Gervonta Davis

Gervonta “Tank” Davis left no doubt about his position at the top of the Mayweather Promotions stable with an emphatic sixth-round TKO of Rolando “Rolly” ...

It was somebody in the crowd, they was telling me to press forward, but I was like not yet.” Romero talked his way into the fight for months, getting under the skin of Davis by disrespecting him every time a camera was in his face. He proclaimed throughout fight week that he would knock Davis out in the first round. The two were first supposed to fight last December, but Romero had potential criminal allegations alleged against him in his native Las Vegas that eventually were dropped. Romero was saved by the ropes, which stopped his imminent plunge out of the squared circle. “We did it again in New York City, baby,” Davis said during the post-fight interview.

NEW YORK (AP) — Gervonta Davis seemed annoyed enough by all Rolando Romero's talking to lightly shove him off the stage at their weigh-in.

In the co-feature, Erislandy Lara, the longtime 154-pound champion who has moved up to 160 and won a title, stopped Gary O’Sullivan 23 seconds into the eighth round. He did score well with some shots in the second, but then lost a chance to follow up when he shoved Davis to the canvas as they clenched. After walking to the ring while hearing plenty of boos from the pro-Davis crowd, Romero bounced off the ropes and hopped around defiantly. Davis laughed off most of the talk, until pushing Romero on Friday and learning something about how to handle his opponent. The spokesman said there was reports of some minor injuries due to the commotion. Davis landed a crushing left hand near the corner and Romero fell forward into the ropes.

There was a lot of trash talking in the months leading up to Saturday's lightweight clash between Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero.

I got to loose him up a little more," Davis said. Davis respected Romero's power, admitting that he played it safe in the first half of the contest. “I was thinking as this interview was coming up and as much as I wanted to be cocky, but I want to thank Rolly. I want to thank his team.

Check out these photos from Gervonta Davis's TKO win over Rolando Romero at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y..

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