Gervonta “Tank” Davis successfully retained his title against Frank Martin on Saturday, June 15. Three-division world champion of Baltimore and the contender of Detroit battled it out on the top of the 100th championship fight night held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The contest headlined PBC PPV on Prime Video.
Martin scored early rounds with quick combinations. Davis claimed the win by knockout with a big left cross that followed a left uppercut. Referee Harvey Dock called it a day at 1:29 of the eighth round.
With the victory by knockout, unbeaten Gervonta Davis improved to 30-0, 28 KOs and retained his WBA lightweight title. Frank Martin, who also entered the ring undefeated, suffered his first career defeat and dropped to 18-1, 12 KOs.
In the co-feature on the card, David Benavidez of Phoenix, Arizona defeated Oleksandr Gvozdyk of Ukraine by unanimous decision and landed the interim WBC light heavyweight title. Also on the card, Alberto Puello of the Dominican Republic took the interim WBC super lightweight title by split decision against Gary Antuanne Russell of Capitol Heights, Maryland. Plus, Carlos Adames retained his WBC middleweight title by unanimous decision against Terrell Gausha of Cleveland, Ohio.