51-0: The 10 best wins on the records of Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia

1 Davis vs Leo Santa Cruz

Not only Davisโ€™ best win to date, but this also happens to be his best knockout, with the left uppercut he used to render Santa Cruz unconscious in the sixth round a punch felt all over America back in October 2020.

2 Davis vs Jose Pedraza

The first big win of Davisโ€™ career, Pedraza was 22-0 at the time of their bout in 2017 and many expected him to give Davis a stern test. That, however, was not the case, with Davis dominant from the outset and Pedraza, the IBF super-featherweight champion, eventually stopped in round seven.

3 Davis vs Isaac Cruz

For now, Cruz is the only man to have lasted the 12-round distance with Davis and the Mexican gave him a very good battle along the way, too. He may have lost a close fight in 2021 but his performance against Davis was for sure better than most.

4 Davis vs Yuriorkis Gamboa

In a fight littered with knockdowns, Davis dropped Gamboa in rounds two, eight and 12 before finally putting him out of his misery at the 1:17 mark in the final round. In winning that 2019 fight, โ€œTankโ€ became WBA champion at lightweight.

5 Garcia vs Luke Campbell

Considered his toughest test at the time, and a fight he could potentially lose, Garcia impressively recovered from a second-round knockdown against Campbell in 2020 to rally back and stop the skilful Brit in round seven.

6 Davis vs Mario Barrios

Barrios, unbeaten in 26 fights, met Davis in 2021 with the WBA super-lightweight title at stake. Yet, despite some good form going in, he was unable to do much about Davisโ€™ aggression and was in the end stopped in round 11.

7 Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia

Last time out, in January, Davis defended his WBA lightweight title against Garcia, a southpaw from the Dominican Republic, and had little difficulty extinguishing his challenge. Stopped in nine, Garcia struggled winning rounds up to that point.

8 Garcia vs Javier Fortuna

In his last fight, in July 2022, Garcia ran through his array of punches to score a flurry of knockdowns against the Dominican Republicโ€™s Fortuna in Los Angeles. He finally closed the show in round six.

9 Davis vs Liam Walsh

So far Davisโ€™ only trip to the UK, this third-round stoppage of Liam Walsh, an underrated technician in good form, served to highlight the Americanโ€™s vicious finishing instincts when he sees an opponent hurt.

10 Garcia vs Emmanuel Tagoe

The only man to have taken Garcia the 12-round distance, Ghanaโ€™s Tagoe found himself dropped in round two yet recovered well to push โ€œKing Ryโ€ all the way, albeit winning none of the rounds they shared.

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