WBA orders Gervonta Davis vs. Ricardo Nunez The WBA Championships Committee ordered the mandatory fight between the WBA super featherweight super champion Gervonta Davis and #2 rated Ricardo “Cientifico” Nunez. The champion has been duly notified and will be given a period of 30 days for both parties to reach an agreement. The statutes of the organization give the right to the president, Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, as well as to the Committee of Championships, to give a period of mandatory defense at discretion. In the case of Davis, the deadline was 12 months, which has already been fulfilled and now he has the duty of facing the Panamanian challenger. The date for the start of negotiations is May 7th and the period ends on June 6th. Failure to reach an agreement means that the fight will be sent to auction, for which both parties would be duly notified in relation to the points of date, place, and conditions. Davis is super champion since April 21st of 2018. Since then, he has made only one defense of his belt against Hugo Ruiz, whom he knocked out on February 19th. fightnews.com ============ Honestly, I never heard about this guy before. I thought Cancio would be his mandatory. Nunez has only been fighting abroad once, in Mexico. He fought mostly in his home country, Panama. His last fight is against a guy with 31 losses. Interesting choice of mandatory challenger by the WBA.
Ricardo Núñez alias El Cientifico W21 L2 D0 19 KOs 1 KOs More on Nunez's last opponent: Eduardo Pacheco (39 years old) W22 L31 Draws 3 18 KOs 18 KOs Birth name Eduardo Enrique Pacheco Barrera born 1980-03-29 / This content is protected nationality Colombia debut 2000-02-03 division featherweight
Has this Nunez guy even ever beaten a top50 opponent? Typically WBA to come up with such a "mandatory"
