In the end, the game of scales didn't seem to impact the outcome. That led to a contractual demand from Davis' side that both fighters weigh in a second time on the morning of the fight, where neither boxer could exceed 146 pounds for a matchup held at a 136-pound catchweight. Garcia formerly competed at 135 pounds, but his two previous fights were contested at the 140-pound limit. 3 by ESPN at lightweight - though he did fight once at 140, an 11th-round TKO of Mario Barrios in June 2021. Despite their stardom, only Davis is a former champion, a title he won at 130 pounds in 2017 with a seventh-round TKO of Jose Pedraza.ĭavis currently campaigns at 135 pounds - and is ranked No. The punches were unleashed with blinding velocity and thudding power in a matchup that featured two of the sport's most damaging finishers who also have some of the quickest hands. Davis, 28, baited Garcia with feints as he looked to open him up. The fight was mostly tactical with the better all-around boxer Davis, who conceded 4.5 inches in height, attempting to time Garcia. He caught me with a good body shot, snuck under me and caught me good." "I was going to get back up, but I just couldn't get up.
He didn't show any ill effects from the knockdown throughout the bout.īut body shots like the one Davis landed in the seventh are a different animal, even if they don't produce the sort of brutality fans lust for. Just as soon as his body hit the canvas, Garcia sprung up as if to show the shot didn't hurt him. Garcia (23-1, 19 KOs) was also floored in Round 2, the result of a well-timed counter left hand that crashed flush into his face. "I thought he was going to get up," Davis said, 'but I like to play mind games, so when he was looking at me, I was looking at him trying to tell him, 'Get up,' and then he just shook his head, 'No.'" With that single left hand, Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) cemented himself as one of boxing's pound-for-pound best fighters, if not one of the sport's singular biggest stars in a 136-pound catchweight bout that was preceded by months of trash talk and hype. Davis' victory came before 20,842 at the sold-out T-Mobile Arena, an anticlimactic but conclusive finish to boxing's most-anticipated matchup in years.
Referee Thomas Taylor reached the count of 10 at 1 minute, 44 seconds of Round 7, with Garcia still on one knee struggling to catch his breath. LAS VEGAS - Ryan Garcia took a beat, then dropped to one knee, the delayed effect of a stinging liver shot, a perfectly placed left hand from Gervonta "Tank" Davis that floored his foe for the second occasion in their superfight on Saturday. Gervonta Davis KO's Ryan Garcia with brutal body shot in 7th
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