SPORTSCLOPEDIA 10: GERVONTA DAVIS STOPS HECTOR LUIS GARCIA
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 09 Jan 2023
Gervonta “Tank” Davis connected heavy bombs at the eight round, and injured his foe Hector Luis Garcia. Davis devastated Garcia though he had a solid chin and did not went down.
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But he complained about his vision and quit in his stool before the ninth round, giving Tank the knockout win to retain his WBA (regular) world lightweight title at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.
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It was officially declared a TKO by retirement, and the judges also had Davis unanimously ahead in the scorecards before the stoppage, with the scores 78-74, 79-73, 79-73.
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Garcia explained in the post-fight interview that he was not in good condition to continue fighting through the ninth round because of impaired vision, but his right eye eventually returned to normal soon after the stoppage.
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Tank improved his unbeaten record to 28-0, with 26 knockouts. Garcia dipped to 16-1, with 10 knockouts and 3 no contests. After the fight, Davis announced the proposed fight with the famous and equally undefeated Ryan Garcia in April.
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Gervonta Davis, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBA (Regular) lightweight title since 2019, the IBF super featherweight title in 2017, the WBA (Super) super featherweight title twice between 2018 and 2021, and the WBA (Regular) super lightweight title in 2021.
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Hector Luis García, age 31, of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic has held the WBA super featherweight title since August 2022. He is ranked as the second best active super featherweight by The Ring Magazine.
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Ryan Garcia, age 24, of Victorville, California, U.S.A. has an undefeated record of 23-0-0, with 19 KOs. He is ranked as the world's fourth-best active lightweight by The Ring magazine. He held the WBC interim lightweight title in 2021.
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On March 28, 1990 Chicago Bulls played at the Cleveland Cavaliers. Michael Jordan had 69 points, 18 rebounds, six assists, four steals and one block, 23-of-37 shooting from the field, 2-of-6 from three point range and 21-of-23 from the free-throw line. Jordan set a career high for points in a game, MJ also put up the highest game score of all time.
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Jordan got hammered by Cleveland's defense. He went on to tear the Cavs apart and ended up scoring an amazing 69 points. It was believed that this single fouling incident ignited one of Jordan's greatest performances ever. The Bulls hang on to a thrilling 117-113 overtime victory over the Cavaliers.
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Officially named Association Football, the term Soccer comes from Oxford "-er" slang, which was practiced at the University of Oxford in England from about 1875, and is believed to have originated from the slang of Rugby School. Initially spelled "assoccer", it was later shortened to the modern spelling "soccer". This type of slang also gave birth to "rugger" for Rugby Football. The word Soccer got at its final form in 1895 and was first recorded in 1889 in its earlier form as "socca". Ddid not went down.
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