West Baltimore's Gervonta Davis became the youngest current reigning boxing champion when he scored a seventh-round TKO over defending IBF junior lightweight champion Jose Pedraza in Brooklyn, Jan. 14.
Davis, just 22 and undefeated at 17-0 (with 16 knockouts), stopped Pedraza, from Puerto Rico and previously undefeated, with a devastating right hook to the head with 37 seconds remaining in the seventh round of a bout that was nationally televised on Showtime.
Just before the finishing blow, Davis took a roundhouse sweep with his left that Pedraza ducked. But that escape was short-lived, as it put the defending champ directly in the path of a Davis right cross that sent Pedraza (now 22-1) underneath the ropes. He tried to struggle to his feet, but the referee quickly ended the fight.
