Ibrahim Oladamola
Gervonta Davis delivered a stunning body shot to stop Ryan Garcia in the seventh round and end one of boxing’s most eagerly-awaited fights in recent history on Saturday night.
Davis improved to 29-0, with all but two of his victories by knockdown. It was the first defeat for Garcia, who won 19 of his first 23 fights by KO.
Davis had also sent Garcia to the mat with a roundhouse left in the second round, and spent most of the rest of the fight working the body.
Garcia did manage to land two sharp rights to Davis’ face in the sixth round, only for ‘Tank’ to respond in the seventh with a left that sent Garcia stumbling backwards despite having not initially appeared to hurt him.
The 24-year-old would be forced to take a knee as a result of the impact, prompting referee Thomas Taylor to call the bout.
“I couldn’t breathe. I was going to get back up, but I just couldn’t get up.”
