Gervonta Davis makes 130 for fight vs. Leo Santa Cruz

Gervonta Davis did it.

One of the main concerns going into his pay-per-view fight against junior lightweight titleholder Leo Santa Cruz on Saturday in San Antonio was whether Davis could make the 130-pound limit.

His weight at Friday’s weigh-in? 129.75. Santa Cruz weighed 129.5.

Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) removed his socks and underwear, meaning he had to weigh in behind a large towel. That raised some momentary concerns. However, one could sense a great sigh of relief when Jimmy Lennon Jr. announced that he had come in .25 under the limit.

Davis has had issues with weight in the past but said repeatedly going into this fight that it wouldn’t be a problem primarily because he trained away from distractions at Floyd Mayweather’s gym in Las Vegas. He was in camp for a 12 weeks.

There was never much doubt that Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) would make weight. He fought at 126 only two fights ago and is considered a small 130-pounder.

Davis is coming off a 12th-round knockout of Yuriorkis Gamboa last December, in which he won a vacant secondary 135-pound title. That belt (which Boxing Junkie doesn’t recognize) will be at stake Saturday at the Alamodome.

Santa Cruz last fought in November, when he defeated Miguel Flores by a unanimous decision to win his 130-pound belt.