Davis vs Ryan Garcia FULL FIGHT: April 22, 2023 | PBC on Showtime PPV

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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[Music] welcome to Las Vegas Nevada we’ve reached Fight Night of one of the most highly anticipated matchups in recent years and it’s only appropriate that we come to you from the Undisputed boxing capital of the world T-Mobile arena is the Beloved home of the Las Vegas NHL hockey team but tonight two golden knights from another real will pick up arms lace up their gloves and square off in the main event hello everyone I’m Brian kuster well tonight we finally arrive at the mega fight of 2023 javante tank Davis and King Ryan Garcia both unbeaten both in their primes and both carry serious knockout power in both of their hands you know this is the match of boxing fans have been demanding and a fight that has major crossover appeal because of the millions of followers that that Davis and Garcia have collected it is an event that has energized the sport it’s polarized fans and just blown up social media this is not only the biggest test for javante Davis and Ryan Garcia but a big payday as well but in the end of course it’s not really about the money it’s not about the Bravada or the belts it’s about proving who’s the best in the ring and as they both Proclaim who will take his rightful place as the new face of boxing and with that joining me are the guys who will be ringside they’ll be calling all of the action tonight of course this is the voice of Showtime boxing moral ralo that is the Hall of Famer himself Al Bernstein and that’s the former three Division World Champion Abner Mars Mo I’ll start with you because when this fight was made we knew this thing was going to be big but the amount of the attention that this event has garnered I think has surprised all of us and more than we all imagine how do you explain it well there is an X Factor at work here BC and it’s hard to Define because it’s well an X Factor but you know it when you see it and both Davis and Garcia have it on this Earth Day this is the type of matchup that the world stops to watch the late Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Stewart said it best knockout cell and when you record a combined 45 Kos in 51 fights and you have the type of star power that is visible from space you sell all available tickets in under 5 minutes which is what these two supernovas did tonight’s not about titles Davis and Garcia are doing this for legacy for Glory and maybe most importantly for the Graham fam yeah you’re right about that listen in this day and age it it seems like it’s all about the Graham and speaking of a guy who’s all about the Graham Al that would be me yes listen we’ve chronicled dvon Davis’s journey to becoming a champion and a mega star but you feel tonight is the Apex you know it’s interesting we have watched him in his 10-year boxing Journey that has taken him across several weight divisions has produced many highlight reel Knockouts and exciting fights and while he’s been doing that he has packed Arenas in several cities Across America but with that what he’s been looking for is that defining moment of this part of his boxing journey to get that he needed an opponent that was not only good but very popular and of course that defines Ryan Garcia so yes tonight is a destination for dvon Davis and an important one he would say certainly not the last one you know dvon talked a lot about how he would come here to Vegas to watch his mentor Floyd Mayweather and he said everybody would come to this town to watch him fight he says you know I got to take it in now everyone’s coming to see me fight and he’s right this place is going to be electric tonight let’s talk about his opponent in Ryan Garcia he’s already established his punching power and without question his star power and with that said he’s a unique kind of Attraction right he definitely is Brian and this is the type of audience that he brings my two girls my daughters never went to any of my fights want to go see me not even once probably because I’m ugly I don’t know why I’m going tell you what and for Ryan Garcia They begged they said Daddy we want to go see Ryan Garcia fight live that’s the type of crowd this guy this kid brings and and let me tell you something yeah it’s maybe because a good-looking kid and he got the girls crazy over him but it’s time to put some respect on this kid’s name it’s more than just the face he’s a real fighter he can fight he’s he’s proven I mean we’re talking about a kid that’s been fighting since he was 7 years old over 300 amateur fights I mean boxing is in this blood and tonight is about showing that that he is more than just a face and speaking of faces Brian tonight he’s one let one H he’s one left hook away from becoming the face of boxing tonight listen his timing his quickness and as you point out that left hook is deadly and he believes look honestly believes that he’s going to stop tank Davis tonight and he believes early we’ll see should be one heck of a main event I’ll let you guys get ready to call all the action we go backstage with Ryan Garcia who says tank Davis’s pass opponents got into the ring without the belief they could actually beat him but King Ryan does believe it Garcia says that’s why two of his last three opponents have been southpaws he’s been preparing himself for this fight all along Ryan said they put an emphasis in Camp on keeping his right hand up by his chin so he doesn’t get caught by Davis’s powerful left Garcia told me his speed timing and left hook will be too much for tank and he believes The Knockout will be produced by a rightand head shot Garcia says some may be shocked by what he’ll do tonight but he’s going to show everyone why he’s the best most talented fighter in boxing dvon Davis in his dressing room tank told me he noticed that Ryan Garcia keeps both of his hands down at times and his chin up when he’s punching and that’s going to be his downfall tonight tank says his boxing I Q is better he’s going to show that his hands and his feet are much faster than those of Garcia Davis says he plans to see what Garcia has to offer early on but will start much faster than he has in previous fights he believes he will knock Ryan Garcia out before the eighth round we approach our main event from here at T-Mobile Arena folks they sold out this place in record time in a capacity crowd of 2,842 is ready for this fight just moments away moral tonight this Arena this crowd are shining with bright lights and superstars All Right BC starts going the crowd includes NBA point guard Damen Lillard whose knowledge of boxing is on point he made a TV commercial with Ryan Garcia future NFL quarterback and two-time Heisman trophy finalist with the Ohio State Buckeyes CJ Stroud a loud and proud supporter of strad and Javonte Davis is Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons who predicts tank by KO undefeated unified 122lb champ Steven fton Jr is a latest fighting Phenom from Philadelphia former 168 lb belt holder Caleb has had big fights in Vegas against Canelo and David benovitz Ryan Garcia played baseball before he started boxing that’s Gary Sheffield who led the Florida Marlins to victory in the 97 World Series well you know Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Max Crosby hopes the main event reaches a crush Endo 2008 NBA champion Finals MVP for the Celtics Paul the truth Pierce striking oppos the boxing ring is the theater of Truth the doctor is in the house it’s great to see basketball royalty Julius Irving grace us with his Hall of Fame presence speaking of Hall of Famers Sugar Ray Leonard knows a thing or two about super fights and the king of Crunk Lil John is here to see firsthand who will emerge as the King of the Ring from a soldout T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas Nevada it is time for the biggest fight of the Year 28-year-old dvon tank Davis 24-year-old King Ryan Garcia they put the pop and pop culture and this crossover clash in front of a sold out crowd is about to pop off well fans the time has come for the bout you’ve all been waiting for it’s time for boxing’s highly anticipated Showdown it’s time for javante Davis versus Ryan [Applause] Garcia who do you want to fight K Davis you know he’s been training he been talking two rounds you going to sleep of course on my end I’m I’m ready there’s no going back now he talked his way into this fight he going to show it I’m ready baby let’s get it the world of boxing is on fire this man better be ready for war I’m here to get nasty and I’m coming at you and you seen it the more speed I have the more power I have I’ve been doing this for so long everything is clear as day think Ryan don’t know how big is going to be over his last six fights tank Davis has averaged over 15,000 fans per event let’s go tank let’s go I’m coming to destroy him with the left hook done this guy I keep talking about he going to hit me with a hook touch that chin I’ll touch that chin I’m put that left up right there he don’t have nothing else but a h maybe that’s all it’s going to take fighting for your life you’re fighting for your family fighting for what you believe in you haven’t seen the best ATT tank yet and I’m waiting for it I am amazed by Ryan’s power it’s almost freakish it’s frightening need a performance of your life yeah it’s show time he’s never felt the speed the power he never felt none of that talk some more [ __ ] man it’s time to see now it’s time to see tonight is about showing us the Baltimore tank Davis the mean the rugged the KO artist but at the same time we want a high Q smart thinking in the ring Tang Davis you don’t want to make mistakes you definitely do not want to reach overreach against the toddler Ryan Garcia Davis said this one fight means more than the Thousand fights I’ve been in in my life he’s a star I’m a star I needed a dance partner we want to see who’s the best we’ll take a look at the numbers for this fight and some of them are very significant and intriguing now Garcia has weighed 139 and 34 and 138 and a quarter in his last two fights of course he had to make 136 for this one there was a 10 lb rehydration Clause today at 11:00 a.m. they both reweighed in Garcia weighed in at 144 9 this morning and Davis came in at 144.5 so they made it the height and reach Advantage for Garcia is the second biggest Davis has faced Mario baros was 6 feet tall with a 71 in reach we’ll see how that plays out and the rules for the main event no three knockdown rule only the referee can stop the contest a fighter cannot be Saved by the Bell in any round the fight becomes official after four complete rounds a star studded crowd in attendance here in the fight capital of the World Las Vegas it is time for the official introductions for the main event here’s the classy Jimmy Lenin [Applause] Jr ladies and gentlemen we welcome you to the T-Mobile Arena here in Las Vegas Nevada as Premier Boxing Champions presents the featured bout of the evening brought to you by GTD promotions tgb promotions Golden Boy promotions and Showtime pay-per-view and we extend a special welcome to the brave men and women serving around the world and joining us tonight on afn the American forces Network this bout is sanctioned by the Nevada State athletic Commission the chairman is Anthony a marnell thei executive director Jeff Mullen introducing our three judges scoring from ringside from Nevada Tim chetam also from Nevada Dave Moretti and from New Jersey Steve weissfeld introducing our third man to the ring the referee in charge of this bout he’ll be giving instructions after the introductions Thomas Taylor all right fans here we go with a main event of the evening a catchweight super fight a battle of undefeated super stars of the sport scheduled for 12 rounds of boxing and Now ladies and gentlemen in attendance and boxing fans joining us around the world live from the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas it’s showtime [Applause] introducing to you first on my right fighting out of the Red Corner entering the ring wearing black trunks fighting out of Los Angeles by way of Victorville California he weighed in at already 135 and 1/2 lb he is undefeated in his spectacular campaign with a record of 23 wins no losses 19 wins coming by way of knockout here is the acclaimed boxing sensation tonight making his Showtime debut ladies and Gentlemen please welcome The Undefeated hard-hitting wildly popular star of boxing and the former WBC interim lightweight world champion introducing King Ryan Garcia and his opponent across the ring on my left fighting out of the blue Corner wearing green trunks purple and white trim hailing from Baltimore Maryland he weighed at 135 lbs he also is undefeated in his tremendous career with a record of 28 wins no losses 26 big wins coming by way of knockout here is the electrifying star of boxing and popular pound-for-pound great ladies and Gentlemen please welcome the hard-hitting PowerHouse and Renown five time three Division World Champion and the current undefeated WWA lightweight champion of the world introducing jante T Davis once again a referee in charge now to give instructions Thomas Taylor let’s get Kelvin out here okay gentlemen belt lines on both side are good you got my instructions in the back protect yourselves at all times listen to my commands touch them up back to your corner gentlemen referee Thomas Taylor 13 years pro experience working his 523rd Pro bout Davis Garcia capable of producing enough power to light up the sinity strip they have up to 36 minutes to Ace their Moment of [Applause] Truth you ready hey you ready the Bell round number [Applause] one Garcia immediately looking to establish the jab and leads with the left hook caught by the guard of Davis and again Davis on that back foot just wanting to see what Garcia brings to the table early two of them last three Fighters that uh Garcia has faced have been lefties Javier Fortuna and Luke Campbell he knocked them both out with one punch of course this is a different kettle of fish but he likes that he’s had experience against lefties recently and of course Garcia overcame a hard knockdown against Campbell before getting up showing his grit his resilience and sending the Olympic gold medalist into retirement with a body shot and we kind of knew that Davis was going to start somewhat like this you know backing up up but definitely not staying on the ropes and when I he backing up he’s using his angles he’s moving side to side not staying on the ropes and you know just trying to see what Garcia brings in Garcia has Knockouts in six of his last seven fights including over Javier Fortuna last [Music] July and in that fight he dropped Fortuna three times all you’ll be surprised to hear this guys little trademark left hook as we approach the Midway of this cautious start to the first round there’s the jab from the Southpaw Davis who has Floyd Mayweather in attendance here tonight Mayweather of course headlined the biggest pay-per-views in history here in Las Vegas supporting Davis as he headlines a pay-per-view for the first time in Sin City you know D Davis said he thought he while he is normally cautious in his starts as we pointed out he was going to try and be a little more aggressive in the early rounds I expected as most of us did both Fighters would take this kind of cautious approach early even Davis said I don’t want how to walk into something and neither does Garcia under a minute left in the first both quality counter punchers Abner yeah really uh a powerful punchers as well and that’s why they’re taking their time they don’t want to be the first one the first one to make a mistake because whoever does make the mistake he’s going to pay dearly and there’s that hand speed as Garcia flashes jab three times Davis looks to go to the body and of course against the Orthodox fighter is ass salt valum bit going downstairs go upstairs and of course that lead foot battle is very [Applause] crucial right now it’s neutral it’s really neutral no one really trying to put their foot outside each other’s uh fo listen for that Bell gentlemen jab lands for Garcia at the end of the round right [Applause] [Music] there yeah [ __ ] damn it made his [ __ ] move Look let me just tell you something that was a great round that was a perfect hold on that was a perfect round and you won it by virt just jabbing stepping in and out now he’s going to start making some hard moves at you he’s just looking for counter right keep on yourself just be relaxed that’s right all right you good it’s your party baby don’t let him get them suck ass Jabs off here right see Calvin for Dante Davis’s trainer who really rescued as a child from the streets of Baltimore Davis told us that Ford was a light he needed as a child and Ford says hey I don’t train tank for Knockouts I train him to punish his opponents and in that first round as expected a deliberate start by Davis who only averages just over 30 punches around in that first round he threw seven landed one and while they’re both undefeated hey they both had zeros when it came to power punches landed in the first three minutes and it and it it turns out Garcia is the first one to try to land power punches and he’s doing it there and Garcia putting the pressure on Davis Landing the right and left and Davis trying to hold on the much bigger VAR and of course mixed fan base here with every punch that’s thrown whether it lands or not you will hear from their respective fan bases this is exactly what Ryan Garcia do start off fast and make Tang Davis feel uncomfortable and he’s doing that right now Davis utilizing lateral movement along the ropes now one thing Garcia’s good at is cutting off the ring and he’s doing that fairly well and boy a lot of holding on the inside Davis lunging at Garcia referee you’re diving in your hold right can’t in Taylor admonishing Davis for doing so yeah warning to both Fighters a more aggressive second round for Garcia and of course he would like to make something as adner said dramatic happen but do it in a way where he doesn’t put himself In Harm’s Way and you you look at all the pundants all the scouts everywhere online they they say that Garcia had to take advantage of Davis’s slow starts whether delivered or not and here in round two putting the pressure on Davis Davis wanting to turn this into a a wrestling match yeah Davis has to be careful he was looking at the referee you got to protect yourselves at all time and he’s he just stuck underneath that left hook book a what a shot what a missile strike by Davis 5 6 7 8 9 10 and just like that javante Davis drops Ryan Garcia for the second time in his career here in the second and just like that Garcia bounces back up quickly like Ry Romero Garcia overc commit Ed and got hit with that counter left hand by Davis and that’s the one thing they were worried about in the Garcia camp Oh and he hits him again with that left through the guard left hook by Garcia and again Davis beginning to feel it now with that left hand 15 seconds left high drama already in Sin City after a slow start in round one javante Davis drops Ryan gar Garcia in round [Applause] two well a missed left hook by Garcia and Davis with the right oh right uppercut from G let’s see if Garcia what he does with his right hand and why that left hand is there through a left hook Davis countered him with the with the left he is great with that counter left hand we talked about it before the fight and here we’ll see why Garcia was open to it he got off balance got hit straight he’s had his head up high like he normally does and guess what he got comfortable he was feeling himself because he was Landing to some few shots but javanes Davis came in with that beautiful overhand left and one important point is Garcia was able to get up from from it pretty quickly get against Campbell yes and was able to sustain in that rounde we’ll see if that continues round three Garcia immediately takes the center of the Ring trying to bounce [Applause] back after a nightmare scenario second stands up for Garcia but back on the prowl Davis along the ropes going side to side not allowing Garcia to set up you know it’s fascinating according to uh show stats only four punches landed by Davis but the one he landed low high accuracy right exactly but the one he landed was pretty important yeah you don’t want to overcommit if you’re Garcia and he kind of did and that’s how he got knocked down he was doing good you want to pressure Davies like you are right now with that jab keep him busy but don’t overcommit or do not for something that is not there so quick with that lead left hand from the hit javante tank Davis scores again and you the there’s a jab from Garcia the interesting thing is Garcia wants to land his own check left hook but if he’s coming forward he can’t land it as a counter punch to Davis so I’m wondering if he’ll lay back more and they want him to fight T and there Davis with the lead foot to the outside of Garcia allowing him to close the gap and TOS is that it’s only if Davis throws a lazy jab that’s when you want to take the little step back and and counter him with that hook but right now Davis is really fast with that jab hard to counter and we’ve seen in the past where Ryan Garcia has a tendency to pull straight back in a linear position and can at times expose his chin doing so mhm yeah he pulls straight back like he’s doing right now you don’t want to do that Davis’s might time that there’s that left hook to the body by Garcia yeah Garcia knocked Luke Campbell out with that he would like to get that left hook in but has to be careful because again be concerned about the counter faint by Davis looking to let him the lead right hook there pops the jab and again tags Garcia yeah he didn’t overc commit it he he fainted he didn’t see anything he didn’t take it and then he took it because he saw it so that’s that’s how you do it there’s a left hook check Hook by Garcia coming up on the final 30 seconds of the third Davis putting on the pressure you know Jabs are not going to be a factor in terms of Landing punches they only land I think four you know 20 of 24 punches they land per round these guys are are Jabs but the Jabs will help them set up the power punches Garcia backing himself into quarter fires off the right hand goes for the hook and then moves to his left there’s a straight right by Garcia good round for dvon [Music] Davis there’s someone who appreciates the knockdown that is Mike Tyson dvon Davis has been called the mini Mike Tyson and you know Tyson had to appreciate that knockdown earlier in the fight take a little r we got a bucket here we got a bucket uhhuh you can B right here you know right look he’s he’s looking to thread that little watch out for the left uppercut too he’s looking for that so keep the jab going that little right hand that you threw at the end that’ll get close keep working that throw them off every so often and throw that you doing all listen 1 to 12 baby to 12 hands up hey and f f going up but go lowen fank fank go high go low [Applause] you heard Joe gusen letting Garcia know that Davis is looking for that left uppercut he landed the left uppercut from Hades against Leo Santa Cruz in what was the 2020 knockout of the Year dropping and stopping Leo Santa Cruz for the first time as Garcia coming forward with the left yeah really good instructions from both sides and Davis they were telling him you want want to faint you want to faint a little bit more yeah you want to do that if you’re Davis just like that because you want to see what Garcia has and and make him open up his guard that’s a good way to take the jab away from Garcia as well what Davis is doing right now left hook to the body by Garcia and Davis responds with a straight left to the midsection good job of fainting by Davis and able to pull counter like Floyd Mayweather Jr neither of these men volume punchers this has been low volume even overall for both men but again it’s and it’s the constant threat of the knock that has this tension you need a chainsaw to cut you’re absolutely right and the way this fight is being fought the Garcia left took is not a factor right now and that’s a problem for him because that is the weapon and if Garcia doesn’t you know if Davis doesn’t attack too much the left hook can’t get there as a check hook and one thing he has really good I’m sorry MO is that right hand Garcia he’s got to let go of that right hand and he just did when you were mentioning it there but a lot more and they asked for that in this corner the right hand is lethal for the for the soft see now there was that attempt at a hook cuz cuz Davis is starting to attack a little more we’ll see the check hook more as Davis comes in whether it will land that we don’t know jab from Davis stiff jab a minute left in the fourth scheduled for 12 and a contract weight of 136 lbs lead left hand of the Bread Basket scores for Davis there’s a right hand from Garcia and it’s a lead right hand it’s sharp you want to follow it up with the hook Davis continues to win the foot battle keeping his lead foot to the outside of Ryan Garcia closing the distance for his trademark left and there it is trying to create an angle tank Davis is really smart he saw that Davis Garcia was letting go of the right hand and he was trying to time that right hand High ring IQ it’s been in the gym since he was a child and yes known for his explosive power and Knockouts but he has the ability to seek and destroy or to box oh right hand by Garcia inside at the end of the four Davis getting the left hand in again as Garcia came in that was a lead left and you see Garcia kind of looking to hang on early that wanted to make sure I got that good punch and I don’t want to get hit on the inside again to look at it that’s pretty good that he can land that lead left without having to do anything else before that and it’s almost like beating him being beating Ryan to the punch yeah he kind of ss that Ryan was going to lay go off the right hand and boom tank Davis beat him with that left Manny Pacquiao only e Division champion in boxing history he’s been involved in so many superfights including the biggest Pay-Per-View event of all time against that man Floyd Mayweather [Applause] Jor who isn’t at the fight tonight round number five and one of the Intriguing things about this fight while tank Davis has been very economical with his punches you can make a strong case he other than round one he could be winning these other rounds and so even though he hasn’t been super Dev volumous and his voluminous in his punches he’s Landing the significant punchers I agree I think he may have lost round one but the I see him winning every round six yeah it’s very possible yeah the cleaner punches definitely have been landed by Davis and he’s doing a really really good job of boxing right now this is boxing look at the angles look at he’s he’s placing his foot where he wants to he lets go let go of his hands when he needs to he’s a power punching counter puncher Abner yes he’s counter and punching really well Garcia he’s pressing but he’s not letting go of the right the jab he’s got to jab a little bit more and of course if you Ryan Garcia you still believe that you can turn this even though you might be losing some rounds that your power can make a difference in this fight and he’s going to keep trying to make that happen you wonder if Davis trying to set a trap there has himself again in the corner but fainting and he told us that his accuracy is the key to his power hitting the bullseye and he told us that he was going to knock out Ryan Garcia in the seventh or eighth round Garcia has not been jabbing as much in the last couple rounds and that will help him if he doesn’t more have the potential of getting that right handed well he’s being countered with that Jeb so he’s got to he’s got to start double jabbing he’s got to be quicker with the jab as well so that’s why he’s not constant with the jab but Dave is doing a good jab job of counter punching the the longer reach the taller guy in Garcia there’s that left hook that landed that one just missed but Garcia shows up as Davis Lam left goes to the body under a minute left in the fifth that was that hook was really close hitting Davis sharp jab by Garcia we’ve seen Garcia Under gusen doing a better job of keeping his right hand High against Luke Campbell that wasn’t the case yeah yeah it wasn’t the case and he was getting every time he was getting hit every time he was pulling back St he was working with Eddie Roso at the time and now working with Joe gusen yeah Joe gzen has done a really good job with Ryan Garcia and Calvin Ford is done an exceptional job with javante tank Davis as we have completed five of scheduled 12 rounds in this Mega Main Event well Davis is more lands normally in the 30 percentile of body punches Garcia not so much and here is Davis he will try to go downstairs there he is that partially blocked but there he goes with the right hook that does get in as Garcia is trying to cover up defensively Garcia is more of a body puncher or that Davis is more of a go body puncher than a Garcia Mark robberg hey the the leader of Mary Mark and the Funky Bunch feeling those good vibrations in Las Vegas Mark Walberg who was in The Fighter of course and mant you talk about Fighters uro Gotti Mickey Ward those battles and good to see Mark Wahlberg in attendance and is that Mario Lopez right beside him I believe miss that smile our good friend round number six Davis utilizing the real estate utilizing his footwork trying to lure Ryan Garcia into a potential counter scenario Garcia attacking the body with the jab doesn’t follow up with the right however yeah the pressure is there for Garcia but the output not so much he’s got to start letting go the hands keep Davis busy with them you know this two mons layoff is the shortest Davis has had between fights since 2017 and people wondered would that be good for him or bad for him or to keep him sharp so far things are working out very well for him remember he oh there’s a right hand that caught DAV another right hand and Garcia with his best moments of the fight remember Davis did fight in January against Hector Luis Garcia Garcia foro decided to forego a final fight was supposed to F Mero just up before this fight said no no I’ll wait for the biggest fight of my life thank you very much yeah and you know those right hands Garcia landed were good ones and Davis is now moving forward cuz he wants to try and he wants to try and take the play away yeah he don’t want to be caught in the position where he’s uncomfortable and he was at the moment and he said no I got to throw my own punches make you feel uncom lead right hook to the body by [Applause] Davis just pass the Midway point of the sixth round that’s almost DAV is showing Garcia away for showing him that you know you’re not in the fight Garcia has been much more focused on Landing that right hand in this route even there he just missed one but he’s the one once he’s landed have been good and there’s a straight right down the middle for Garcia a minute left there and the six straight left for Davis Davis trying to control the lead hand of Garcia oh and just missed with that sweeping left hook look at those faints from DAV is not committing when he doesn’t need to 45 seconds left Garcia coming close and in a in these rounds with low output and not that many punches landed the difference is which punches are more effective and this round is a perfect example you have to decide let’s not forget Davis did say I don’t want to knock him out I want to punish Ryan Garcia I’m not saying that he’s punishing him right now but he is landing really good significant punch over Calvin Ford said he doesn’t train him to knock him out he wants him to punish him but Davis said he was going to stop him in their seventh or eighth and we’re 10 seconds away from round number seven as things heat up here between Davis and gar very close round at round [Applause] [Music] six Ryan Garcia had a very good moment in that round he he throws this right hand Davis keeping his left hand very low and that right hand got in and there were a couple other right hands shortly after that that Garcia was able to land as well that one was a little glancing but and here let’s look at the same one as Garcia gets that right- handed it wasn’t the perfect right hand for him but it was a nice punch and it landed and there were several of those during the course of the round Charlo twins in attendance number seven and so we begin the second half of this 12 round confrontation between undefeated Dante Davis undefeated Ryan Garcia and uh Davis letting the referee know we’ve got a little wardrobe malfunction little tape issue yeah and then the good thing that Davis saw that because because that oh he didn’t see that he didn’t see that yeah Garcia’s back to using the jab and that’s helping to set up that right hand you know this is an adjustment by Garcia he knows the left hook isn’t getting there and Joe gon told him after round one you got to get to that right hand and he’s doing it let’s bring in our unofficial score Steve forood what do you have it at the Midway Point well I don’t say this too often Mo but I don’t think it’s been that hard to fight the score I mean obviously Davis put the 108 round in the second with a knockdown Garcia kept his hands in his pockets in rounds three four and five easy for Davis and then Garcia came back with the right hands in round six so I have at 5855 Davis the halfway mark streight left hand lands for Davis ala on there Garcia comes in scores with the right hook left hand combination yeah that’s one of the first left Hooks and that wasn’t a dynamite left hook but it was one of the few left hooks he’s been able to get in another left hook in a right hand by Garcia and now oh Garcia forced to take a knee 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 wow Mia much like Garcia’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya who was stopped by Bernard Hopkins following a paralyzing body shot with a delayed reaction javante tank Davis just stopped Ryan Garcia a perfect historical reference that applies here and for that man a very very big moment round seven just as he predicted javante tank Davis improves to 29 and0 with his 27th knockout Ryan Garcia tasting defeat for the first time in paralyzing fashion what a body shot I mean I didn’t even see it it was so quick well Ed and I mean Ryan Garcia it was like a late reaction he took a step back he took a knee and he was paralyzed he’s looking at the count what a moment here between Floyd Mayweather and dvon Davis hasn’t always been has always yeah Floyd Mayweather instrumental in getting dvon Tank Davis to where he is and Davis talked about it Brian kuster mentioned it top of the broadcast what it meant for tank Davis to finally be a headliner here in Las Vegas after coming to see his mentor Floyd Mayweather on so many different occasions you know both these men have had Knockouts with body punches Garcia or Davis is considered the more devoted body puncher good moment of sportsmanship and he his body punching did the job you know it’s interesting ad you said you didn’t even see the punch I I agree with you it’s yeah Ryan Garcia in previous fight said his left hook to the body he like the ghost punch Ali had the anchor punch he has a ghost punch I think dvon Davis may have just stolen that ghost Punch Yeah I quite I quite didn’t see it it was really fast and again it was a late reaction from Ryan Garcia and we will have a look at it several looks in fact as we look back at the quick body punch that ended this fight there it is the straight left hand down to the body and you’re right in real time it was hard to see but at this juncture Ryan Garcia just couldn’t sustain from it and you know Garcia lands good body punches in fights and has scored knockdowns with him and here’s an example Abner have you inpiring a talk about what this must be like I have any fighter that’s out knows how how tough how much that hurts that hurts more than any head shot we’re going to see the the quick reaction from Tang Davis boom well timed right right in the liver boom Ryan Garcia is trying to suck that up but he can’t it’s a ra late reaction his body body shutting down he just took a knee and I think he thought strategically also perhaps I can gather myself and not have to take any punishment at the moment but it he just couldn’t sustain and isn’t this a fascinating uh turn of events because it didn’t look like he was even position Davis to get a lot of Leverage on that left hand and but he got more than enough and landed it at the perfect spot corre the perfect spot and then the crazy thing is and he knew it Davis knew it yeah nobody thought that D tank Davis was going to stop ran Garcia with they body shot maybe a head shot maybe not out but stop him with the body shot wow and it was a left hook by the sof that did it making the liver quiver and stopping Ryan Garcia and I think there there were people that felt Davis might be a better body puncher in this but if a body punch of one was going to make a difference it was more thought to be Garcia that might do it but it was in fact javante Davis and as you pointed out Maro history repeating itself as it happened to his promoter javante tank Davis headline signing his first pay-per-view in Las Vegas the smile on his face says it all is he the new face of boxing he definitely closed the show in impressive fashion now 29 and0 with 27 Kos and Mama Mia jabon Davis’s mama is one happy lady tonight Kenya Brown his mother and I mean the story’s been well documented all of the trials and tribulations that he has had to overcome growing up in Baltimore but here he is on top of the world after well delivering on his promise starching Ryan Garcia with that paralyzing body shot in the seventh let’s check out the show stats now this is where javante Davis he averages 46% of his power punches landed the best in boxing 47 I believe he landed 48% in this fight and that is very significant and of course the 18 body punches landed uh the one that was most important so those are the numbers that are important for him let’s make it official here is Jimmy Lenin Jr ladies and gentlemen we have the time 1 minute 44 seconds in round number seven a referee in charge Thomas Taylor reaches the count of 10 he is the winner by way of knockout and still undefeated javante T Davis and that left strike just went viral let’s go to Jim [Music] Gray all right thank you very much TK congratulations this was your defining moment in the sport how would you describe it uh everything was excited man I was excited to be a part of this event I remember coming up uh in a uh Golden Glove and I seen seen Floyd fight and uh the m GM and it was it was crazy I actually just seen Rihanna perform at the Super Bowl and I was like that was going to be me one day and we here the dream that you had does the reality match that dream yes it definitely uh match the dream you know but uh the job never done till I retired so I’m going keep my head down stay humble and and continue to work seems as though you had a crystal ball as well you said the seventh round to us uh yesterday and the day before and take the towel down if you can there you go um you predicted the seventh round how did you have that crystal ball uh it was just me it was it was me just trying to get into his head you know I really I really uh really don’t know to I actually get in there with with with my opponent but once I got in there with him I felt like it was it the skill-wise like it was it was like unmatched let’s take a look at the monitor let’s go to the second round if we can and tell us about the first knockdown he came out pretty strong in the first round and then you knocked him down in the second tell us from your Vantage Point tank it just him um yeah it just him trying to not knowing his his placement and and I knew that I was I was a smarter guy so we always like my coach was telling me like in Camp he’s going to come up with his head up so just shoot over top now let’s jump to this body shot here in the seventh round and tell us did you think that this fight would be over with this shot as we as we look at it that is oo God I told I I am you didn’t think it was over did you no but but I seen his face I seen his face expression and that’s what made me that’s what made me take it to him that’s what made me take it to home it was a good shot for sure you think he’d get up and continue I thought he was going to get up but I like I like to play my game so when he was looking at me I was I was looking at him like trying to tell him like get up and then he just he just shook his head no I remember many years ago we spoke and you spoke to our production group you said I’ve watched Floyd I watched Canelo I look at all the tapes of Ray Leonard Manny Pacquiao all these guys I’m going to be the face of boxing are you now I’m definitely face of Boston AB [ __ ] lutely tank congratulations spectacular performance tonight we look forward to having you on again here soon let’s bring in Ryan Ryan Garcia you love man you came over and spoke to tank first of all how are you Ryan are you okay oh I’m good yeah I’m good uh tank is a great fighter uh take my hat off to him I know we talked a lot of [ __ ] coming up in here but uh he knows what it is it’s all love at the end of the day uh I was honored to be in the ring with a great fighter and I respect him a lot and uh you know how the business goes but I want to say uh you’re a good man bro you know how it is yeah for sure what happened in that in that punch to the midsection there in the seventh round and seemed like a bit of a delay yeah you know uh he just caught me with a good shot you know I don’t want to make no excuses in here uh he caught me with a good shot and um I I just couldn’t recover uh and that’s it you know uh that that’s all I got to say he caught me with a good body shot snuck under me and caught me good and there it is right there did you think you were going to be able to continue or just what what was going on internally having trouble breathing I’m not I’m not saying nothing but yeah yeah I couldn’t couldn’t breathe were you thinking about taking the knee initially right there yeah yeah I was going to get back up but uh that I just couldn’t get you came out really strong you won the first round I haven’t seen the official card but then in the second round he caught you and you were coming in did that change the entire complexion for you and how you had to approach the fight yeah I think I should have pressured him a little harder uh near the ropes I was giving him a little too much respect and um that was I think that was my downfall I think I gave him a little too much respect in the ring Ryan thanks for your time you got a big future thank you appreciate and no matter what even if I lose I want to say thank you Jesus Christ for all he does in my life all right morl back to you ringside all right thank you very much Jim a Class Act in defeat Ryan Garcia by the way 24 years of age tasting defeat for the first time you know who else was 24 when he tasted defeat for the first time he’s here with us tonight Sugar Ray Leonard losing to Roberto Durant he had an amazing career after that I predict the same thing for Ryan Garcia yeah and you know we talked about the fact that these men putting uh those records on the line and that for either man uh we should not say that that’s the end of the line for javante Davis he has his defining moment for this part of his boxing Journey his mission now is to create more defining moments for the second part of his boxing Journey was definitely this was a perfect fight where he learned a lot and not only that let’s let’s focus on the fact that most of the fights when we talk about when he fought baros when he fought Leo those fights he was losing this fight he was dominating he was dominating he was doing a fantastic job shoot picking his shot really good he fought really smart in this fight and and how he ended the fight is just perfect for tank Davis he like he said um uh head down humble and I’m just going to continue to learn even more let’s bring in our unofficial scorer Steve farhood let’s take a look at the judges scoring at the time of the stoppage Mo obviously there was a knockout Victory here so the scores don’t really matter their mood point but some very odd scoring here that the commission gave us round two was a knockdown round with tank Davis Dave mored scored at 1010 Steve weissfeld and Tim cheum all three experienced judges scored that round 109 and the commission said that’s the way the judges scored it so that’s a little odd but uh Davis was ahead on all three cards at the time of the my card I obviously gave Davis an eight in round two I had him ahead 5855 given Garcia the first and the sixth but Davis every anything else Ryan Garcia went down from a counter left flush to the face with a minute left to round two and then he took a knee Midway through round seven following a paralyzing left hook to the liver and ended up staying there for the count of 10 going down to defeat for the first time getting knocked out by javante Tank Davis and BC we talked about Davis averaging 15,500 fans over his last seven fights that average going up thanks to tonight’s announced attendance of 20, 842 knockout cell and if you’re in the javante tank Davis business business is really really good good I mean this guy has got it all you know he told us that he was going to start a lot faster than he had in his previous fights and you know what based on what he’s done in the past he did start faster uh in this fight and I think sometimes we take his boxing IQ for granted this kid is special not only is he fast not only is he explosive he’s a smart fighter and you can tell he was timing Ryan Garcia especially when Garcia would try to jab or throw his right hand he was countering with that left and connecting and he’s accurate I don’t see anybody that at 13 five that can take this guy out and listen he’s certainly one of the pound-for-pound best right about now we captured some great audio in the corner during this fight we call it trainer tracks by the way you don’t have to stay in the corner man it’s your ring I mean you own this [ __ ] ring controll this jab and stuff here use your brick a little bit here and don’t get I’m saying don’t we don’t need that here keep your hands up high remember the defense we been working on here he’s going to start makinging some hard moves at you just looking for counters [Applause] right you went after him a little bit too hard Ryan all right listen I like what you did but but you can almost see him waiting for that you notice when you ain’t close what happens sometimes you got to just say [ __ ] it you getar what I’m saying give me a vicious body attack to get his hands down he’s going to start coming in at you hard now which is good for you cuz you can trap him now he’s smart I’m not playing with him what I’m doing get to his ass here get to his ass you understand what I’m saying he’s not on your level I need some of that [ __ ] drine out you [Applause] here that R is it a rip hey [Music] [Laughter] Oscar on him I knew you was going to enjoy that [ __ ]