The youngest of the Floyd Mayweather fighters, Davis (17-0, 16 KO’s) grabbed his first title opportunity with both hands scoring the best win of his career, with a display of clean crisp relentless punching. Pedraza (22-1, 12 KO’s) tried to press Davis and slow his momentum but Davis’ defense and head movement was far more advanced than anticipated..
Davis started as he meant to go on, lashing precise shots at Pedraza from obscure angles early on, connecting effectively with uppercuts that penetrated Pedraza’s defense continually.. At first it looked like Pedraza was patiently waiting for Davis to burn out in the middle rounds, but as time wore on, it was the Puerto Rican who was showing signs of battle over time.. Pedraza rallied in the fifth forcing Gervonta to regroup, but it wasn't long before the youngster found his groove to fire back.. Pedraza was under continued fire for most of the fight but never really looked distressed, yet was examined by the ringside physician heading into the seventh.. with a badly swollen right eye the champion was allowed to proceed with the fight and continue to try to keep Davis at bay.. With a minute left in the seventh Gervonta seized the moment, a single right hook took everything out of Pedraza, collapsing the champion, snapping his head back off of the bottom rope as he fell, his attempt to rise was in vain as the fight was stopped at the 2:36 point of the round.. The risk that the Mayweather people took in this fight was whether Davis was experienced enough to campaign at this level.. It was very evident that his power is very real and a very rare talent was unveiled tonight.. Gervonta Davis is for real..
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