Sports Arena – Sejumlah duel seru tinju dunia akan digelar pada Januari 2023 termasuk pertarungan antara Gervonta Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia dan Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith.
Melansir dari ESPN, setidaknya ada enam pertarungan tinju yang akan digelar Januari nanti, dan akan meramaikan awal tahun 2023.
Salah satu yang dinantikan ialah pertandingan antara Gervonta Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia, di Washington DC, Amerika Serikat.
Dalam duel tersebut, Davis akan mencoba mempertahankan sabuk gelar juara kelas ringan WBA-nya, dalam pertarungan yang berlangsung 12 ronde pada 7 Januari 2023.
Sebelumnya Gervonta Davis nyaris tak bisa tampil di kartu utama tersebut, karena sempat tersandung kasus Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga (KDRT) pada 27 Desember 2022 kemarin.
Seorang wanita menelepon layanan darurat 911, yang mengabarkan bahwa Davis nyaris membunuhnya. Wanita tersebut diketahui sebagai ibu dari putri kandungnya, di mana keduanya sempat terlibat pertengkaran.
Namun Davis akhirnya dibebaskan dengan bersyarat karena membayar uang jaminan senilai 1000 dolar AS atau setara dengan Rp15 juta.
Selain duel Gervonta Davis vs Garcia, ada pertandingan seru lainnya salah satunya ialah Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith.
Pertarungan seru antara Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith pada 21 Januari 2023 mendatang di Manchester, Inggris.
Selain pertarungan antara Gervonta Davis vs Garcia dan Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith, ada duel menarik lainnya selama bulan Januari 2023, berikut jadwalnya:
7 Januari 2023 – Washington D.C. (Showtime PPV)
- Gervonta Davis vs. Hector Luis Garcia, 12 rounds, lightweights
- Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian, 12 rounds, for the IBF interim welterweight title
- Rashidi Ellis vs. Roiman Villa, 12 rounds, welterweights
- Demetrius Andrade vs. Demond Nicholson, 10 rounds, super middleweights
- Brandun Lee vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Vito Mielnicki Jr vs. Omar Rosales, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
13 Januari 2023 – Laval, Canada
- Title fight: Kim Clavel vs. Jessica Nery Plata, 10 rounds, for Clavel’s WBC women’s junior flyweight title and Plata’s WBA women’s junior flyweight title
- Mazlum Akdeniz vs. Samuel Teah, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Marie Pier Houle vs. Marisol Moreno, 8 rounds, women’s welterweights
- Eric Basran vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez Garcia, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Caroline Veyre vs. Estefania Gonzalez Franco, 6 rounds, women’s featherweights
- Derek Pomerleau vs. Gustavo Magana Rodriguez, 6 rounds, middleweights
14 Januari 2023 – Verona, NY (ESPN/ESPN+)
- Efe Ajagba vs. Oscar Rivas, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Guido Vianello vs. Stephan Shaw, 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Adam Lopez vs. Abraham Nova, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
- Floyd Diaz vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
- Haven Brady Jr. vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Dante Benjamin vs. Emmanueal Austin, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
- Bryce Mills vs. Margarito Hernandez, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
20 Januari 2023 – Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Showtime)
- Paul Kroll vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
- Sean Hemphill vs. David Stevens, 8 rounds, super middleweights
- Atif Oberlton vs. Artem Brusov, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
- Julian Gonzalez vs. Rosalindo Morales, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Otto Wallin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
- James Bernadin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
- Moses Johnson vs. Terrell Jamal Woods, 6 rounds, heavyweights
- Jonathan Rodriguez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
- Thanjhae Teasley vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
- Francis Oran vs. Marlon Haywood, 4 rounds, heavyweights
21 Januari 2023 – Manchester, England
- Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Liam Smith, 12 rounds, middleweights
- Richard Riakporhe vs. Krzysztof Glowacki, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
- Joseph Parker vs. Jack Massey, 10 rounds, heavyweights
28 Januari 2023 – London (ESPN+)
- Title fight: Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde, 12 rounds, for Beterbiev’s WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight titles
- Title fight: Artem Dalakian vs. David Jimenez, 12 rounds, for Dalakian’s WBA flyweight title
- Willy Hutchinson vs. Emil Markic, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
- Karol Itauma vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Joshua Frankham vs. Joe Hardy, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Charles Frankham vs. Joshua Ocampo, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
- Umar Khan vs. Sandeep Singh Bhatti, 6 rounds, featherweights
- Sean Noakes vs. Santiago Garces, 6 rounds, welterweights
- Khalid Ali vs. Ivica Gogosevic, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
- Tommy Fletcher vs. Darryl Sharp, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
- Enriko Itauma vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
