The co-main event along with the highly anticipated fight of Mayweather vs. McGregor is going to be the fight for the junior lightweight title wherein Gervonta Davis will defend the title against contender Francisco Fonseca. The odds are stacked pretty heavily in favor of Davis and Fonseca really has to pull out something extraordinary if he is going to be able to defeat Davis. The betting odds makes sense considering that Davis has a highly impressive professional career record so far of 18-0, and even more staggering is the fact that 17 of these 18 victories have come by the way of a knock out. Thus, it really is no surprise that most of the bookmakers have Fonseca at +1100 underdog. This essentially means that if you were to bet $100 on Fonseca, and he actually won, you would receive a return of $1100.
However, Fonseca is by no means a bad fighter in his own right, Fonseca too has an impressive record of 19 – 0 – 1. Of the 19 victories, 13 of them so far have been courtesy of knockouts. Despite, Fonseca’s record on paper, he has not really been as dominant and confident as Davis in the recent past and this is where Davis really has the edge.
Davis has clearly outclassed nearly every fighter that he has come up against so far. Even the likes of Jose Pedraza who was a 22 – 0 favorite to win the championship was out done by Davis. Davis then went on to defend his title with an amazing victory against Liam Walsh with a commendable technical knockout. When he was beaten by Davis, Walsh had had a flawless record of 21 – 0.
Davis isn’t only strong, but is also agile and has razor sharp reflexes. Beating him is going to be an uphill battle for any fighter, let alone Fonseca. We are going to have to side with the bookies on this one, and put our money on Davis to win by knockout. It is highly improbable that this fight will end in any other way except for a victory for Davis.
Author : Rory McGregor
