Mayweather says Davis is a pay per view star
Gervonta Davis returned to Baltimore in empathic fashion, defending his WBA Super Featherweight World Championship with a second-round technical knockout of mandatory challenger Ricardo Nunez Saturday on SHOWTIME from a sold-out Royal Farms Arena.
Fighting for the first time at home as a world champion, and in the first world title fight in Baltimore in nearly 50 years, Davis again proved why he’s one of boxing’s brightest young stars.
After a first-round where he peppered Núñez to the body, the youngest reigning America world champion landed a series of brutal left hooks flush to Núñez’s face that sent the challenger stumbling into the ropes in the second. With Núñez (21-3, 19 KOs) leaning against the ropes and unable to defend himself, referee Harvey Dock stepped in to stop the contest at 1:33.
BALTIMORE WE DID IT AGAIN…DAMN I LOVE YALL SO MUCH!!!! WE CAME TOGETHER AS A REAL BIG FAMILY…THAT WAS A WIN FOR THE CITYYYYY!!!!!! I LOVE YOUUUUU
— Gervonta Davis (@Gervontaa) July 28, 2019
The resounding knockout was Davis’ 21st knockout in 22 professional fights, and perhaps his sweetest. It occurred in front of 14,686 fans in the first hometown title defense for a Baltimore native in 79 years.
“Tonight, we showed out,” Davis said. “It’s amazing to fight in front of my hometown fans, my family. It’s an incredible feeling. It’s not just a win for me, it’s a win for Baltimore. I want to do it again.
“I’m always ready. He wasn’t. He wasn’t alert and I caught it with my third punch. I got him with a body shot. I caught him with a really nice shot. That was it.”
It was the second defense of the WBA belt for the 24-year-old, two-division world champion.
“I had the WBA belt and I had the IBF belt,” said the undefeated Davis. “Tevin Farmer fought tonight. I want Tevin. That’s a fight that can be made. Let’s get it on later this year.”
After the fight, promoter Floyd Mayweather, who called Davis the future of boxing when he first won the title in 2017, lauded his star fighter.
“Tank is an unbelievable fighter,” Mayweather stated. “He’s something special. This is a pay-per-view star. He has the charisma and the will to win. He has a big heart and has a great team behind him.”
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