For followers of Baltimore boxer Gervonta Davis, his most recent win -- a 12th-round TKO of veteran Cuban fighter Yuriorkis Gamboa Dec. 28 in Atlanta -- struck some familiar chords. And that also included some sour notes.
On the plus side for the undefeated Davis, it was his 23rd straight win with 22 KOs and the triumph earned him the vacant WBA lightweight title (135 pounds). That certainly helps polish an impressive resume that already includes two titles at super featherweight (130 pounds, IBF and WBA).
However, there were also some similarities regarding the Atlanta bout to a fight in Las Vegas in 2017 that was not Davis' brightest moment. For starters, in Vegas, Davis failed to make weight and lost his IBF 130-pound title on the scales. Then, he had a lackluster performance before finishing off Francisco Fonseca with a KO in the eighth round. Davis heard some booing in that bout.
