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On Saturday night, Gervonta Davis and Mario Barrios will box each other in a magnificent 12-round war to lure the hardcore and casual boxing lovers. Also, this fight will be for the WBA super-lightweight strap and the winner will consequently open himself to even bigger fights in the future.

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That said, this contest has the attention of the entire world and everyone is eager to see who among the two comes out on top to cement his reign at this weight class.

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But before that, let’s take a look at some of the most intriguing stats about both Davis and Barrios.

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Gervonta Davis vs Barrios – Everything you need to know

Height, weight, and reach

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The Davis vs Barrios fight is unusual in its own way because there’s a slight difference between Barrios and ‘Tank’s height and reach. ‘El Azteca’ stands 5’10” tall with a reach of 71″. On the other hand, the Maryland native stands at 5″ 5½” with a reach of 67½”. Despite the difference in their physical stature, this contest still looks promising.

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Moving onto their weight, Barrios, the WBA super-lightweight champ has stayed at this weight class for a while and he’s comfortably made weight for all of his fights. On the other hand, ‘Tank’ will fight at the 140-pound roster for the very first time.

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Both ‘Tank’ and ‘El Azteca’ successfully made weight for their Saturday bout. Davis weighed 139¾ pounds and Barrios made 139½ pounds.

Age and knockouts

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Both the fighters are 26 years old, but there’s a vast difference between both of their knockout records. ‘Tank’, the favorite in this fight, has 24 wins with 23 T/KOs. His opponent, on the other hand, has 26 wins to his name, but he has 17 fight wins via T/KO.

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Net Worth

Gervonta Davis’ net worth stands at a staggering $4 million. Whereas, ‘El Azteca’s net worth is approximately $1.2 million.

Social media followers

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Gervonta Davis Instagram followers – Gervonta Davis stays highly active on his Instagram handle. This is predominantly why, at the time of writing, he has a whopping 2.7 million followers.

Gervonta Davis Twitter followers – 339.6k followers.

Mario Barrios Instagram followers – 84.6k followers

Mario Barrios Twitter followers – 4851 followers.

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA. Chauhan explores and analyses a sport he has been following ever since Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte engaged in a duel in 2015. He adores old-school punchers like Manny Pacquiao, as well as modern-day greats such as 'The Gypsy King'. In his downtime, he engages in rigorous workouts to cater to his love for fitness.

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