11/01/2020 1:43 AM
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Updated 11/01/2020 8:41 AM
The American
Gervonta "Tank" Davis
defeated the Mexican
Leo Santa Cruz
with a
brutal left-handed hook
with which he retained his regular lightweight title this Saturday in San Antonio, Texas and became the super featherweight of the
World Boxing Association (WBA )
.
In an even fight, in which Santa Cruz started better and the American went from less to more, the two fighters tangled in a great exchange in the sixth round, culminating in an uppercut from Davis,
perhaps the most spectacular knockout of the season. 2020
in world boxing.
The "earthquake" Santa Cruz imposed his boxing from the middle distance in an even first round, the Mexican defended himself well and hit the best blows, which he confirmed in the second with good work from behind with the "jab".
Davis began imposing conditions on the third;
Before a rival who did not shy away from the fight, the "Tank" did damage with his left rectum with which he
shook the rival
.
The fourth lap was back and forth again.
Gervonta looked for the melee in which he hit his shocking impacts, although he received from a Santa Cruz full of vitality that again forced an even round.
The North American, who entered the ring with the green, white and red colors of Mexico, increased confidence in the fifth;
he went over the opposite and won it, with the straight, with the "upper" and with counterattacks, although
his advantage was by a small
margin as happened with the winners of the previous rounds.
Santa Cruz
came out aggressive
in the sixth, hurt Gervonta's stomach, which was stung and caused a tough exchange.
Santa Cruz was undaunted, he hit the best shots and was on his way to winning the round,
but 24 seconds from the end he was knocked down in his own corner with one of the most powerful punches of the year
, which decreed the knockout.
Gervonta, one of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in world boxing, reached
24 victories in the same number of appearances
, 23 of them on the fast track and Santa Cruz suffered his second professional setback with 37 wins and a draw.
In the previous fight
Mario Barrios
defeated
Ryan Karl
by knockout
and won the WBA super lightweight belt.
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