![]() ![]() ![]() “I’m looking forward to seeing everyone on the 23rd of April. “I’m ready,” Whyte posted to his social media Wednesday. Less than two weeks before Dillian Whyte is scheduled to challenged Tyson Fury for the heavyweight championship on April 23 (ESPN PPV) at London’s Wembley Stadium, where a sold-out crowd of about 94,000 is expected, he finally broke his silence and acknowledged he is indeed fighting. Ugas on PPV.COM you will be automatically entered for a chance to win 2 tickets and hotel/airfare to an upcoming PPV event. I need to fight him while I’m healthy and 100 percent, because that fight will be totally different.” I need another bite at the apple and I need to show that I have the quality to beat him. “I fought with a torn Achilles for 11 rounds but I was still able to withstand everything and get (almost) to the finish. “When I beat Isaac Cruz, I want the rematch with Gervonta Davis,” he said. Gamboa is also jockeying for a rematch with Davis. There’s definitely a lot of people that are overlooking what I still have left in the tank and the quality of fighter that I still am.” “I’m going to show everybody that’s watching on TV and that’s watching in the stands that Yuriorkis Gamboa is still here to stay and that Yuriorkis Gamboa can still be the best in the division. “I’m going to rely on the game plan and the strategy that we have put together to be able to fight and win any way we can. “I definitely have the edge in experience but at the same time, I’m going to rely on my preparation,” Gamboa said. Gamboa (30-4, 18 KOs), 40, a Cuban defector fighting out of Miami, has confidence he can handle Cruz (22-2-1, 15 KOs), 23, of Mexico, despite back-to-back losses to Davis (12th-round knockout) and WBC titlist Haney (decision). ![]() “If those fighters want to prove that they belong on the top level, then they have to fight me.” I’m going to prove to all the top lightweights that I’m ready to fight any of them,” Cruz said. “I’m ready for however long it takes me to get this win, one round or all 12. It’s not for me to say whether one punch can change the fight or not, we’re going to see what happens inside the ring on fight night.”Ī win would certainly keep Cruz on the path to a bigger fight in a division that boasts several top fighters, including unified champion George Kambosos, WBC titlist Devin Haney, Davis, Garcia, Vasiliy Lomachenko and others. “My fists are going to speak inside of the ring. I’m here to show that I’m one of the top fighters in the division. However, I’m not here to lay down for anyone. “I respect Gamboa and I thank him for the opportunity of getting to fight him. Instead he will face Gamboa, a onetime phenom past his prime but still game despite two losses in a row. He would have liked a rematch with Davis and there was also chatter about a possible Ryan Garcia fight that went nowhere. I’m only focused on giving the fans the show that they crave and I know that I’m capable of giving them that.” My profile is definitely raised, but it has not gone to my head. “Everything that happened in the Davis fight has made me better. If I had knocked him down I think it would have been a different story and it would have been me with my hand raised,” Cruz said. “I wish I had pressured more against Gervonta Davis. If Cruz has one regret about the fight with Davis it is that he eased up on pressuring him a bit. I’m going to show people that I’m the Mexican fighter that can rule the 135-pound division.” “I learned that I need to be focused inside the fight at every moment. “I learned a valuable lesson from the Davis fight,” Cruz said on a recent call with boxing media to discuss the upcoming bout. ET, $74.99) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. So, while the loss stung, Cruz proved he could compete with the best and moved from relative anonymity to a known commodity in one of boxing’s deepest divisions.Ĭruz chalked up the loss to Davis as a learning experience as he prepares to move on with his career, which will be in a 10-rounder against former unified featherweight titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa in the co-feature of the Errol Spence Jr.-Yordenis Ugas three-belt welterweight title unification fight on Saturday (Showtime PPV and PPV.com, 9 p.m. Lightweight contender Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz may have lost a close decision challenging Gervonta “Tank” Davis for his secondary lightweight belt in his last fight in December, but he walked away with legions of fans believing he should have had his hand raised in victory. ![]()
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