Biggest storylines to watch ahead of Gervonta Davis vs. Isaac Cruz and Devin Haney vs. Joseph Diaz

Fresh off a loaded Saturday of dramatic fights that felt like a shot in the arm to the sport’s overall viability, boxing is back in a big way this weekend with a pair of must-see main events focused on the talent-rich lightweight division.  

Gervonta “Tank” Davis continues his march toward superstardom when he headlines Sunday’s Showtime pay-per-view card against late replacement Isaac Cruz in defense of his WBA “regular” title at 135 pounds. One night earlier, unbeaten WBC champion Devin Haney enters what’s expected to be a difficult title defense against former 130-pound beltholder Joseph Diaz Jr. on DAZN.

Considering former unified champion Teofimo Lopez Jr.’s upset loss to upstart George Kambosos Jr. last week, there are no shortage of storylines surrounding the division as a whole. Let’s take a closer look at what to watch for.

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1. The George Kambosos Jr. sweepstakes is about to heat up

Let’s consider that a sentence no boxing fan ever expected to hear entering last weekend. But the unbeaten Kambosos, a native of Australia, turned in a performance for the ages when he survived a late knockdown to edge the pound-for-pound ranked Lopez in a fight that didn’t appear to be as close as the split decision on the scorecards indicated. Whether or not the fight’s result was more the result of Kambosos overachieving or Lopez completing an epic turn of self-destructive behavior (both inside and out of the ring) is irrelevant as it pertains to the future. As a network free agent in the U.S., it’s Kambosos who now calls the shots as it pertains to his next fight. Although Kambosos has said that Haney, as things stand now, is the frontrunner to face him next (provided Haney…