Gervonta Davis: record, next fight and profile →
NEW YORK – Leonard Ellerbe doesn’t believe Ryan Garcia genuinely wants to fight Gervonta Davis. Garcia sat ringside Saturday night to witness Davis’ sixth-round knockout of Rolando Romero at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The unbeaten Garcia even made a $20,000 bet with Errol Spence Jr., who was seated near him, that the hard-hitting Romero would defeat Davis in their Showtime Pay-Per-View main event.
NEW YORK – Rolando Romero lost by knockout, but he is convinced he had shut out Gervonta Davis before his rival drilled him with the counter left hand that emphatically ended their fight early Sunday morning.
By Corey Erdman - Although there were nineteen other fighters on the card, the fans inside Barclays Center were there to see Gervonta Davis. More specifically, those who purchased tickets to the fights in Brooklyn were there to see one particular result: Davis knocking out Rolando Romero.
NEW YORK – Rolando Romero doesn’t just think he was beating Gervonta Davis convincingly when Davis drilled him with the left hand that instantly ended their fight in the sixth round early Sunday morning at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
There was a lot of trash talking in the months leading up to Saturday's lightweight clash between Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero. At the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Davis knocked out Romero in the sixth round after landing a tremendous left hand counter.
Barclays Center, Brooklyn - WBA "regular" lightweight champion Gervonta Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) was surprised that Rolando Romero (14-1, 12 KOs) went down as hard as he did in the sixth round.
Davis, Romero Fight Photos Gallery - Barclays Center, Brooklyn - For the WBA "regular" lightweight title, Gervonta Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) stopped Rolando Romero (14-1, 12 KOs) with a big left hand in the sixth round. (photos by Ryan Hafey, Amanda Westcott, Stephanie Trapp, Matthew Heasley)
Gervonta “Tank” Davis added to his fast-growing highlight reel and retained his WBA Lightweight Title with a sensational knockout victory over previously unbeaten Rolando Romero Saturday night in the main event of a Showtime PPV in front of a sold out Barclays Center in Brooklyn in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Undefeated lightweight star Ryan Garcia was a very interested observer on Saturday night, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Garcia sat ringside, to watch Gervonta Davis retain his WBA "regular" lightweight title with a sixth round knockout unbeaten puncher Rolando Romero.
Prior to this fight, Gervonta Davis landed 47.7% of his power punches. Against Rolando Romero, Davis landed 34% of his power punches. Davis averaged 14 punches thrown per round against Romero, well below his prior average of 36.6 punches thrown per round. 48% of the punches that Davis landed were to Romero’s body.