Thursday, January 31, 2019

Mares Injures Elbow, Pulls Out Of Title Bout With Davis: Ruiz To Step In!

As mentioned on the February calendar, Baltimore, MD's Gervonta "Tank" Davis will have a new opponent for his WBA Super Featherweight championship title defense on Saturday, February 9th at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, CA.

Former world champion Abner Mares suffered an elbow injury during a sparring session in training and had to pull out of the contest.  According to reports, Mares had experienced soreness in his elbow during his last two bouts but could not overcome the pain this time.

Hugo "Cuatito" Ruiz of Glendora, CA by way of Mexico, will step in to face Davis on February 9th.  Ruiz (39-4, 33 KO's) is a former WBC Super Bantamweight champion who should be in great shape for this contest.  Ruiz just fought on January 19th and won a 10-round unanimous decision over Alberto Guevara in Las Vegas, NV.  Ruiz had moved up to featherweight for the contest, which was originally scheduled to be a title shot against interim WBA Featherweight titleholder Jhack Tepora.  However, Tepora did not make the weight causing him to lose the title on the scales and that bout was canceled.

The Davis-Ruiz bout will be televised live on Showtime.

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