Ohara Davies and Ismael Barroso will star in the first championship fight of the year 2024 when they enter the ring at the Virgin Hotels, in Las Vegas, this Saturday, January 6, to fight for the interim super lightweight belt of the World Boxing Association (WBA).
The British and the Venezuelan will fight for the interim belt due to the injury of the category champion, Rolando Romero, who has not been able to return to the ring for some time due to this impediment.
Davies is the mandatory challenger in the category and has been waiting for this fight for months. In his most recent fight, held in March 2023, he defeated Lewis Ritson and is now ready to take on a big challenge on American soil.
Barroso, for his part, has just faced Romero in his last fight, in which he lost by technical knockout after a stoppage that left many doubts and that he had been winning until that moment.
The fight was supposed to take place last November, but Davies’ visa issues forced it to be rescheduled. The Englishman has a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 18 knockouts, while Barroso has 24 wins, 4 losses, 2 draws and 22 knockouts.
