Gervonta “Tank” Davis retained the WBA secondary lightweight belt on a sixth-round stoppage against Rolando “Rolly” Romero at the Barclay’s Centre in Brooklyn New York on Saturday night.
It was a cautious and tactical fight between two big hitters.From the opening bell there was very little in it before the southpaw Davis came off the ropes in the sixth round and landed a short left to the jaw that sent Romero down against the ropes.
He beat the count but was in no condition to continue as the referee David Fields waved the fight off at 2 minutes 39 seconds into the round.
Davis improved his record to 27-0; 25 and Romero’s record dropped to 14-1; 12.
In the second world-title fight on the bill the WBA secondary middleweight champion Erislandy “The America Dream” Lara (29-3-3; 17) stopped Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan (31-5; 21) at 23 seconds into round eight.
Lara scored a knockdown in the fourth round and continued to back up O’Sullivan until he was sent staggering across the ring by another right hand in the eighth round as the referee waved the fight off. The time was 23 seconds into the round.
UNDERCARD
In a junior middleweight bout Jesús Ramos (19-0; 15) won on a ten-round unanimous points decision against Luke Santamaria (13-3-1; 7). The scores were 98-9 and 97-93 twice.
Junior lightweight Eduardo Ramirez (27-2-3; 12) won on a closely fought ten-round majority points decision against Luis Melendez (17-2;13). The scores were 98-92; 96-94 and 95-95.
In another junior middleweight contest Luis Arias (20-3-1; 9) scored a ten-round unanimous points decision over Jimmy Williams (18-8-2; 6). Scores were 99-91 on all three judge’s scorecards.