Gervonta Davis

It's the fight before the fight. As boxing fans turn eyes and crossed fingers to a planned lightweight showdown between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia, ...

The pick is Davis by stoppage in an enjoyable battle. The arm length difference is negligible and Garcia is coming up in weight to face a man who has competed successfully as high as Jr. Garcia has to turn Davis’s selective offense into a weapon in his favor without getting iced. Instead, headlining the Capital One Arena for the first time since Mike Tyson in 2005, Davis is opting for one of the best and hottest Jr. For Garcia to win, he’s going to have to thread a difficult technical needle. Returning to the mid-Atlantic area for the first time since his hometown knockout of Ricardo Nunez in 2019, Davis could have picked an easier out and gotten away with it.

The undefeated "Tank" looks to defend his WBA (regular) lightweight world title against the game challenger Saturday night.

Ellis keeps finding a home with his jab, doubling up on the weapon and repeatedly splitting Villa's guard with it. Andrade comes back and lights Nicholson up with a lightning-quick, multiple-punch combination upstairs. The one in the final seconds pushed him over the top in their eyes. The body work seems to have finally slowed Chukhadzhian's slippery movement. The undefeated Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) owns one of the best knockout percentages in boxing, having come off a highlight reel KO of Rolando Romero last May. Or will Garcia's boxing skills be good enough to deliver what would be a mammoth upset?

The Sporting News is providing round-by-round scoring and analysis for Gervonta Davis vs. Hector Luis Garcia. Follow along for live results from every fight ...

Ellis lands a left hook in round three, and Villa finally lands a right to the body. ET: Right as the bell rang, Andrade landed shots in the corner. Andrade landed more shots to the body and head, forcing Nicholson into the corner. ET: Ellis uses his jab to push back Villa in the first round. Combinations to the face of Ennis connect, while Ennis lands combinations to the body. A body shot lands by Ennis and then he lands a counter shot to the face of Chukhadzhian. Villa tried going to the body but Ellis managed to compromise his defensive skills. ET: Ellis does the shimmy in round four after avoiding Villa's blows in the corner. Ennis is waiting to land the big blow as Chukhadzhian backs away. ET: Body shot by Chukhadzhian in the sixth followed by a left hook. Chukhadzhian with a left hook in the eighth. He is looking to make the most of his upcoming fight while not dismissing his opponent.

Gervonta Davis vs. Hector Luis Garcia: LIVE round-by-round updates, results, full coverage.

We’ll also post the results of other featured bouts. Roiman Villa, welterweights; and Demetrius Andrade vs. Karen Chukhadzhian, welterweights; Rashidi Ellis vs. The main portion of the show is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Boxing Junkie scored it 114-112 for Ellis. One judge scored it 113-113, a draw.

While explosive and ruthless in the ring, Gervonta Davis comes across as a soft-spoken and benign young man. In his view, racking up the victories and ...

His poise is underrated, his conditioning is underrated, his chin is underrated. However, despite his overall accolades and penchant for violent KO victories, Stephen “Breadman” Edwards is under the impression that the 28-year-old isn’t revered as much as he should be. His jab is underrated, everybody says he’s all left-hand, his right-hand is underrated.

The boxing match goes down on Showtime on Saturday (Jan. 7) at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

The fight will stream live on The Davis vs. The fight card currently listed on Showtime.com includes Jaron Ennis vs. Roimann Villa and Demetrius Andrade vs. The PPV fight costs Watching from the U.K.? Karen Chukhadzhian, Rashidi Eillis vs. GMT). As far as boxing stats go, Garcia has a 16-0-0 record and Davis is 27-0-0. All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. on Saturday (Jan. The two will face off in a WBA title match at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.

A pair of lightweights collide in the main event on Showtime PPV on Saturday night in Washington D.C..

Demetrius Andrade vs. Nicholson got back to his feet quickly and tried to start responding with some punches, seemingly not hurt too badly despite the knockdown. Nicholson went down late in the round but was basically thrown to the canvas by Andrade, resulting in the referee not awarding a knockdown. Rashidi Ellis vs. It's not a winning strategy for Nicholson but he took far less punches in the round than he had in any other round in the fight. Nicholson responded by trying to walk forward behind the jab but still did not land anything meaningful of his own. Roiman Villa -- Round 2: Villa got Ellis along the ropes and landed a few punches while Ellis cracked with his own uppercuts in a fun exchange. Ellis has proven a bit too quick and Villa needs to figure out a way to change the way the fight is playing out before he falls too far behind on the scorecards. Roiman Villa -- Round 4: Villa landed to the body against the ropes but Ellis responded with a good counter. Ennis is looking to pursue his own massive fight this year, placing himself in position to challenge WBA, IBF and WBC champion Errol Spence Jr. Hector Garcia is looking to score his third straight upset victory. One of boxing's biggest stars is in action on Saturday night when Gervonta "Tank" Davis defends his secondary WBA lightweight title against WBA super featherweight champion Hector Luis Garcia.

The PPV card consists of four fights. The opener is Demetrius Andrade against Demond Nicholson, then "Speedy" Rashidi Ellis faces Roiman Villa. The co-main ...

The Sporting News is providing round-by-round scoring and analysis for Gervonta Davis vs. Hector Luis Garcia. Follow along for live results from every fight ...

Andrade landed more shots to the body and head, forcing Nicholson into the corner. ET: Right as the bell rang, Andrade landed shots in the corner. Counter shots continued to land as Andrade looked crisp to open the fight. Ellis lands a left hook in round three, and Villa finally lands a right to the body. Round three saw Andrade push Nicholson into the ropes. Combination hooks in the tenth pushes Nicholson back. Combinations in the ninth back Nicholson up. ET: Ellis uses his jab to push back Villa in the first round. A three-division champion, Davis won the WBA (Regular) lightweight title against Yuriorkis Gamboa in 2019. He is looking to make the most of his upcoming fight while not dismissing his opponent. “The bottom line for me is that I can fight at whatever distance the fight requires me to,” Garcia stated before the fight. Garcia continues, Davis is set to appear in court in February for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run incident in November 2020.

The undefeated "Tank" looks to defend his WBA (regular) lightweight world title against the game challenger Saturday night.

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Gervonta Davis defended his WBA world lightweight championship, beating Hector Luis Garcia by TKO early Sunday morning after eight rounds.

Ellis lost for the first time in 25 fights and disagreed with the decision. I felt I was in the best shape. The fight resumed for more than a minute, and Davis put on a show until the bell, landing enough blows to end the match.

Undefeated Gervonta Davis has knocked out 25 of his 27 opponents - and it turns out he's been practicing since he was a kid.

In fact, his win over Chris Colbert in 2022 was one of the shocks of the year and set him up for this fight with ‘Tank.’ Davis returns to the ring this weekend against Hector Luis Garcia in a lightweight bout that’s the final stepping stone to a fight with Ryan Garcia – a fellow undefeated American star. The bruiser from Baltimore has a 93% knockout-to-win ratio and stuns opponents with his southpaw stance and unique movement in and out of the pocket.

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I’ll take a week off and I’ll be back (in the gym) for sure.” On my end, I’m ready. [was arrested for domestic assault and spent a night in prison](https://www.foxsports.com.au/boxing/undefeated-boxing-world-champ-gervonta-davis-arrested-on-domestic-violence-charge-week-before-next-bout/news-story/6ca373685e76c9611a3ab5053058fdc5) just days before the fight with the latter Garcia (16-1, 10 KOs).

The Baltimore southpaw ran his record to 28-0 when his opponent, Hector Luis Garcia, was unable to answer the bell for the ninth round at Capital One Arena.

Davis attended that fight as a guest of Peterson’s and has credited the opportunity to hold those championship belts as motivation for his career. In December 2011 Peterson upset Amir Khan via a 12-round split decision to claim the WBA and IBF super lightweight titles at Walter E. Davis ran his record to 28-0 with 26 knockouts in dispatching a challenger who last year unexpectedly rose to prominence by winning the WBA super featherweight title. Legal troubles aside, Davis entered Saturday not only having to contend with Garcia but also thinking longer term toward another opponent with the same last name. 28 on $1,000 bail, Davis denied the charges in a since deleted social media post. “I knew I caught him good, but I didn’t know I caught him like that,” said Davis, who headlined his fifth pay-per-view and sold out an arena for the eighth consecutive fight.

Gervonta Davis rocked Hector Luis Garcia with a hard left hand at the end of Round 8 and earned a TKO victory when Garcia couldn't come out for the ninth.

Davis was fighting for the first time since a sixth-round TKO victory over Rolly Romero in May. Davis, who denied the allegations, referred to the woman as the mother of his daughter. Davis was accused of fleeing the scene of an accident that involved four people, including a pregnant woman. The action resumed after nearly a minute, and when it did, Davis finally found the fight-ending punch he was looking for. The star boxer connected on a stinging counter right hand and a couple of lefts that caught Garcia's attention in a fast-paced fourth. "I was trying to trick him with my hands and my eyes and things like that because he's a tough fighter.