Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia Live Updates, Results, Analysis

Follow all the action from the showdown between two of boxing’s biggest stars.

Round 7

Garcia throws a jab and lands a big right hand behind it. Garcia making a nice adjustment going more to the right hand. Garcia lunges but lands with a right hook and a left hand. Oh and Tank lands a huge body shot! Garcia is down! He can’t make it up! Tank wins by seventh-round knockout. 

TANK DEFEATS RYAN GARCIA 😤

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Round 6

Davis has a great game plan. He’s slipping every one of Garcia’s hooks. Good right hand by Garcia. And another. Best punches of the fight. Garcia throwing that right hand with confidence. Davis counters with a combination. Close round but those right hands from Garcia made the difference. 10–9, Garcia. 

Round 5

Good lead left by Davis. Garcia has eased up on the jab. Davis still talking. Garcia just misses with a hook. Garcia looking to go to the body. Tank is feinting well. Quiet round but Tank edged it. 10–9, Tank. 

Round 4

Tank still talking. Garcia’s corner wants him throwing the right hand more. Both guys trade jabs. Garcia tags Davis with a long right hand. Nice rally round for Garcia. Davis trying to time his right hand, can’t do it in that round. 10-9, Garcia. 

Round 3

Davis talking to Garcia early. Garcia goes back to the jab. Davis misses with a hard right. Davis more active in this round. Davis goes to the body. Garcia misses on another hook. He needs to be careful. Tank laughing at Garcia. Good round for Tank. 10–9, Tank. 

Round 2

Garcia continues to apply pressure. Garcia lets his hands go! Davis ties up and holds on. Not a lot of hard punches landing but he is flurrying. Davis holds again. Davis counters and down goes Garcia! Garcia is up and looks O.K. Garcia overcommitted with the hook, Davis dipped under and Tank clipped him. Great shot by Tank. 10–8, Tank. 

Gervonta’s knockdown of Garcia was Floyd approved 👍 #DavisGarcia

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Round 1

Here … we … go …

Garcia peppering with his jab early. Throws a short hook that grazes Tank. Little tap to the body from Garcia. Lot of movement from Tank in the first round. Two jabs and a short hook from Garcia. Garcia has a very significant size advantage. Neither fighter letting go of right hands. Quiet round. 10–9, Garcia. 

Undercard

Undercard is finished. Elijah Garcia continued his winning ways with a decision win over Kevin Salgado. Bektemir Melikuziev avenged a knockout loss to Gabe Rosado with a lopsided decision win. David Morrell took another step towards a major world title shot with a brutal first-round knockout win over Yamaguchi Falcao. 

The fans are ready. The fighters are ready. We are ready. Minutes away from Tank Davis-Ryan Garcia

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Preview

Many times—O.K., most times—boxing fails to deliver. Poor matchmaking, excessive pay per views and more titles than the casual fan can keep up with has pushed the sport further and further to the fringes.

Yet every so often boxing delivers a fight that reminds us why we watch.

Ryan Garcia-Gervonta Davis is one of them.

There will be no titles on the line when Davis and Garcia meet at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night. Davis, officially, is a secondary titleholder at 135-pounds. Garcia has never held a major belt. Instead, both fighters will bring skill, punishing power and large, diverse fan bases into the most-anticipated fight of the year.

Can’t watch the pay per view? We have got you covered. SI.com will have round-by-round coverage right here. The main event is tentatively scheduled to begin around 11 ET.

A few notes on an interesting fight week:

• The biggest story this week has been weight. Davis, the unofficial “A” side of this fight, insisted on a 136-pound catchweight. He also demanded a 10-pound rehydration limit the morning of the fight. Oscar De La Hoya, Garcia’s promoter, calls Tank’s demands a sign of weakness. Davis has shrugged it off as typical tactics A-side fighters regularly employ.
• Officially, the weight has not been an issue. Both fighters comfortably made the 136-pound limit on Friday. On Saturday, Davis weighed in at 144.1 pounds; Garcia tipped the scales at 144.9. The 5’5” Davis likely didn’t change his routine much to ensure he stayed within ten pounds. Garcia, however, likely did, and if there is a concern in Garcia’s camp it’s how careful rehydration will affect Garcia’s energy during the fight.
• It’s unlikely judges will be needed tonight but if they are, Nevada has enlisted three good ones. Tim Cheatham and Dave Moretti are experienced officials. Steve Weisfeld is considered the best in boxing. All three were ringside last month for David Benavidez’s decision win over Caleb Plant. All three got the scoring right. The referee, Tom Taylor, a California referee, is also excellent. For one of the biggest fights of the year, Nevada has brought in the best.

Looking for pre-fight content?

• My 2020 profile of Garcia, who even then was emerging as a likely next face of boxing.
• My column on Davis-Garcia, which won’t save boxing but will unquestionably draw more—and new—eyeballs to it.
• Over at YouTube, I spent 20 minutes with Ryan discussing the weight, his strategy and why he believes he is the better man in this fight.
• Knocked out a couple of podcasts this week. I was joined by DAZN’s Ak and Barak to break down the fight. Later in the week, Davis’s longtime promoter, Leonard Ellerbe, explained to me why Davis is special—and why it has taken so long to see him in a big fight.