Davis vs Santa Cruz FULL FIGHT: October 31, 2020 | PBC on Showtime

it's time for the main event davis santa cruz mo let's get it all right bc let's get it indeed main event time alamodome in san antonio texas jervante davis the 135 pound belt holder who's 957 knockout percentage is second highest of all ring magazine ranked fighters behind light heavyweight champ arter better bf he passed his first test on the scale and now faces a different kind of test in santa cruz thought to be the physically smaller of the two but he showed off added muscle when he weighed in for the biggest opportunity of his career these two warriors who have overcome an abundance of adverse adversity out of the ring are about to encounter what is supposed to be their biggest form of adversity inside the ropes each other juventus davis has certainly been embraced by the hip-hop community including superstar rapper lil uzi vert and all the ingredients have been put in place for tank davis to become a legitimate boxing star he's proven to be a bonafide ticket seller and now in laos santa cruz has the kind of dance partner who could legitimize his status he wants to follow in the footsteps of his promoter floyd money mayweather now money mayweather began his big money pay-per-view runs by facing oscar de la hoya he was dressed in a sombrero i don't know if it was as respectful as is intended tonight as you see mayweather i think javonte davis showing some respect for the mexican audience in attendance as he hopes to launch his pay-per-view career success and that's been a calling card of both these fighters for this fight i mentioned it earlier on the broadcast they've shown respect for each other they've called out they've called attention to the strengths of their opponent not creating a silly feud and you know he went out to las vegas as you pointed out earlier trained with fl in floyd mayweather's gym he and calvin ford felt that it was a perfect fit and they think that preparation will lead them to a victory here tonight and we'll look at the numbers for these two fighters and uh one of the most important things they're not huge edges but the height and reach for leo santa cruz he believes they're gonna have to be his ticket to a win in this fight and after we're alluded to it he's got to fight tall and he's got to use that heightened ridge and the rules for the main event there is no standing account no three knockdown rule only the referee can stop the fight a fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round if an accidental foul or headbutt causes a fight to end within four rounds it's a no decision after four rounds they go to the scorecards for a technical decision it's all hallows eve it's a showdown in the lone star state here at the alamo dome it's time once again for jimmy lennon jr ladies and gentlemen welcome to the alamo dome here in the beautiful city of san antonio texas as premier boxing champions presents the featured bout of the evening brought to you by mayweather promotions tgb promotions gtd promotions santa cruz boxing club and show time sponsored by proper number 12 irish whiskey the finest the tastiest the smoothest liquid gold in the world and o'reilly auto parts order your parts online at o'reillyauto.com and get free curbside to pick up this bound in the ring of sanctioned by the wba the president roberto jesus mendoza the supervisor julio time along with the texas department of licensing and regulations the executive director is brian francis introducing our three judges scoring from ringside from connecticut glenn feldman from california alejandro routine and from oklahoma david sutherland introducing our referee in charge he will be giving instructions after the introductions rafaela romos all right fans here we go with the main event of the evening 12 rounds of boxing for the wba super featherweight and wba lightweight championship of the world and now ladies and gentlemen in attendance and boxing fans joining us around the world live from san antonio texas it's show time [Music] introducing you first on my right the lightweight world champion fighting out of the blue corner entering the ring wearing white trunks with red and green trim hailing from and representing his home of baltimore maryland he weighed in at a ready 129 and three-quarter pounds with a sensational record of 23 wins no losses he has 22 big wins coming by way of knockout formerly boxing's youngest world champion he is the popular and acclaimed three-time two-division world champion ladies and gentlemen here is the hard-hitting current reigning and defending undefeated wba lightweight champion of the world introducing gervante take david and his opponent across the ring the super featherweight world champion fighting out of the red corner entering the ring wearing black trunks with multi-color trim from los angeles california and representing his heritage mexico he weighed in at 129 and one half pounds having faced seven world champions in his illustrious career his record stands at 37 wins one loss one draw with 19 wins coming by way of knockout tonight in his 18th world title appearance here is the renowned four-division world champion the current wba featherweight world champion and the current reigning and defending wba super featherweight champion of the world introducing uh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] now to give instructions rafael rambos davis [Applause] you can [Applause] good [Applause] referee rafael ramos 30 years experience his 483rd pro bout both santa cruz and davis are combined 23-1 in major title fight santa cruz usually throws punches like internet trolls throw shade he wanted to silence his critics and he just called out one of the biggest punchers in javonte davis there's a reason davis is mike tyson's favorite fighter and this is round number one the 130 pound belt holder santa cruz in black green orange and gold the 135 pound belt holder javonte davis in the red white and green and there's a counter left uppercut by davis so much as al santa cruz wants to establish the jab yes he does he you know he lands he throws 33 jabs per round normally land seven whether he'll be as much of a volume puncher in this match early remains to be seen [Applause] after you've been in the ring twice with santa cruz you train to face davis what are you picking up early on i like how santa cruz is trying to stay disciplined with that jab trying to work uh his jab and move backwards a bit he's got to turn davis though to his left and not extend the jet because once when he does that i already saw early on that davis counter punches with that left yeah that left uppercut has has been there santa cruz goes upstairs you know the combination punching of santa cruz can push david's back and that would be interesting to see davis doesn't normally fight going backwards again davis winding up with that left uppercut already blood on the face of leo santa cruz bridge of his nose it looks like there's a right hand a right hook behind the guard santa cruz comes back with a right bounced off davis glove well this fight is starting out the way davis wants it to he wants it to be this kind of give-and-take and it's kind of interesting because i would think the other way i would think that davis will be the fighter that would want to be in the outside pick his punches but no he's the pressure fight he's a pressure fighter in this fight he's pressuring the the bully that santa cruz is used to being the bully pushing the fighter back but now we see davis picking his punches as santa cruz at moments he does land also davis off to a quick start of course apparently made weight fairly easily maybe confident about going into deep waters remember santa cruz said that davis is dangerous for the first six rounds and then begins to fade that's where santa cruz wants to bring davises into the deeper waters as they exchange davis push down referee no knock down and the just over 9 000 fans in attendance if the introductions were any indication all the fans might be cheering on both fighters great start here round number one [Music] an electric atmosphere at the alamo dome [Applause] [Music] so not called a knockdown and another look at it will demonstrate that it was their feet that kind of got wrapped up with each other even though santa cruz was pushing forward an appropriate call on that in what was a very interesting round one [Music] [Applause] the bell and round number two davis has never been down as a pro leo santa cruz officially down once but the referee actually apologized to him after for missing the fact that the punch was a rabbit punch [Applause] santa cruz delivering the jab trying to split the guard leads with the right hand putting pressure on davis early in round two intriguing you know already leo santa cruz you can get the feeling he thinks he can push david's back in this fight will that be the proper move for him he's landing some nice punches well abner the narrative coming in was that santa cruz was the the smaller guy we saw at the weigh-in he had added muscle and that does not seem to be the case against definitely a more compact harder puncher but santa cruz is not the smaller guy in this fight well listen the only reason we said that santa cruz a lot of people would want santa cruz box in the first couple of rounds is because we know david carey carries a big punch and we it's almost like in the first couple of rounds but it but it but that's the game plan you want to push at davis back he doesn't know how to fight backwards davis turns 26 next saturday santa cruz turned 32 in august so the youth is on the side of davis missus just misses with that counter left uppercut that has been there for him yeah you feel that's going to be an important weapon for davis he he want he's trying very hard to get it in he has to be careful throwing it from too far out who's encountered by uh santa cruz just past the mid point of round two uh compelling confrontation and already so much to absorb all the davis there goes the sportsmanship [Music] [Applause] we talked about davis perhaps maturing he's had his issues outside of the ring and and now you mentioned it at the top of the show the fact that there was so much respect heading into the showdown well dave is temper getting the better of him there you can forget about that now there's some frustration on his part and that's not always a good thing for a fighter if you get frustrated you start draining yourself also mentally and um you know santa cruz doing a fantastic job in this second round and davis leaving the distractions of his life in baltimore spent 15 weeks in las vegas at the mayweather boxing gym said that he would like to hold all of his camps there because of the lack of distractions and the ability to focus but santa cruz now unloading on davis davis rolling with some of those shots and avoiding the right hand but it is santa cruz putting on pressure it's the combination punching of santa cruz when he is at his best those combinations flow but there's that left uppercut from davis davis timing that left uppercut counter good stuff through two rounds [Applause] if round one was intriguing round two was exciting uh and this again would be he's going to be going to the canvas but not for a punch that was in you know pretty blatant throwdown now he's claiming that he was being held i guess behind the head but uh whatever the case it was chippy and this is where santa cruz had pushed davis back and was landing some shots not getting everything in there but throwing combinations and trying to push davis against the ropes his mission to back davis up which is not the normal posture for um javonte davis the marcus of queensberry was not pleased no [Applause] slow everything down tank here [Applause] this is round number three scheduled for 12. both belts on the line davis 135 pound title santa cruz 130 pound strap i like what i'm seeing from leo he's not throwing white punches he's throwing straight punches which is making that davis pull right back and he catches uh tank davis with those punches it's making santa cruz staying at a distance which is good on his end you get the feeling davis is his adapting so far to being pushed back is that he's going to want to try to land that counter left hand a big power punch and that's the thing that santa cruz has to really be careful of because davis can land that shot and hurt you santa cruz wants to keep davis corralled in the corner but there's a counter left from davis allows him to escape santa cruz taking small steps and there's a left hook again the left hand missed with the right uppercut and of course anything either santa cruz or davis throws and this is the first time during the pandemic you know the crowd is going to react and again dave is getting physical davis also mentioned of course working with floyd mayweather he wanted to showcase his ring iq he wanted to showcase his his boxing technique it was the estimable emanuel stewart who said knock out cell and knock out to ben davis calling card but he's going to have to dig down deep into those tricks here on halloween to try to solve a guy who has been a champion in four different weight classes dave is starting to use the jab and he has a good jab it's an underused punch sometimes for him but it is effective as santa cruz's twitch signed up for a twitch account yet inquiring minds want to know left hook by santa cruz another left hand upstairs well this is a fight being fought right in the pocket and that may be a surprise to some people because we thought santa cruz was going to have a little more movement but it's a pocket fight and that's going to make it a good fight for the fans it's in santa cruz innate nature he loves to pump up the volume and there again davis comes back with a couple of left hands goes to the body and look at the difference when davis is the aggressor uh you see a totally different fight going towards davis so santa cruz has to keep uh davis out of that reach with that jab and push him back a lot of nervous energy from santa cruz davis seems other than that momentary lapse in judgment when he threw santa cruz to the ground seems focused seems measured final 10 seconds of the third both fighters headlining their first pay-per-view here tonight davis versus santa cruz and mayweather muddy mayweather floyd mayweather headline 16 pay-per-views [Applause] the dapper floyd mayweather trying to deliver some instructions man tank look don't pull back that's how you catch it here and remember when he throw the brick the one that's coming on the other side here all right and there's nothing wrong with you getting close to them here and keep your hands up and inside you're good babe just take deep breaths take deep breaths we're good we're excellent [Applause] so we've already seen javonte davis advanced counter punching ability and now here beginning of round four leo santa cruz double and triple pumping with the jab davis averages only 39 punches per round he's very economical in his punches compared of course to santa cruz we've said sometimes throws upwards of 80 averages 85 but it's the it's the ability to land for davis to land with power that means something santa cruz digging to the body meanwhile davis looking for the angle for that uppercut you don't always see davis in that kind of defensive posture that he's in with his hands really high while you're working with floyd mayweather you better learn defense and there's santa cruz through the right and davis now loading up again with the left left uppercut right hook by davis but santa cruz still looking to establish the job but he's getting it oh those left hooks of santa cruz getting home interruption from the crowd here at the alamo dome this main delivering already here in round four lead right hook by davis is this the right strategies in santa cruz he's getting some good work done but he's taking power punches you know what this feels like when diego corrales walked in we thought he would box against jose luis castillo he stood in the pocket and battled at first we thought it was a bad idea turned out to be a good idea what will happen tonight if this fight turns into one-tenth the fight of corrales listen i think santa cruz is doing the great job i think he's doing the right thing and most of these big fights a lot of these fighters they say no you know i'm gonna let them win the first uh the first half of the fight i'm gonna box i'm gonna do this i'm gonna do that and then before you know it you got half of the fight lost so santa cruz doesn't doesn't want that he wants to get in some rounds in and doing a fantastic job both then david and santa cruz what a fight under a minute left in the fourth davis walking down santa cruz davis has gone to the body with the right hook we've seen the left uppercut santa cruz stealing a glance at his corner the high guard there's that long range jab from santa cruz you saw the jab and you suck that counter uppercut is just poised for davis and even when he doesn't throw you can see he's ready to throw it double jab then the left hand downstairs by davis avoids those punches from santa cruz and again stabs santa cruz in the belly with the left there's a jab to the midsection by davis rounds are flying by here at the alamo dome we are through four devonta davis getting out straight left handed that's one of his big power punches and santa cruz trying to counter off that the uppercut of davis has been a a very very important weapon the right hook getting in there but then here he comes with that uppercut on the inside i'll tell you what santa cruz is taking some big punches from davis and he's hanging in there right now now he did have his good offensive moments he would land the uppercut on the inside this is the difference santa cruz is a pure combination puncher avenue you know that better than anybody yes he is and he could be overwhelming he that could be overwhelmed and that's why he said that leo santa cruz should be the volume puncher in this fight to overwhelm a tank davis that's never seen that before santa cruz has thrown 241 punches to 160 for davis that's not surprising this is round number five davis leaning on his front foot high guard both of them double triple jab by santa cruz as he tries to move forward [Applause] davis moving to his left into the power alley of santa cruz leo has to keep touching him with that jab have davis be thinking davis crouching down he'll like to crouch down shoot counters that his opponents rarely see coming we've seen that on occasion tonight and that left hand is just ready to be uncoiled ready to spring out there's that lead right hook by davis one of the weapons that santa cruz has found in this fight and he wants to get back to it is his own left hook which is not normally his money punch but he he's kind of found a home for it then the counter left hand glances off the ribcage of santa cruz [Applause] and another countered left santa cruz delivers a right we talk about santa cruz combination punches difficulty putting them together here in the fifth as we move past the midpoint as that that left bomb is always ready to be returned you know davis has landed some huge power punches here so you got to get a santa cruz credit already for being able to take that power doesn't mean he's going to continue to be able to known for his durability his sturdy chin and yeah when you're taking shots from a guy like davis that's saying something remember only one man has gone the distance in davis's career 23-0 22 knockouts now santa cruz trying to swarm davis davis was it a clash of heads you know give davis some credit for slipping a lot of these punches too he's he's not getting hit a lot with those some of those combinations but when leo does that he keeps davis busy when when leo stays in the bag like that he gives david the opportunity to land that one to pick his punches but when santa cruz is aggressive despite him landing or not one or two punches is going to land you know he keeps davis you know on his back foot right final 15 seconds of the fifth much more tactical right now it's going to save peace uh both of them trying to continue to collect dana's davis again goes downstairs with a left uppercut sweeping right hook upstairs [Applause] okay that's it that's the one that's the way you do now you're gonna get them you're doing great you're doing great you got to hold them another two rounds and then it's going to be your fight leo he's going to get tired nice and slow nice and slow just fix that nose a little bit just hold them off hold them off and then the second one that's all he has for this fight that's it you'll take it now [Applause] round at number six davis santa cruz's first left-handed opponent since march of 2014 when santa cruz successfully defended his 122 title against christian mijades oh and there's a right downstairs by santa cruz that landed with a nice thud and of course we saw his dad in there you know taking a look and what must be going on in his mind nice right hand by santa cruz really good work from santa cruz he's investing on the body and that's something you want to do especially in this sixth round uh going into a fight um because as the game plan that he mentioned is to pressure tank davis even more uh after the half of the fight you know they are so convinced in that corner that after the sixth seventh round they're going to own davis they better hope that that's the case but they are he is doing some fantastic work here santa cruz they both are chucking leather and the mark now a mouse beginning to form under the right eye of dravonte davis so they are throwing punches and bunches here in the sixth and that that's courtesy of a couple of those left hooks that santa cruz has landed santa cruz putting together his combinations there's that lead left uppercut on the inside by davis what a great role so far from santa cruz though he has thrown his nominations have been precise and landing [Applause] and that was south of the equator [Applause] okay [Applause] davis has never been deducted any points for fouls went low with that one santa cruz did not eat up much of the five minutes allotted for him to recover and they continue here throwing punches a minute 11 left in the sixth i think about santa cruz i would have taken more time to to get myself together i was just gonna say leo santa cruz there's a left hand by davis under a minute left in the sixth davis now putting together power shots landed another thudding left hook santa cruz standing there taking it and coming forward with punches of his own sent to leading stuff here in the sixth round javonte davis lego santa cruz two champions with the hearts of champions if davis thought santa cruz is going to fall from his house oh you [Applause] give him [Applause] davis hits different [Applause] santa cruz of course the concern is about him on the mat and they are tending to him [Applause] leo santa cruz appears to be talking back appears to be alert but for the first time in his career this is a great [Applause] davis with a strong candidate for knockout [Music] what did we say about that left uppercut well he got lured into uh and he does get to manage his smile you know he got lured into a a fire fight with davis and the power of davis is dramatic and of course by far the the biggest best puncher santa cruz has ever faced in his life and what's the definition of irony that was probably leo santa cruz's best round in the fight and it ends with him being knocked out for the first time in his career and you have to feel for the santa cruz family well we talked uh during the most of this fight about that left uppercut how it had landed and it was always at the ready for davis and in that round in which santa cruz had done so much good work there's that left uppercut a counter punch that just was devastating and it was there the whole fight some big ones landed but none like that it's the punch that you don't see that does the most damage and that punch came out of nowhere leo santa cruz did not see that uppercut coming um it just and just took him out but again you got to give credit to leo santa cruz he did something that i was even you know shocked which was stand toe-to-toe against a bigger puncher than giovantes davis he was able to do that for a a good portion of this fight and they felt that if he'd gotten through these rounds he was going to do well in the second half of the fight but it was not to be the power of davis too much for him and the mentor floyd money mayweather reacting to gervante tank davis's 23rd knockout in his 24th professional fight all 24 wins [Applause] and gervante tank davis on halloween night delivers the monster smash [Applause] the numbers uh 55 of the power punches landed by javonte davis and many of them wore potential knockout punches but finally that uppercut did get the job done santa cruz throwing more punches as we expected he might and landed a fair number of them as well but it was the power of davis ultimately that got the job done and many of those 80 power punches were in fact some version of that left uppercut but he landed the perfect one let's make it official here's jimmy lennon jr [Music] ladies and gentlemen we have the time two minutes 40 seconds in round number six he is the winner by way of knockout he is still undefeated and now the wba super featherweight and lightweight champion of the world javante take davey [Applause] [Music] [Applause] jervante tank davis hoping his power will power his unassailable ascent to mega stardom that's how you close a show that's how you close a night that featured four fights four knockouts none more memorable than the one we just witnessed it was a we'll take a look back at the keys to victory and [Music] as we said at the beginning of this match with the keys the left hand would be the key for davis he lands it in a variety of ways the uppercut tonight was the most important method but they're a kind of a straight left hand and throughout this fight the left was his calling card in terms of power and and you know santa cruz took some powerful left hands look at that one there's an uppercut like the one that would end the fight so it wasn't as if he didn't get hit with big ones before but that was the one that closed the show and uh thankfully leo santa cruz is okay and was able to get up from that but uh tremendous display of left-handed punching let's bring in our unofficial score steve farhood what were your scores at the time of the stoppage well let's look at the unofficial scores for the official scores first my friend yeah the all three judges at davis had 48-47 close fight they gave santa cruz uh the first and second rounds but they gave davis the third fourth and fifth so davis was taking control you look at my card i gave santa cruz only one round the second round i thought davis's power was the difference from the beginning in a fight where obviously both fighters landed plenty of punches official scores again glenn feldman gave the first two rounds to santa cruz david sutherland gave the first two rounds to santa cruz and then it was all davis after that

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Length: 38min 41sec (2321 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 28 2021