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WATCH: ON THIS DAY: Gervonta Davis LIGHTS UP London

Written by Jared Parry on 20th May 2022.

Gervonta Davis was a name on everyone's lips at the start of 2017, following his maiden world title victory over Jose Pedraza in January. Davis was signed to Mayweather Promotions, and earmarked as the next Floyd Mayweather. Davis was mandated to fight Britain's Liam Walsh, and had no issues in going into enemy territory.

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The Copper Box Arena in London played host to this bout, and Walsh arrived to a great ovation. However, Davis was greeted to a cacophany of noise. Floyd Mayweather was part of Davis' entourage as he made his way to the ring.

Davis never let Walsh get into the fight as he dominated the first two rounds. But Davis flicked the switch in the third round and really upped the heat. Davis dropped Walsh in the the third with a clean overhand left. Walsh made it to his feet, but this invited Davis to back him up and unleash a vicious flurry of punches, prompting referee Ricky Gonzalez to jump in and save Walsh, meaning Davis was sucessful in his first defence of his belt.

The undercard saw Walsh's brother Ryan retain his British featherweight title in a thrilling fight with Marco McCullough as Walsh got the stoppage in the 11th round. Daniel Dubois returned and wasn't wasting time when he took on David Howe as he dispatched Howe in 40 seconds.

Joe Pigford and Aarron Morgan put on a fantastic domestic dust up in the super welterweight division. The pair traded for four exciting rounds, before Pigford produced a show reel knockout.

Stunning KO!

Joe Pigford with a brutal assault to get the knockout! ???? pic.twitter.com/0N5W6a2m5b

— Boxing on BT Sport ???? (@BTSportBoxing) May 21, 2017

Prospect Lerrone Richards continued to show his silky skills as he produced a shutout victory over Anthony Fox. Light heavyweight sensation Anthony Yarde continued to impress as he picked up the Southern Area light heavyweight title as he savagely beat down Chris Hobbs in four rounds.

Chris Hobbs' corner throws in the towel and Anthony Yarde is the NEW Southern Area Light Heavyweight Champion! ???? pic.twitter.com/ZDtpAGXKKo

— Boxing on BT Sport ???? (@BTSportBoxing) May 20, 2017

Lucien Reid extended his record to 6-0 with victory over Michael Mooney. Mitchell Smith and Boy Jones Jr put their sole defeats in the career at the time further in the rear view mirror, as they both were declared victors on points in their six rounders.

Sunny Edwards moved to 4-0, as he knocked out Gyula Dodu in one round. It's fair to say Sunny's career has soared since 2017. Archie Sharp picked up a third round knockout victory over Tamas Laska.

Local lad Sammy McNess scored a points victory over Zaurs Sadihovs to a great ovation from his West Ham faithful. Sanjeev Sahota remained undefeated as he knocked Steven Backhouse out in three rounds.

Finally, Ben Smith moved to 5-0 as was declared winner after outboxing Youssef Al Hamidi over four rounds.

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