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As soon as Gervonta “Tank” Davis landed his perfect counter left uppercut, the fight was over, and the reactions came pouring in on social media.
Fans, media, fighters, everyone is buzzing about Davis’ unreal knockout of Santa Cruz in the sixth round, which gave “Tank” titles in two weight classes in the Showtime PPV main event tonight from San Antonio.
The 25-year-old Davis (24-0, 23 KO) and Santa Cruz (37-2-1, 19 KO) had a great fight for six rounds, with the 32-year-old Santa Cruz winding up forced into a bit of a firefight with Davis. This was hugely entertaining, and it was terrific fun to watch, but as brave and as tough as Santa Cruz was, it wound up his undoing. Davis simply had too much power, and when he connected on that counter shot — which he was looking to land flush from early in the fight — it was over.
Check out what many fighters had to say at the end of the night:
Daaaammmmmm!!!!!!
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) November 1, 2020
Sat his ass down damn
— Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) November 1, 2020
Mf hit like a horse kick ♂️
— Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) November 1, 2020
My lord! What a vicious uppercut that was. Praying for the health and safety of Santa Cruz there. The young man “Tank” Davis has some serious venom in that back hand shot. Incredible!@ProperWhiskey fight night
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 1, 2020
GAH DAMN! Tank Tank
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) November 1, 2020
OMG that was nasty‼️
— Rougarou (@RPrograis) November 1, 2020
Man, I looked down at my phone for a sec, looked up, and the fight was over... did every fight on this card end by knockout?! @ShowtimeBoxing #SantaCruzDavis
— Jamel Herring (@JamelHerring) November 1, 2020
Beautiful fucking shit #DavisSantaCruz
— 100 Billion (@coolboysteph) November 1, 2020
Damn picture perfect fucking shot
— Tony Harrison (@Iamboxing) November 1, 2020
Sheesshhh that was a beautiful shot congrats to tank #davissantacruz
— JulianJrockWilliams (@Jrockboxing) November 1, 2020
Sheeeesh
— Joseph Diaz (@JosephDiazJr) November 1, 2020
@Gervontaa WOW!
— Kell Brook (@SpecialKBrook) November 1, 2020
That’s a bad boy, both guys @Gervontaa and @leosantacruz2 came in great shape. But Davis had to many dimensions SPEED, POWER, SHARPNESS, HE BOXED, HE CAN WALKED U DOWN WITH POWER smh it was to much.... Prayers up on Leo being able to walk out of the ring after that shot..
— Andre Berto (@AndreBerto) November 1, 2020
He can punch
— Jesse Hart (@1hollywoodHart) November 1, 2020
Great fight while it lasted
— Franchón Crews-Dezurn (@TheHHDiva) November 1, 2020
I called it
— Boots (@JaronEnnis) November 1, 2020
— RobertEasterJr (@RobertEaster_Jr) November 1, 2020
Wow! #DavisSantaCruz
— Gabriel Rosado (@KingGabRosado) November 1, 2020
That was a mean ass shot
— Mike Reed (@YesIndeed_Reed) November 1, 2020
What a knockout. Beautiful uppercut #DavisSantaCruz
— Adam Kownacki (@AKbabyface) November 1, 2020
That left uppercut was flying from Round ONE! Tank was bound to catch em. What a punch! What a KNOCKOUT! Tank a BEAST!!
— Sergio Mora (@TheLatinSnake_) November 1, 2020
I told ya it was going be a ESPN Sports Center KO
— Lamont Roach Jr (@OneOf1x) November 1, 2020
That is what you call “an uppercut from hell”. #DavisSantaCruz
— Mykal(Michael) Fox (@ProfessorMyke) November 1, 2020
Praying Leo Santa Cruz is alright. That was a scary knockout.
— Luis Angel Feliciano (@Luis_Feliciano) November 1, 2020
What a shot tanks a beast #GervontaSantaCruz
— Anthony Cacace (@AntoC6) November 1, 2020
Holy shit what a knockout that was to a close fight!!! Santa Cruz was in it, Davis power just real as it gets
— Richard Brewart Jr (@Brewart61898) November 1, 2020
Got Damn!!! ... Hope Santa Cruz going to be ok!!
— Eddie Chambers (@champfasteddie) November 1, 2020
Big respect to Leo Santa Cruz was a warrior effort Congrats to Gervonta on a good performance
— Ryan Garcia (@KingRyanG) November 1, 2020
You’re outta your mind if you think that makes me waiver! It’s my turn next and then it’s on!!! LETS GOO
— Ryan Garcia (@KingRyanG) November 1, 2020