The book on Gervonta Davis going into his fight Saturday with Ryan Garcia at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas was that he was one of the sport’s hardest hitters. And so, not surprisingly to many, Davis knocked Garcia out with a shot to the ribcage 1:44 into the seventh round.
It wasn’t, however, power that led Davis to this victory. It was his boxing skill, his ring IQ and his ability to capitalize on Garcia’s mistakes that carried him to the dramatic victory in their heavily hyped 136-pound fight.
Garcia overextended in the second, throwing a right at Davis, at a point when things seemed to be going in Garcia’s favor.