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- While Davis is a heavy favorite to win this fight, he may not get his typical knockout finish against a fellow undefeated fighter.
- Even if Davis does get a knockout, it should come in the later rounds after wearing Martin down.
The main event in the boxing world this weekend comes from Las Vegas, where undefeated Gervonta Davis and Frank Martin will battle for the WBA lightweight title. Davis comes into this fight looking for his 30th win in a row, while Martin aims for a 19-0 start to his professional career. Here, we take a closer look at Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin and make our boxing betting picks for this title fight from the desert.
This fight will be held at MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 15, 2024.
Gervonta Davis
Gervonta “Tank” Davis is 29-0 for his career, with 27 of those wins coming by knockout. His most recent triumph was a seventh-round knockout win over Ryan Garcia back in April of 2023, which handed Garcia his first career loss as a pro boxer. Davis will look to hand out another first loss on Saturday in this Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin bout from the MGM Grand.
For Davis, expectations are high once again for this fight, as he enters as a heavy favorite. And he should live up to those expectations by attacking the body of Martin. Martin is known to eat some body shots and Davis is more than capable of being the busier fighter dishing them out. As per the norm, Davis should be able to exploit the weaknesses of this opponent without too much of a threat of him getting stung in response.
Frank Martin
Frank Martin is 18-0 for his career and is looking for his biggest win to date on Saturday night. Martin is coming off of a win over Artem Harutyunyan in July of 2023, claiming that fight by decision despite some back-and-forth action in that one. Now Martin will look to pull off an upset that would put gold around his waist and put the rest of the boxing world on notice that he is someone capable of taking down the best names in the sport.
There is no question that Martin is one of the tougher fighters in his division. But he is vulnerable to getting hit often by his opponents. We saw this in his last fight against Harutyunyan and will likely see it again here against Tank Davis. The question will be how Martin responds to those moments when he is on the back foot and whether he can do enough to not just prevent being stopped but respond with shots of his own.
Potentially working in Martin’s favor here is the fact that he can fight like someone free from the weight of expectations for a change. Martin is usually the favorite in his fights given his undefeated track record. But against a fighter thought to be superior, he can go for broke if he wants to in an attempt to create his own championship moment.
