Gervonta Davis has regained his WBA lightweight title after knocking out Frank Martin in an explosive eight-round destruction in Las Vegas last Saturday.
Gervonta Davis defended his long held title after staying off ring for about a year after disobeying a stay-home arrest.
During the face-off, while Martin started sharper, landing crisp right hands in the opening two rounds, Davis stunned Martin with a big left uppercut and then followed up with a big hook from the same hand to send his opponent crashing at 1:29 of the eighth round.
Prior to this, the WBM lightweight champion had intensified his punishing assault. This forced Martin to seek refuge on the ropes and in the corners after which Davis received cheers from the crowd for descending mightily on his opponent who was already rendered defense-less in the sixth round.
In the eight round, Davis struck Martin with destructive punches, bringing up a significant display of triumph for the WBM lightweight title holder.
Meanwhile, in the bout between David Benavidez and Oleksandr Gvozdyk, the former marked his debut in the light-heavyweight division with after recording a unanimous decision win over his opponent to secure the interim WBC title.
Similarly, Alberto Puello won the WBC interim super-lightweight belt against Gary Russell with a split decision as Australian Liam Paro claimed the IBF super-lightweight belt after a unanimous decision victory over Subriel Matias in Puerto Rico.
