TANK VS MARTIN

 Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin fight results: Highlights from Tank Davis' knockout win...

TANK VS MARTIN

Gervonta “Tank” Davis is back – and as good as ever. Davis defended his WBA lightweight title by knocking out Frank "The Ghost" Martin in the eighth round of their fight Saturday night.

His 14-month layoff between fights had no impact on his power. Davis dropped Martin with a devastating left hand to improve to 30-0. Davis had not fought since knocking out Ryan Garcia in April 2023, the longest break of his career. Martin fell to 18-1

In the early rounds, Martin eluded Davis with impressive footwork. But Davis said he wasn’t bothered.

“I knew he was going to tire down," Davis said during an in-ring interview after the fight. “So that’s why I was just standing there, be a target for him just so he could tire himself out. And once he tired himself out, you know me, I started picking him apart."

During the post-fight interview, Davis watched the final blows of the eighth round – a left uppercut that rocked Martin followed by a left cross that finished him off.

“Boom," Davis exulted gleefully as he watched a replay of the punches, which resulted in a knockout at 1:29 of the eighth round.

Martin said he understood Davis’ strategy – to let Martin tire himself out. In fact, Martin said he’d slowed down to try to keep that from happening. Of course there’s a reason Davis has 28 knockouts in 30 fights.

“He came in and landed a big shot and it was a shot I didn’t see," Martin said.

Davis said the did feel "a little rusty" and that in the eary rounds he felt as though he hadn’t warmed up completely. "But it’s OK, I’m back," he said.