It’s an all-British showdown this Saturday evening at Co-op Dwell Area in Manchester, the place Pat McCormack will put his WBA Intercontinental welterweight title on the road towards fellow countryman Robbie Davies Jr.
At 29 years previous, McCormack has logged simply 30 skilled rounds—solely a fraction of the expertise Davies Jr. brings to the ring. However don’t let that idiot you. The Sunderland native, a silver medalist on the Tokyo Olympics, has made a seamless transition to the professional ranks since debuting in 2022. Ranked No. 11 within the WBA’s welterweight standings, McCormack is coming off a choice win over Argentina’s Williams Herrera on this very area.
Within the reverse nook, Davies Jr. is a battle-tested veteran with a deep résumé. The Liverpool native is recent off a unanimous choice victory over Javier Fortuna on November 1, 2024, bouncing again from a choice loss to Sergey Lipinets. With a profession stuffed with high-level opposition, Davies Jr. poses the hardest check but for the rising Olympian.
McCormack enters the ring with an unblemished 6-0 document, 4 of these wins coming by knockout. Davies Jr., however, brings a wealth of expertise with a 24-5 document and 15 knockouts to his title. It’s youth versus expertise, finesse versus grit—anticipate fireworks in Manchester.
