LAS VEGAS -- Ryan Garcia took a beat, then dropped to one knee, the delayed effect of a stinging liver shot from Gervonta "Tank" Davis that floored Garcia for the second time in their superfight Saturday night. This time, he didn't beat the count.
The referee reached the count of 10 at 1 minute, 44 seconds of Round 7 before 20,842 at the sold-out T-Mobile Arena, an anticlimactic but conclusive finish to boxing's most anticipated matchup in years.
With that single left hand, Davis cemented himself as one of boxing's pound-for-pound best fighters, if not one of the sport's singular biggest stars in a 136-pound catchweight fight that was preceded by months of trash talk and hype.