![]() ![]() Davis trying to take the jab from Barrios now, which is setting him up to get closer and throw with his speed. Round 5: Davis trying to pressure a bit more and throws a left, doesn’t really land but it gets the reaction. He’s not getting beaten up but the size is an issue. I don’t know, man, Tank is having a rough go of this. Double jab from Barrios, right hand a moment later. He slips a right hand thrown from Barrios. Davis is doing better this round, not relenting as much, not giving as much ground. And he still looks confident, smiling in there. Davis still has great hand speed here, he is close at times. Round 4: Davis feinting and pawing a lot, a for-show jab so far. Davis getting huge reactions every time he throws but he’s struggling to find consistent success. He might be fine in the division, might win here and do OK overall, but this is obviously not his best weight. Round 3: Barrios is applying some solid pressure, not landing a ton clean, but doing work and Davis can’t commit yet. Really the only punch he landed this round was that good left. Tank mostly able to lean back and not eat these shots fully clean, but it is work while Davis isn’t throwing much yet at all. Barrios to the body, left hook and right hand up top. But there he shoots that straight left and it had some heat on it, too. Tank really is utterly tiny for this division. He fires a left hook, misses, and the right behind it misses, too. Round 2: Still feeling it out for the first minute here. ![]() I think Barrios tried to do more so I’ll nick him the round. But his hands look a little slow against Tank. Very much a feeling-out round, though with some intent thrown from Barrios especially. Davis tries to duck under and throw a straight left, doesn’t land. Barrios trying to throw from distance, but Davis backs out and looking to find his own openings. Round 1: Tentative start in the first minute. ![]() Mario Barrios, check out the live blog from Bad Left Hook below. closes the show #DavisBarrios /jBxjWyb4de- SHOWTIME Boxing June 27, 2021įor more on Gervonta Davis vs. If he pulls it off, it’ll likely be the first of many appearances on Fox. “The spotlight is on me like never before so I have to be on my game at all times.” “Everyone can see I have the talent to be one of greats,” he said. I’m going into this fight with bad intentions, with the goal to end the fight early.”ĭe Cubas said he thinks Barrios, who began his pro career at 122 pounds, is continuing to grow and likely will wind up in the 147-pound welterweight division, long considered one of the glamour divisions of the sport.Ĭurrently it boasts such marquee names as Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Shawn Porter, Errol Spence Jr., Terence Crawford, Danny Garcia and Amir Khan, among others.ĭeCubas wants to get Barrios a title at 140 first, however. “Everyone will compare what I do against Velasco with what Prograis did,” Barrios said. “(Velasco) gave Prograis one of his toughest fights.” “This is going to be a good measuring stick for Mario,” said Barrios’ manager, Luis de Cubas Jr. In July, Prograis handed Velasco his only loss, an eighth-round TKO in New Orleans. Prograis is coming off a sixth-round TKO of Kiryl Relikh (23-3, 19 KOs) of Belarus on April 27 in Lafayette, La.īarrios in ranked No. The WBA 140-pound champion is Regis Prograis (24-0, 20 KOs) of Houston. We’re real high on him.”Ī victory over Velasco would move Barrios a step closer to fighting for a world title. “He’s been one of our busiest young guys. We just got to get him in a big show in San Antonio. And you got to love the way he’s made his way through all these divisions. “It won’t be long before he’s headlining his own show,” PBC spokesman Tim Smith said. Perhaps more significantly, it marks the return of boxing to free, mainstream TV. Josesito Lopez at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., averaged 1.98 million viewers and peaked at 2.8 million.Īs part of the deal, Fox will air 10 marquee fight cards annually plus another 12 on FS1 and Fox Deportes. 26 when a card headlined by Keith Thurman vs. The high-water mark in terms of viewership for PBC on Fox came Jan. The 10-round Barrios-Velasco fight will be part of a card headlined by unified and undefeated IBF and WBA super welterweight champion Jarrett Hurd (23-0, 16 KOs) defending his titles against Julian Williams (26-1-1, 16 KOs). “I’m excited to give the fans back home in San Antonio the opportunity to see me fight on the national stage.” “Nothing compares to the exposure you get on Fox,” said Barrios (23-0, 15 KOs), who has been training in the Bay Area for the past six weeks. Barrios has fought on Fox Sports 1 but never on Fox. Fox, which signed a four-year deal with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions series in September that would pay out more than $60 million annually, has been averaging nearly 1.6 million viewers in its five events so far with an available audience of 120 million. ![]()
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