Gervonta Davis Stops Yuriorkis Gamboa In The 12th To Win WBA Lightweight Title!

(Photos by David Algranati)

Baltimore, MD's Gervonta "Tank" Davis earns a hard fought twelfth-round TKO over Yuriorkis Gamboa at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA. 


Davis landed good shots to Gamboa's body early in the opening round. Davis lands a left and right combination to the body and head to send Gamboa to the canvas in the second-round. Gamboa complained about something that was going on with his foot. Gamboa recovered from the knockdown and battled through his foot issue to stay in the fight. 

Davis was winning rounds but it wasn't by his normal punch output the crowd was use to seeing. Gamboa kept coming forward in each round even after getting caught a number of times with big shots from Davis. Davis continued to land hard shots but the determined Gamboa stood upright. In the eighth-round Davis landed a hard left hook that dropped Gamboa for the second time in the fight to close the round. 

In the tenth-round it was a moment where Davis wasn't focused and Gamboa landed a three punch combination that got Davis's attention. 

In the eleventh-round Davis excited the crowd when made Gamboa stumble after landing a hard right-left combination. Davis attacked Gamboa in the beginning of the twelfth-round by landing multiple left hands, before dropping him with a left uppercut that caused referee Jack Reiss to stop the contest at 1:17. 

Davis was ahead by a huge margins on all three scorecards entering the 12th round. Judges Edward Kanner and Steve Weisfeld each had Davis in front 109-98 through 11 rounds, whereas judge Dave Moretti had Davis in front 109-97 at that point.

Gervonta "Tank" Davis wins his third title in three weight divisions while remaining undefeated at (23-0, 22 KO's). Yuriorkis Gamboa falls to (30-3, 18 KO's).