![]() Both fighters trade and both land on one another! Santa Cruz is trading with Santa Cruz right in the pocket and is standing his ground pretty well so far. Davis comes back and misses on an uppercut. Santa Cruz lands a good hook to the body. Both fighters end up in a clinch at center ring. Santa Cruz misses on a few of his own jabs. Close round, I’m going to ever so slightly edge this one to Davis. Santa Cruz lands a counter uppercut to the body. Hard left to the body lands again for Davis. Davis starts pressing forward not and lands a left hand upstairs, then one to the body. Davis misses on a jab but ducks a couple counters for Santa Cruz. Davis falls short on two jabs to the body. Right hand from Santa Cruz misses and Davis pivots out the corner. Left hand lands upstairs for Santa Cruz with Davis along the ropes. Davis in the corner and Santa Cruz measures with a jab but Davis lands a uppercut. Santa Cruz stalks forward but isn’t being reckless with his offense which is working in his favor. Santa Cruz walks forward and Davis throws a left hand but Santa Cruz responds with a flurry of punches that don’t land all that clean but make an impression. Now Davis slams Santa Cruz to the canvas and gets a warning from the referee. Davis misses on a couple of counters that fall short. Davis steps back as he tries to walk Santa Cruz into something big. Santa Cruz throws a combination that mostly misses. Round 2: Santa Cruz stalks forward slowly and throws a right hook that partially lands on Davis. I’m going to edge this first round to Davis since that wasn’t ruled a knockdown, he did more damage. Charge from Santa Cruz puts Davis on his ass but the referee rules it a slip! Santa Cruz throws a combination that mostly doesn’t land. Santa Cruz on the back foot now, looking for counter opportunites. Davis comes forward and takes a jab from Santa Cruz. Davis lands a straight left between Santa Cruz’s guard. Three shots from Santa Cruz lands but Davis comes right back and lands a hard counter to the body. Santa Cruz throws a quick combination and catches Davis with the last shot. Davis tries another coutner uppercut but doesn’t land it as well. Right hand from Santa Cruz makes contact. Jab comes from Davis who pushes Santa Cruz back. Round 1: Davis comes out to center ring and takes a strong posture. Santo Cruz, check out live blog from Bad Left Hook. Incredible! fight night - Conor McGregor November 1, 2020įor more on Davis vs. The young man “Tank” Davis has some serious venom in that back hand shot. Praying for the health and safety of Santa Cruz there. "I’m the top dog.My lord! What a vicious uppercut that was. "All those guys are easy work," Davis bluntly said. Grey pressed again and Davis entirely dismissed both guys even though he's been facing lower caliber competition for most of his career. When asked about fighting Kambosos, Haney, Garcia by Grey, Davis side-stepped the question. What is now next for Davis? He was criticized for his selection of Romero and then Cruz instead of taking on either Lopez, Haney, or Ryan Garcia. ![]() Cruz connected on a left hook with time winding down, but it was too little, too late in the judges' minds. Finally realizing he needed to get going, Cruz started swinging wildly and missing more often than not. Cruz was reluctant in the early stages of the round, appearing confused with what Davis was doing. Davis showed an excellent boxing IQ in snapping a stiff jab, an occasional right hand, and superb footwork. You could see that something was wrong with Davis' hand. The fight came down to the 12th and final round on two of the judge's scorecards. "Tank" landed the harder power shots but still couldn't put Cruz away in the early going. Instead, he continued to come forward, looking to inflict punishment on Davis. ![]() The 23-year-old Cruz replaced Rolando Romero, who was pulled from the fight after being accused of sexual assault.Ĭruz took Davis's hardest shots the entire fight despite the injury, didn't take a back seat, and never flinched.
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