He now holds the WBA (Regular) and WBA (Super) super-featherweight world-champion belts. October 31, 2020: Davis becomes a unified super-featherweight world champion by beating Léo Santa Cruz via 6th round KO. July 27, 2019: Davis successfully defends the WBA (Super) super-featherweight title against Ricardo Núñez, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO. May 20, 2017: Davis successfully defends the IBF super-featherweight title against Liam Walsh, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.Īugust 26, 2017: Gervonta Davis beats Francisco Fonseca via 8th round KO.Īpril 21, 2018: Davis wins the WBA (Super) super-featherweight title from Jesús Cuellar, by beating Cuellar via 3rd round TKO.įebruary 9, 2019: Davis successfully defends the WBA (Super) super-featherweight title against Hugo Ruiz, winning the fight via 1st round TKO. He is now the IBF super-featherweight world champion. January 14, 2017: Davis wins his first world title by defeating José Pedraza via 7th round TKO. These 10 fights are the highlight of his career. He is among the top boxers of his generation and has put on some great performances in his fights. It's been 2 months since this fight.ĭavis has fought a total of 29 times till today, which includes 11 world-title fights at three weight divisions - lightweight, super-lightweight, and super-featherweight. His most recent fight was a non-title bout against fellow American boxer Ryan Garcia on April 22, 2023. Some of Davis' best fights and notable victories include wins over Léo Santa Cruz, Hugo Ruiz, Liam Walsh, José Pedraza, Ricardo Núñez, Ryan Garcia, and Mario Barrios.ĭavis has never lost a fight in his professional boxing career so far. For all the details about Davis' world title wins and defenses refer to " Gervonta Davis World Titles". He is a one-time unified super-featherweight world champion, and has won five world titles at three weight classes. He defeated Pedraza via 7th round TKO to become the super-featherweight champion of the world. I want to be back on top.Gervonta Davis made his professional boxing debut against Desi Williams at the age of 18 on February 22, 2013, defeating Williams via 1st round KO.ĭavis had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on Januafter 16 professional fights, against José Pedraza for the super-featherweight IBF title. I need that high intensity, high endurance.”Īsked what was next, Thurman replied, “I want the belts, baby! I want the champions. I just gotta get back in the gym, get grinding, and push. “It was a left uppercut that bruised one of the knuckles and made me not want to throw it, but I was getting him with the right. Thurman also believed he hurt his hand in “about the third round.” I saw some fundamental mistakes, and I said, ‘OK, I can treat this boy like some of my sparring partners and school him a little bit.’” “I’d grade this one, like, a C+, B- for myself. He was a great opponent, he learned from his last outing. “I felt a little ring rust in there, but it was amazing. I was happy with the outcome, I didn’t get the win, but I still came out here and gave all the fans a good fight.” “I felt stronger, there was nothing in there that really hurt me tow here I couldn’t continue. I’m going to go back in the gym and work. He was saying he was going to knock me out and I couldn’t hurt him, but I think we all saw,” Barrios said, not arguing with the loss. Still, he is young and will have time to improve, and he’s a tough kid - he fought through what was pretty clearly a broken nose for the bulk of this fight, and was able to hurt Thurman on a body shot in round eight.īut Barrios never developed a useful rhythm, and Thurman, who thrives on rhythm, was able to build plenty of his own, with only some little stutters where Barrios seemed to have any control over the fight. Mostly, Thurman looked like the time off did him some favors, as he was largely able to boss the fight against Barrios (26-2, 17 KO), who has now lost two straight and didn’t make the welterweight debut he was hoping for this evening.īarrios did have moments of success and is a good fighter, but he’s looked sort of one-dimensional against both Gervonta Davis and Thurman, and like he may have hit a ceiling at age 26 that’s a bit below that very top tier. Thurman, 33, was last seen in 2019, losing a title fight to Manny Pacquiao, and there was plenty of reason - including a hand surgery - to wonder if he would come back rusty or maybe just not as hungry as he once was, or if the time off would have him looking refreshed. Bad Left Hook had it a bit wider, even, scoring the bout 119-109 on two separate score cards. Thurman (30-1, 22 KO) took the win via unanimous decision, with the judges scoring it 117-111, 118-110, and 118-110. Keith Thurman is back in the welterweight title race, returning after nearly three years out of the ring with a solid win over Mario Barrios in tonight’s FOX PBC pay-per-view main event from Las Vegas.
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