Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE: Latest fight updates and result
Re-live updates from the 136lbs catchweight fight in Las Vegas
Gervonta Davis settled his feud with Ryan Garcia by stopping his fellow American in the seventh round on Saturday.
Davis, 28, dropped Garcia to a knee with a left hook to the body, a shot that left the 24-year-old wincing in pain and unable to beat the referee’s count.
Davis had already dropped Garcia in the second round with a left hook to the head, and “Tank” began to build a healthy lead as the 136lbs catchweight bout neared its midway point. Garcia briefly rallied, but he was caught seemingly out of nowhere in Round 7, when Davis dug a left hook into the midriff of “King Ryan”.
In a delayed reaction, Garcia dropped to a knee and was then unable to beat the referee’s count, marking his first defeat as a professional. Meanwhile, WBA lightweight champion Davis stayed unbeaten with the victory.
Re-live updates from Garcia vs Davis below. Click here to subscribe to The Independent’s Sport YouTube channel for all the latest sports videos.
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE
That’s the first loss of Garcia’s professional career; he falls to 23-1 (19 KOs).
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE
Davis on his correct prediction of the seventh-round stoppage: “It was just me trying to get in his head. You really don’t know until you get in there.”
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE
Gervonta Davis def. Ryan Garcia via seventh-round KO (1:44).
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE
It was so hard to see that final punch from Davis in the moment. It turns out it was a left hook in close.
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE
Round 7
Into the second half of the fight. Davis 58-55 Garcia is how Indy Sport sees it.
Garcia starts the seventh round well, cornering Davis and landing a clean right hand. Davis times a left cross now, squeezing it through Garcia’s guard.
A grazing left hook lands for Garcia, but Davis fires back to the body! Garcia stumbles backwards, and after a moment he takes a knee!
The referee is counting, and Garcia is wincing...
AND IT’S ALL OVER! DAVIS STOPS GARCIA WITH A BODY SHOT!
He wins it in Round 7, as he predicted!
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE
Round 6
Garcia with a couple of right hands, some of his best punches of the fight so far! He backs up Davis, who fires back with two left hands to the body.
A cross is on point for Garcia, who then misses with a wide left hook. A right hook lands for him now, though!
Again Davis retaliates, but the accuracy isn’t quite there.
That’s Garcia’s best round since the first!
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE
Round 5
The commentary team on Showtime agree with Indy Sport’s scorecard, for what it’s worth, so that’s the consensus so far: Davis seemingly dropped Round 1 but has won probably each round since.
Garcia comes forward again, but he’s struggling to find shots; he’s not leaning on his jab as much as he was earlier in the fight.
Right hook to the body by Davis, and he adds more as Garcia shells up!
Davis parries a lightning jab now. Again he targets the body with hooks; again Garcia shells up and turns his back on his opponent.
Jab to the body by Garcia late in the frame.
Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia LIVE
Round 4
Indy Sport has it Davis 29-27 Garcia after three rounds.
The fighters trade body shots early in the third. Davis is increasing his output in this round. He catches Garcia with a cross to the body, then one to the head.
A well-timed counter left hand lands for Davis now, and another – he’s landed that punch a few times in this frame.
Another Davis round, as Indy Sport sees it.
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