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Oct 31 2020
Saturday

Alamodome, San Antonio, United States

12 round contest @ Super Featherweight
23-0-0
KO 6

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  • 48-47
  • 48-47
  • 48-47
KO 6
37-1-1

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Belts on The Line

Vacant WBA Super World Super Featherweight Championship
Vacant WBA World Lightweight Championship

The tape

26
Age
33
5' 6" / 168 cm
Height
5' 7" / 171 cm
68.9" / 175 cm
Reach
68.9" / 175 cm
Southpaw (L)
Stance
Orthodox (R)

Tape record

TKOTKOKOTKOKO
Form
UDUDUDKOMD
23
Wins
37
0
By KO
0
0
KO%
0
0
Loses
1
0
Draws
1
2013
Debut
2006

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Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs Leo Santa Cruz report


Who won Davis vs Santa Cruz?

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis beat Leo Santa Cruz by knockout in the 6th round on Saturday, October 31st, 2020, at Alamodome, San Antonio.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).

This contest was for the vacant WBA super featherweight championships of the world.

Davis vs Santa Cruz stats

Back in October 2020, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 23 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Leo Santa Cruz made his way to the ring with a record of 37 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw.

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis was the younger man by 7 years, at 26 years old.

Santa Cruz had a height advantage of 1 inch over Davis. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis fought out of the southpaw stance, while Leo Santa Cruz was an orthodox fighter.

Davis was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 6 years and 4 months later than Santa Cruz, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 139 fewer professional rounds, totaling 138 compared to Santa Cruz's 277.

Davis vs Santa Cruz form

Davis remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 5 of his recent opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Yuriorkis Gamboa on December 28, 2019, by technical knockout in the 12th round in their WBA World Lightweight championship fight at State Farm Arena, Georgia, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Ricardo Nunez on July 27, 2019, by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at Royal Farms Arena, Maryland.

Going into that contest, he had won against Hugo Ruiz on February 9, 2019, by knockout in the 1st round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, California.

Before that, he had beaten Jesus Andres Cuellar on April 21, 2018, by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.

He had defeated Francisco Fonseca on August 26, 2017, by knockout in the 8th round in their IBF World Junior Lightweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Santa Cruz had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Miguel Flores on November 23, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Rafael Rivera on February 16, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Microsoft Theater, California.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Abner Mares on June 9, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Staples Center, LA.

Before that, he had beaten Chris Avalos on October 14, 2017, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson.

He had won against Carl Frampton on January 28, 2017, by majority decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis had been fighting more than Leo Santa Cruz.

Going into this contest, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis had last fought 10 months and 3 days ago, while Leo Santa Cruz's last outing had been 11 months and 8 days ago.

Davis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 5 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.2 rounds on average.

Santa Cruz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

What time did Davis vs Santa Cruz start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Alamodome, San Antonio, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

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