonio-with-fans-attendance--152131

So this is really a good development, and I'm sure this will generate more hype and more money for this fight. And at least boxing fans could watch it live in the covid-19 situation.

I was looking at some video of Davis' media workout (https://youtu.be/AuvvpdvKCrM?t=2541) and he is wearing a sauna suit. It makes me wonder if he is having problems making weight. We have seen him blow up in weight in between fights before and he is not known as the most disciplined person. He might need to bring in a nutritionist which is what Teofimo Lopez did last year when he was having trouble staying at 135 and it seems to have worked out for him.

@OP, maybe you can also put the list of the sites having this match. In bestodds, about 5 sportsbooks are having this match already. Also, the odds in nitrogen also changed. Davis is the favourite so let's see if Santa Cruz will have rigid training for this challenge and show what he's got.

https://www.bestodds.ai/odds/sport-boxing/matchups/leo-santa-cruz-vs-gervonta-davis
https://i.postimg.cc/X7mJ17ZY/Screen-Shot-2020-10-23-at-5-04-37-AM.png

I have updated the OP with the current odds, thanks.


https://www.boxingscene.com/santa-cruz-with-my-experience-ring-iq-i-break-down-gervonta-davis--152639

Yes, it will be Leo's toughest fight, but I would say that ring IQ belongs to Davis as well, he is a face first boxer because of his volume punching. I hope that his chin will hold against Davis power punches though, this is going to be an exciting and if Davis wins, possible that a Lopez vs Davis will happen sometime in the future.

I think the over and under 10.5 rounds is attractive  as compare to ML on Davis. Yes, it will be interesting to see that Leo's chin if Davis touch it with his uppercut, Davis body is compact that's why he can generate so much power in both of his hands. But then again, Leo has the numbers for now, and if he beat Davis here, it will be the year of the underdogs.

Let's see if this is another Loma-Lopez fate of fight.
With the potential audience inside the place, will it affect their performance if someone is actually cheering for them?
Both of them need to prepare as you really can't underestimate the power of one boxer.
You will only see the strength when you are both inside the ring, and sometimes it is already too late to say that you should have seriously prepared for the fight.

Only few days left for this fight, and it is clear that Gervonta Tank Davis is favorite here, but odds are low.
If we look at his previous fights we can see that he won many fights with TKO or KO.
Leo Santa Cruz is Mexican figther with only one loss, but he is older and weaker fighter here.

I will go with two bets here:
Gervonta Tank win with KO or TKO and fight will not go to distance

I don't know if it was a great idea to allow spectators to watch this fight in the arena with COVID cases rising. Regardless, it shouldn't be a factor in this fight. We shall see how Gervonta looks during the weigh in. If he had trouble making weight again then he will struggle more in this fight than in his last one when he faced the old man Gambo who was also fighting with one good leg.

For gamblers who looks juicier odds than Davis ML:

https://i.imgur.com/d6w8mhk.png

Leo's father was a cancer survivor and almost died of Covid-19:


https://www.boxingscene.com/leo-santa-cruz-im-fighting-this-fight-my-family-my-dad--152748

For Gamboa, he wants to redeem himself after a dismal performance against  Gamboa


https://www.boxingscene.com/gervonta-davis-gamboa-fight-my-best-performance-it-bad-my-fans--152749

So take your pick, and think of who has more heart and very motivated.

I just finished watching some Youtube stream of both fighters, Leo is really a live dog and very motivated to win this for his father. However, I don't think it will be enough to overcome Davis power. The trick here is to push Davis to fight his fight, meaning from round one, he will need to throw 100 punch and force Davis to either play his game or made him uncomfortable.

If Davis really come prepared, not overweight, trained very hard for full 12 rounds because that's why Leo's gonna give him, then I'm seeing him getting a KO and this fight will not go to the distance. Probably we can see it in the weigh in and see Davis overall health for this fight.

Tank will be more intelligent that absorbing 100 punches per round, he will try to defend it and then give some, he will not go toe to toe with Leo because that's the mistakes of his previous opponents, fighting Leo's territory. So Tank Davis will become more of a counter puncher here, similar to Floyd.


That's Tank weaknesses, if he come over weight that the sign that he didn't come and prepared to fight Leo. But then again, he trains with Floyd so that is a big boost not to be overweight here, so I will say that he is far more trained and focus in this fight more than ever.

Yes of course a great boxer could teach well in his trainee to become a good boxer too.

There are many possibilities that will going to happen and that is Davis will come stronger, smarter and could be more defensive to adapt the style of mayweather. My bet will be to Davis because of this matter and I do like also his boxing skills.

However, I know how good really is Leo in the ring and for that this match is a good to watch.

I am into Davis. I think he will be the one who wins this game because he has a lot of advantages than Leo. And I think he is also doing well on his trainings and he is so determined to win the champ. He has a lot of potentials of being a real and great boxer and also his coach is also an advantage. I bet that most of the people will bet for him rather than leo.

Yes, this is going to be a good match, specially if we see Leo throwing a lot on Davis, and Leo's fight is not boring because of his relentless effort to throw as much punch as he can per round, but the odds are not reflecting it, seems like Davis is the favourite.

But Davis has share some problems before, specially the weight issues, yes he is obviously the bigger guy, but it's hard to to discredit the fact that Leo is a champion as well and shows great heart and passion on his every fight. He avenged his only lost to Carl Frampton, so expect Leo to really gave everything specially that he is a huge underdog in this fight.

Trained by a well known legend is the advantage that he have.,

He can simply adopt the strategy and mental preparedness aside from conditional skills, it's more on strategies and mental advancement that will bring him to win this fight, he already have the punching power and the stamina that he needs but the mental stability that he learned from Mayweather that's really one of the factors that will give him the edge.

It is not automatic that Mayweather being a good fighter, he is also a good trainer and this goes the same to Manny Pacquiao too. Davis is a good fighter, no doubt about that and Mayweather only polishes what is rough on him as he see it.

Leo is a very live dog but i think two consecutive upset in a row won't happen so i'm betting for Davis here via unanimous decision.   

What are the chances of two consecutive upset in row? Slim, so yeah, Davis round 5-10 will look for a knock out, if that is not present then obviously if could be a unanimous decision for him. For Leo to win, he will not to have volume + power, which he doesn't have at this weight because he is the smaller boxer here. And Mayweather may have given Davis pointers, so let's see if there's some improvement, easily Floyd's famous pull counter, it will be great if Davis could add that in his arsenals.

I think Gervonta Davis may have a huge possibility to TKO Leo Santa Cruz you can see from his records that most of his fights were knockout and he has only 1 decision that is 22-1 while Santa Cruz has a record of 19-18 1 loss and 1 draw judging by the records Davis has quite a punching power than Leo although Santa Cruz had a huge experience than Davis if Floyd did give him pointers as you have said, this can be really added to his arsenal improving in his counter division.

It is a good point, we rarely see two consecutive upsets but there are many upsets in other sports during these crazy times and it is mainly due to training issues and other restrictions which are above their control and hence anything is possible, Santa Cruz is not having superior punching power than Gervonta Davis but he is really good inside the range and he was never knocked out in his career and if he drags and derails the rhythm of Davis you can see an upset ;).

This fight has overcome the popularity of Inoue fight this coming Oct 31, because their fight is nothing but a one-man show. this fight on the other hand has the tendency to give us a promising bout in every round since both fighters are capable to knock out each other. we will see another toe to toe match that could end up via knockout.

I am not that familiar with this two fighters yet so I check their records. Davis has a perfect record but Leo Santa Cruz has an advantage
in experience as Leo has 39 fights overall while Davis only has 23 fights.

Davis has a power as he almost knockout all of his opponents as there is only one that he was unable to knockout which is German Meraz. In my view
I can say that Leo will win this fight if it will last until 12 rounds and none of them will be knockdown but there is a big chances also that Davis
will knockout Leo if he can find an opening in their upcoming fight.

This is why a lot of people are supporting the underdog Santa Cruz. If he wins it would be the feel good story of the year. A lot of people can relate to what he's been through with his father. Tank on the other hand is seen as a villain who beats women. He will always have people against him for that reason similar to his promoter Floyd who was also accused of domestic abuse. It should be easy for the fans in Texas to pick who to root for since Santa Cruz is Mexican but the emotional aspect just makes the support more intense.

I think the other reason why this fight is much talked about than Inoue vs Moloney because of the fact that Davis is an American fighter and Santa Cruz, though a Mexican but he is basing on Texas, They are more popular than Inoue in American soil.

Inoue fighting in America this weekend, it is his first big fight in the US and this is some sort of an introduction of him on the gamblers in Las Vegas and to the American boxing fans.

If Santa Cruz will win this fight, bettors who are rooting for him will win more than 5x of their bet, that is, according to the odds in online crypto bookies.
But for fiat betting, I don't know the odds in play here.
If the underdog will win again this time, then, maybe, this year is really the time of underdogs.
So Inoue should really be careful with Moloney inside the ring.

Santa Cruz though is LA based, that's why the fight with Abner Mares for the featherweight crown was really a bragging rights as Mares is also from California, damn that was was explosive from the first bell.


Yes, while Moloney is also not American, so it makes sense not although Inoue is a monster, he is fighting an unknown fighter in the US soil, and then it was a mismatch. So fans prefer the Davis vs Santa Cruz fight obviously.

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnuGVT6d1yQ&f - Davis vs. Santa Cruz Undercard: Press Conference | SHOWTIME PPV

You make a good point but being an American was not the reason why Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz fight gain more popularity than Inoue and Moloney fight.
I guess you're not aware that Floyd Mayweather Jr being Davis promoter and the level of Davis reputation in boxing either is what makes the fight to be the talk of the town. Mind you, Davis seems to be ready to make a new record in the PPV business.

Floyd Mayweather Jr has a gem in Davis I hope Mayweather can broker a fight with some of the tought fighters in the division like Ryan Garcia, Lopez to be the man you have to beat the man that's what they are saying in boxing and if Mayweather wants his boxer to be the best of the best like him he should go for the best in any division like he did to his career.

Then he need the discipline to be the next Floyd Mayweather, if I remember correctly AB (Adrien Broner) used to hang up with Floyd and was pretty tight with him, and trying to be the next Floyd until both have a fall out. I don't know what's the reason, but after he lost to Maidana, it's basically over for AB (About Billions) LOL.

So let's see if Davis is different though, if he has that A-Factor to be the next Floyd and cleaning up the division and facing tough opponents, with Ryan Garcia or Teo Lopez at 130-135 division.

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https://themaclife.com/featured-posts/gervonta-davis-on-floyd-mayweather-mentorship/

No doubt for me who will win this fight, and only question I have is how Gervonta Davis will defeat Santa Cruz, KO, TKO or decision ;)
Bet on KO or TKO does look nice for me, and I think that fight will not go to distance.
Floyd Mayweather trained with him before this fight and gave him all his knowledge.

Davis vs. Santa Cruz Press conference:
https://youtu.be/FMStLprLZxQ

If Mayweather Jr have a gem in Davis it a sign that he saw some kind of promising future in him aside from that, if you watch some of his previous fights you'll understand that the guy is not playing cause is serious about his boxing career and him fighting the tough in the division is a step at a time.



Davis is discipline in the aspect of training and others activities that have to do with his boxing career. Besides, he seems to have the act of go and win like Mayweather Jr. But i also dont the reason for the fall out between Adrien and i think it will be because of the money cause i once Adrien post on Instagram about his contract with Mayweather jr promotion.

Davis and Ryan Garcia have exchanged words on social media and i think they will face each other next year if everything works out as planned but the thing that matters now is the upcoming fight for the two champions cause I hear that Ryan will face Luke Campbell in December


Gervonta Davis have being busy training, thirsty for fight ever since the pandemic issue and his boxing records which his KO percentage stands at 95.5% shows him to more a KO fellow so I will expect him to win this Saturday fight through KO at rounds 3.

Both fighters look calm in the final presser, and Davis seems to have settled down in weight. And Davis is the favourite to win by knock out or unanimous decision here. If he wanted to be the next PPV King just like Floyd, then he needs to KO Sta Cruz in fashion and don't fight Leo's fight. He should dart in and out, uppercut and left hook while pushing Sta Cruz on the defense and wait for that right opening to put him to sleep.

The odds changed a lil bit in sportsbooks.
Now, you will earn only about 13-14% of your bet, down from 16-18% if you place on Davis.
Whereas, for Santa Cruz it increased to 5.6-5.9 from 4.7-5.1.
Seems that the bookies are really favouring Davis here, no doubt.
Hope this is not like the Loma-Lopez fate here.

Yes, I think being one of Floyd's protege it is already a privilege for Davis and that' why their camp should be better and there should be no overweight issues, because otherwise, it will reflect on Floyd himself.

He said on the press conference that he will not go and try to fight Leo's fight. So for sure he will be very defensive like Mayweather and then adapt to Leo's aggressive style of boxing.

Mayweather: If Tank Gets Past Leo, 1 More Fight, Then Hopefully Teofimo Fight Can Be Made. (https://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-if-tank-gets-past-leo-1-more-fight-then-hopefully-teofimo-fight-made--152842)


It make sense, the question is who is going to fight next after Tank get past Leo this Sunday? Haney? Garcia? Stevenson? or Loma?

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So for those who questions Davis about his weight issues, here are your answer.


https://www.boxingscene.com/photos-gervonta-davis-leo-santa-cruz-ready-war-texas--152866

So he weigh in at  a trim 129 lbs, we can't see his face obviously if he is drained or not with face mask on, but it seems he has no problem with this fight making the 130 lbs weight.

I watched the weigh in and Tank decided to do the weigh in naked. While watching the programming that Showtime did to build up this fight I also noticed that Tank did a lot of his training in a sauna suit. These are all signs that he probably struggled to cut weight. He should be recovered by tomorrow night but I don't see his staying at this weight for his next fight.

I think the most important thing is that Tank was able to make the weight cut in his first try, Lol, if he hadn't they for sure he may have lost his belt in the scale. So definitely he will rehydrate in the next 24 hours to recover some weight and maybe he will be around 135-140 pounds come fight night.

So LSC will be at the disadvantage at every angle here, but I do hope that he will give the fans a explosive fight even if the betting public goes in favor of Davis.

I know Gervonta wants to show off so he can be sell off more future fights like a fight with Teofimo Lopez who just come out from a very impressive win against Loma but Sta Cruz is not a patsy and he is also a champion, Sta Cruz chances is not that good but he will come out and give Gervonta a good fight, an upset here could become the upset of the year, but it's unlikely to happen.

Small chance but still we never knows what will be the outcome of this fight, Davis camps surely wants to have an impressive win to sell their fighter.

He need to showcase his talent to get more big offers, every fighters who wanted to make a breakout to their careers needs to bring their best in  each opportunities.

But just like you've said Sta. Cruz in the other hands also have the same desire upset will also
be a good turning point to his career. No one knows.

I don't think it's going to be an impressive win if Gervonta wins Leo Sta Cruz is a moving forward volume puncher, the big question that Sta Cruz needs to address is can he take the fight to Gervonta can he connect those volume punches that he is going to unleash, Sta Cruz can punch but he needs to hit a moving target and Gervonta is good at it, it's one exciting match, let's see if the outcome will surprise us just like what happen to the Loma - Lopez fights.

Sta Cruz punch doesn't have a pop so I think Davis can take it and he has proven up to now that he has a good chin. I'm sure Sta Cruz are going to take and moves forward and chase Davis all night long and he will connect. But he doesn't have a knock out punch so that's one drawback on him. Sure, he can go and throw 100 punch a round, but it has no effect or Davis, just weaving his head and hitting Leo, then it will just be a matter of time for Davis to go for a knock-out.

The fight was surprisingly more competitive than expected. However, Davis still got the knockout and it was one of the most impressive ones  I've seen this year but now it's time for him to face a natural lightweight fighter. Enough of having his record protected and trying to marinate a fight with Lopez, Haney, Loma, Garcia. Those are the guys he should be fighting instead of natural featherweights like Santa Cruz.

Damn, what a brutal KO...

Santa Cruz was already out even before his body landed on the canvass but glad that he is okay though.

Yeah, agree with you @FinneysTrueVision, the real fight for him now is on the lightweight division but the thing with Davis is that he is handled by Mayweather would like to cherry pick opponents for his fighter.

That knock out is very scary Sta Cruz was motionless for a minute it was a well timed uppercut he waited for the opening to come out and when he threw the straight he time his uppercut, really brutal knock out much better than the Inoue Moloney fight.

Now this things will heat up and Davis needs to go for big paycheck and big fights like a fight with Teofimo Lopez or Ryan Garcia.

I did not expected this to end like that Knockout Santa Cruz was Good than this but of course in Boxing every punch counts and if this landed rightful and in timing?Surely opponent will land in floor in KO .

But the Mexican Boxer will surely recover and make his other fight more competent and avoid this kind of losing.

Too big, too good and too strong, yes it should be competitive as expected same as the KO. There's a lot of lightweight out there and that division is fully stack up with great fighters, so I'm sure Davis won't run out of opponents specially big and brandish like Lopez Haney or Garcia, don't forget about Shakur Stevenson as well. Let's see what path will Mayweather give his protegee.

Leo was actually winning that round, he started to find his rhythm even though there was a low blow, unfortunately, he was caught with a powerful upper and it was scary to see him lying down for minutes in the canvass.

I do agree that he should face a natural lightweight. Davis camp say they were surprised to hear Leo calling them out. Anyways, a statement win, and expected as the division is open up with a lot of young and exciting fighters vying to be the best at 130-135 lbs.

Actually their fight today reminds me of Pacquiao vs Marquez 4 fight where you see Pacquiao was got the advantage in all rounds except when he caught with a counter punch from Marquez. that's exactly what happened today and that uppercut is powerful enough to knock out anyone in that weight division. It could be a knockout of the year since the Inoue and Maloney was a one-sided fight. Unlike this one, they are having toe to toe with no backing out.

https://eurweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Davis-Santa-Cruz1.jpg

Whats a wonderful fight and I respect the way Davis got everything under control despite Cruz trying to knock him out. I'm sure yesterday fight convinced you that Gervonta Davis do whatever he can to win the fight which mean he totally showcase his talent and more big offers are definitely await him.
With that been said, I expected Davis to knock hin out at the 3rd round before the fight but it all good that the knockout happened at the 6th round.

It was really one hell of a fight, Leo gave everything in this fight, there's nothing to be ashamed of fighting elite and champion Davis here. I thought that the fight was going to be extended, as Leo was really taking Davis punch, but just like in boxing, punches that you do see hurt. So yes, in this case, Leo didn't see the upper cut coming, wasn't able to protect his chin. Congrats to Tank Davis for living up to the hype. Let's wait for Ryan Garcia's next fight or Devin Haney and see if they are going to call out Davis or Lopez.

Could be KO of the year, I agree, the uppercut is one of the best weapon in his tools, he has been throwing that all night, but Sta Cruz was able to block it early. But it was so fast and vicious that he didn't have time to react and as soon it hits Leo chin's, it's done as you can see in his eyes and body. Leo come in ready, his usual volume punching, but Davis was prepared and since Leo is taller, that upper is the perfect punch because taller fighter seems to crouch down when moving forward. He is really following Floyd to be the next PPV attraction if he continues to win with KO.

Yup, nothing to be ashamed on the part of Santa Cruz as he did not back down from the challenge on fighting elite fighters. That may not be case on Davis as i saw a lot of post on social media saying that he should not be fighting a smaller fighter than him hehehe.

That uppercut was really timed and Santa Cruz just did not saw that coming. He really is a technical fighter with a heavy punch that can knock opponents out cold. Hope to see Haney vs Davis soon.

Yeah! I guess even the hardest chins can't even survive that fast brutal uppercut ;D. But in all fairness, Leo fight back blow by blow thus props to him. Actually, he is doing great all throughout the rounds and got a chance to beat Davis but everything went wrong when the knockout punch came. He was able to pressured Davis by his consistent offensive mode and made clear shots as well. All in all, it was an explosive match. Leo proved us that he is not a cheap fighter, he is high caliber one.

What do you guys think would be the next fight of Davis? Hmm.

Gervonta Davis is on the hype right now because of that devastating knock out, Floyd told the press to let Davis celebrate the win first, before thinking of the next opponent, Ryan Garcia wants to have a piece of him I have seen a lot of Ryan's Garcia shouting to bring the contract and he'll sign right away, this will be a good fight two knock out artist going at each other to see who really has the power. 

Right, let Davis celebrate his win first, everyone will get a piece of him that's for sure. Again, the division is laden with so much young talents that they can just face each other in a tournament like the tournament that Inoue won beating Donaire. But I don't know if that is possible, with too much ego amongst them, lol. And regardless of who he is going to face next, they should be wary of Davis power. Ryan Garcia's strength is that he is tall and lanky and utilises his jab to not let Davis get's inside, plus he also have a knock out punch.

Arranging boxing match is not that easy as it depends on their promoters. Of course, they will assess if they will get their huge payout first. Because they need to look also for the monetary gain not only what the fighter wants. If they can create noise among boxing fans, and they can see huge money in play, would be easy for them to decide.