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). 

Beltway Area Boxers Go Undefeated On The Davis vs. Gamboa Undercard In Atlanta!

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Super lightweight Malik Hawkins (18-0, 11 KOs) of Baltimore, MD defeated Darwin Price, now (16-1, 9 KOs) by fifth-round TKO. Price appeared to blow out his right knee during an exchange of punches just ove the midway point of round five. He was unable to continue so the bout was stopped at 1:18. 

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Clinton, MD jr. welterweight Kareem Martin won by eight-round majority decision over Petros Ananyan of Brooklyn , NY by the scores of 78-74, 78-74, 76-76. Martin's record improves to (14-2-1, 4 KO's) as Ananyan falls to (14-2-2, 7 KO's).

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Malik Warren scored a second-rounder TKO over Trayvion Butts out of Dry Branch, Georgia. Warren Improves to to (3-0, 3 KO's) while Trayvion Butts suffers his first defeat and falls to (3-1, 2 KO's).

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Baltimore, MD's Mia Ellis pro debut begins very well as she scored a first-round TKO over Uneaka Best of Goldsboro, NC. 

Weights From Atlanta, Georgia!

Gervonta Davis weighed in at 134.8 pounds for the main event bout against Yuriorkis Gamboa, who came in at 134.6 pounds. The will be fighting for the vacant WBA Lightweight championship. The bout will be televised on Showtime along with former two-division world champion Badou Jack taking on Jean Pascal in a twelve-round co-feature bout. 

Jean Pascal 174.8 vs. Badou Jack 174.6

(WBA light heavyweight title)

Jose Uzcategui 167.8 vs. Lionell Thompson 168

Angelo Leo 121.6 vs. Cesar Juarez 121.8

Jackson Martinez 135 vs. Yardley Cruz 135.6

Ahmed Elbiali 175 vs. Brian Vera 172.8

Ladarius Miller 149.4** vs. Miguel Zamudio 139.2

DeMichael Harris 129.4 vs. Amonie Sanders 125

Elvin Gambarov 156.4 vs. Phillip Lars 159

Beltway Boxers

Malik Hawkins tipped the scales at 139.4 for his 10-round contest against fellow undefeated boxer Darwin Price, who came in at the super lightweight limit of 140.

Malik Warren weighed 130 pounds for his four-rounder against Trayvion Butts, who tipped the scales at 129 pounds.

Kareem Martin came in at 139 for his eight-round bout against Petros Ananyan, who weighed 140 pounds.

Mia Ellis weighed in at 131.2 for her pro debut against Uneaka Best, who will also debut, weighing in at 123.8 pounds.