In a battle of undefeated superstars in the primes of their careers, Gervonta “Tank” Davis stopped “King” Ryan Garcia with a fierce body shot in round seven of their lightweight showdown that headlined a SHOWTIME PPV production Saturday night from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
“Everything about this was exciting,” said Davis. “I was excited to be a part of this event. I remember coming up in the Golden Gloves and seeing Floyd Mayweather fight at MGM Grand. It was crazy. I actually just saw Rihanna perform at the Super Bowl, and I thought, ‘that’s going to be me one day.’ And we’re here. The reality definitely matches the dream. But the job is never done until I retire, so I’m going to keep my head down, stay humble and continue to work.”
“I’m good,” said Garcia. “‘Tank’ is a great fighter. I take my hat off to him. I know we talked a lot of trash leading into the fight, but he knows what it is. It’s all love at the end of the day. I was honored to be in the ring with a great fighter and I respect him a lot. You know how the business goes. But I want to say to ‘Tank’, you’re a good man.”
After years of build-up, two of boxing’s most exciting and popular fighters went toe-to-toe in front of a sold-out crowd of 20,842, with the three-time, five-division champion Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) emerging victorious after landing a powerful straight left hand to the body that caused a delayed reaction from Garcia (23-1, 19 KOs) and eventually saw him take a knee.
“I didn’t think that body shot would end it, but I saw his facial expression and that’s what made me take it to him,” said Davis. “It was a good shot, for sure. I thought he was going to get up 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 he just shook his head, no.”
“He just caught me with a good shot,” said Garcia. “I don’t want to make any excuses in here. He caught me with a good shot and I just couldn’t recover and that’s it. He caught me with a good body shot, snuck under me and caught me good. I couldn’t breathe. I was going to get back up, but I just couldn’t get up.”
As referee Thomas Taylor conducted his count, Garcia attempted to rise to his feet but was in visible pain and was counted out at 1:44 in the round. It marked four consecutive knockouts for Davis, who owns the WBA Lightweight Title in addition to past conquests at super featherweight and super lightweight.
Following a cautious first round, it was Garcia who pushed the envelope first, blitzing Davis early in round two as he sought to land his signature power left hook. However, Davis quickly turned the tide, ducking under a left hook and returning fire with a powerful left hook of his own that put Garcia down. Although Garcia rose to his feet, he rarely was as aggressive following the first knockdown.
“The first knockdown was just him not knowing his placement,” said Davis. “I knew that I was the smaller guy, and my coach was telling me in camp that he’s going to come up with his head up, so just shoot over the top.”
“I think I should have pressured him a little harder near the ropes,” said Garcia. “I was giving him a little bit too much respect and I think that was my downfall. I think I gave him a little too much respect in the ring.”
The body shots that eventually ended the bout were an important tool for Davis, who according to CompuBox landed 18 punches to the body throughout the fight. Both fighters landed an impressive percentage of power punches, with Davis connecting on 48% and Garcia at 42%. At the time of the stoppage, Davis led on all three cards, with tallies of 59-55, 59-56 and 58-56, and declared himself the new face of the sport.
“I’m definitely the face of boxing,” said Davis. “Absolutely!”
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bull419
30.04.2023Davis is not the new face of boxing, please gimme a break. Canelo Alvarez is still the face of boxing. Davis needs to fight all the big names out there before he can even be called anything close like the face of boxing besides who the hell wants to look at that face.
zred kill
29.04.2023Goodnight ryan
V TG
29.04.2023whats actually grimey about that shot is that by looking at Tank's face, you could tell he knew exactly what he did lol
Deszi
29.04.2023So much talent I want to see what he can do at 140 dudes a beast!
Chonpen Tsopoe
29.04.2023Goliath never win davis👊♥️
FenerAskeri67
29.04.2023?
DREY SFAND
29.04.2023DESERVE for 2nd 🔥
Trappp
29.04.20232 minute video Is all the king is worth 😂😂😂
JOSE RIZAL
29.04.2023The Lost of Ryan Garcia not in the big news!! 😳
Krefu D. March
29.04.2023This is when you know much defense and you really want to finish a fight. Congrats to both fighter who wants finishes and not letting the judges to decide.
Dubai wale
29.04.2023🔥 🔥🔥 I am youtuber 🔥🔥 Mera tag channel hai 🔥🔥 mere channel se aapki help ho sakti hai 🔥🔥🔥
Amazing video ❤🥰🥰😍
HeyyLos
28.04.2023he brought Ryan to the “deep waters” & “DROWN Him”
Dubai wale
28.04.2023🔥 🔥🔥 I am youtuber 🔥🔥 Mera tag channel hai 🔥🔥 mere channel se aapki help ho sakti hai 🔥🔥🔥
Amazing video 😍🥰🥰🥰
Dubai wale
28.04.2023🔥 🔥🔥 I am youtuber 🔥🔥 Mera tag channel hai 🔥🔥 mere channel se aapki help ho sakti hai 🔥🔥🔥
Amazing video ❤😍🥰🥰
VVilku
28.04.2023Szkoda że klejący się do przeciwnika glonojad wygrywa, robi 2 uderzenia i przytula się do ukochanego, frajer ze stajni pseudoboksera
i am (certi)
28.04.2023its like shooting at a tank with a machine gun machine gun shoots more but when the tank shoots your dead
Francesco B.
28.04.2023That body shot didn't look that bad, though…
Old_Skool510
28.04.2023Garcia ain’t Mexican… that a fool a Hollywood Barbie.
Misael Vazquez Cruz
28.04.2023Y así pretendía pelear con pitbull cruz? El mandíbula de cristal
Rod production
28.04.2023Tank
Mr whiske
28.04.2023😢😢😢
MykeeGetsIt
27.04.2023damn liver shot
Banks51
27.04.2023I'm surprised his ribs didn't crack with that shot.
DREY SFAND
27.04.2023Brave heart, Ryan Garcia💪
but yeah, those pig won, he fought with coward heart 😅
Alexander the Greatoz
27.04.2023Bullshit. Looks like rigged.
Pravoizavlijesvijeta
27.04.2023Hahahahahah right so puunched the need to humble himself right into his liver…
Tina Diaz
27.04.2023Clean of tattoos has clean shots now garcia got all those Tats and looses Brian is another place he ain't hungry no Mo
Box ❾❻
27.04.2023Grande gervonta
Jim Brooks
27.04.2023Never had the pleasure of getting hit with a liver shot, I've pretty much seen the best getting KO'ed with that punch, What I don't understand with this punch, at the count of 10 Garcia got up without any look of pain and walked to the corner, Call it rigged or call it Garcia quitting,
Vasilije Vujisic
27.04.2023LIVER KING!
Zman Red
25.04.2023Ryan Garcia is still loved more than tank!!!!
Carlos Monge
25.04.2023I don't want to see in the future any fights where this guys are involved, Garcia, Gervonta, Mayweather. All this is fake as fuck, Mayweather paid a lot money here to get this fight fixed. I don't care what anybody has to say about it.
who am i
25.04.2023Garcia really jinxed himself before the fight. Talking about knocking down Davis and saying his nose has never been broken before
Rm Williams
25.04.2023Ryan was never on Tanks level.
Mike Rodriguez
25.04.2023Kinda feel sad for Garcia… the entire Mexican community disowned him after this fight
Sefu Boisrond
25.04.2023Tank was gonna put Ryan to sleep if he didn’t take tht knee.
Loren Malvo
25.04.2023Закончилась сказка инста боксера
TundercatsASSemblr
25.04.2023Quite the dive
Matrix
25.04.2023Tank!💪
D-Boogie Wit Da Goodies
25.04.2023Ryan is known for punching celebs in the stomach repeatedly until they tap. How ironic is it that he would lose his first fight via body shot😂😂
Richie Kasiram
24.04.2023Ayyyy let's go
Erfan Hartanto
24.04.2023wooww ryan like striptease dancer😅
Big slime Ty💚💚
24.04.2023About time we see GARCIA & HARNEY?! 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐
EMS EMS
24.04.2023And they each made 40 million
Manman
24.04.2023Overrated 😂 and this kid wants to fight pacman?
Mr. Mark Sir
24.04.2023JULIO CHAVEZ TALKING ABOUT TANK DIDN'T EVEN PUNCH HIM
😂🤣😂
SOMEBODY TAG @JULIO CAESAR CHAVEZ!
😂🤣
Phatmoney3
24.04.2023Ryan Garcia is over hyped he has. No heart and no motivation to box . I'm glad he lost
Marcos Zenatti
24.04.2023😮😮😮😮
mY mOJO
24.04.2023That was a wierd punch
Alonzo Harris
24.04.2023King garcia❤