Gervonta Davis added a 29th knockout to undefeated record last night in Las Vegas, dispatching of a game Frank Martin in the eighth round to retain his WBA Lightweight World Title.
‘Tank’ gave away rounds to the elusive Martin to kick off the contest, but steadily upped his output as the fight progressed. After finding some success at pinning ‘The Ghost’ down in round seven, Davis came out in the eighth and had his man in the corner.
A lethal left uppercut took away the legs of the challenger before a follow-up hook sent him flat on his back. Ten count, backflip celebration and onto the next one. Here are some reactions from the boxing world…
Shawn Porter
NO BODY WORK FROM FRANK!! I just noticed that…. I gave Tank that round. Same pace. Frank slowed down. Retreating and not throwing as much. Seems like they landed about the same BUT Tank is being aggressive and didn’t get outworked
— ShowtimeShawn Porter (@ShowtimeShawnP) June 16, 2024
That was a mental and physical break down
— ShowtimeShawn Porter (@ShowtimeShawnP) June 16, 2024
Shakur Stevenson
Respect to Frank tho he did way better then I expected. It was looking good until he gassed out, but he should move up to 140 cause he’ll be a better fighter there for sure 💯
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) June 16, 2024
Regis Prograis
Dam Tank just flattened Martin
— Rougarou (@RPrograis) June 16, 2024
Tim Tszyu
Tank is an animal 🦍 @Gervontaa
— Tim Tszyu (@Tim_Tszyu) June 16, 2024
Ryan Garcia
I will hurt this guy on my momma pic.twitter.com/8UIOviC143
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) June 16, 2024
Gervonta Davis
Tank watching the knockout back 🤣🤣
“God damn” 😭
pic.twitter.com/IuWxQ0qLTN— Complex (@Complex) June 16, 2024
Leonard Ellerbe
1 down on the hit list 💪🏾💪🏾
— Leonard Ellerbe (@LEllerbe) June 16, 2024
Ariel Helwani
Oh my! Tank KOs Martin! Vicious stuff, yet again. 8th round. He is something else.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) June 16, 2024
Dan Rafael
Tank with a huge KO8! An erasure! And then the huge back flip off the corner post! Crowd goes fucking wild!!!!!!!!!!! #boxing#DavisMartin
— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) June 16, 2024
Steven Espinosa [share]
A Tank Davis fight is like watching a horror movie. Just mounting, inescapable tension as you wait for the monster to finally strike. #davismartinpic.twitter.com/NpwRrWlW4c
— Jonathan Snowden (@JESnowden) June 16, 2024
