Twenty-one years.
That’s how long it’s been since Atlanta hosted a world title fight.
But that drought comes to end when Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis faces Yuriorkis Gamboa for the vacant WBA lightweight title at State Farm Arena Saturday night. Davis (22-0, 21 KOs) looks to stay undefeated when he takes on Gamboa (30-2 18 KOs) in a televised main event bout which is set to air on Showtime.
This is the first fight of this magnitude in Atlanta since Evander Holyfield defeated Vaughn Bean at…