Davis vs Barrios FULL FIGHT: June 26, 2021 | PBC on Showtime PPV

Ladies and gentlemen, good evening and welcome to State Farm Stadium here in Atlanta, Georgia, as boxing's top champions present the featured

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It is sanctioned by the WBA. president jesús mendoza supervisor julio time along with the georgia athletic and entertainment commission the president is seth milliken the executive director is matt woodruff our judges in the ring from north carolina barry lindenman from oklahoma david sutherland and from california zachary young introducing our third man in the ring our referee in charge will be giving instructions after the introductions thomas taylor very good fans here we go with the main event of the night 12 rounds of boxing for the wba world super lightweight championship and now ladies and gentlemen present and boxing fans joining us around the world live from atlanta georgia it's show time we first introduce you to the challenger to my right fighting from the blue corner tonight seeking his third division world title wearing white trunks with yellow trim and silver, the young boxing star from Baltimore and representing his adopted home of Atlanta, Georgia, weighed in at 139 and three-quarter pounds with a sensational record of 24 wins without losses.

He has 23 major knockout victories, ladies and gentlemen, here is the popular and acclaimed three-time two-division winner. world champion, the hard-hitting current and undefeated WBA super featherweight and lightweight world champion, we present uh jervontay, the world champion fighting from the red corner dressed in pink trunks with blue and gold trim who joined us from the beautiful city of San Antonio, Texas, weighed. at 139 and a half pounds he is undefeated in his campaign to the ring with a record of 26 victories without losses 17 victories by knockout tonight making the second defense of his title ladies and gentlemen here is the undefeated reigning and defending the wba superweight world champion light introducing mario a rotisserie once again a referee in charge now to give instructions thomas taylor right here gentlemen please boss boxer second very good gentlemen the belt line is fine here let's go straight to the top of the letters right here coach, okay, straight to the beginning of the lyrics, gentlemen, you have my instructions behind you, protect yourselves at all times, listen to my orders, I want to remind you that we have a lefty against a righty, so look at the headbutts, look at the feet, gentlemen, touch the gloves backwards. to your corner gentlemen referee thomas taylor 11 years of professional experience this is his 420th pro bowdoin expectations are really high with gervante tank

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daring to be great against by far the biggest opponent mario

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has ever faced someone always has to go here at the atl, are you ready prepare the bell and surround

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, softball in white with yellow and silver trunks, quarters in pink and blue with gold trim, farios is very focused on jabs, 49 of his hits are, in fact , jabs, he didn't do it enough against mattier akhmadov in a fight that, as we noted tonight, was so close for him that he wants to use that punch tonight in 24 fights.

Davis has never faced an enemy as tall as Barrios or with such long range; In fact, he has a 15-fight ko streak. The last fight to hear the final bell took place almost seven years ago, a six-round decision victory over the durable Hermann Marazz in October 2014. Now Alvaro is doing something I thought he would do, which is walking on David's back and you. I know you want to keep Davis on his back foot. Davis is not really a good backing off fighter, so you definitely want to keep backing up, especially with the jab at a good distance that you don't want to overshoot. commit to davis leo santa cruz of course much smaller than the barrels he tried to push davis back uh with a little success before but obviously he finally took a monster hit yeah davis got the knockout of the year 2020 in ring magazine with that lethal left hook. santa cruz for the first time in his career and yet davis tells us, despite all the hype with his prodigious power at lower weights, that he believes this is the fight in which he will show his sweet science, which i know will make him your mentor.

Floyd Mayweather smiles, you know that Davis normally throws 37 of his punches, of his punches that are thrown to the body, he hasn't been in a position to throw to the body yet, but I know he wants to get there and it shows right away. get to how much it's affecting davis davis just missed those too just with the simple fact that barry was able to step back and with that long range jab yeah wards the top ranked boxer usually gradually breaks the major part of his opposition from abroad. but he has his natural instincts to want to come in and not use his height and reach and turn it into a shootout, but against a guy like Davis you want to use that jab like you said, yeah he wants that punch to be out there and not double up and not hit it. davis a chance to land maybe a big powerful left jab davis blocked that

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right hand davis double pumps the jab just looking to use it as a rank fighter trying to find a way to close mayweather in the hall of fame very invested in the career of giovante tank davis receiving the adulation of the crowd here in atlanta keith is the victory for these two men uh, wants pedroza, beat josé pedraza to win the title, intimidated him, works the body, comes in and lands . body shots, the hook is if he can get in, he has one of the best in boxing fights, stop, stay outside, don't double him, lands the counter with the right hand when Davis comes in and he has a good hook, especially the left.

Uppercut working on his eleventh fight with respective hunter Virgil who knows how to teach range and defense and seems to fit well with the Aztec warrior. Yes, Virgil Hunter of course is a wonderful coach and they've been together like you said for a while. It's really been a great partnership, you know, what I suggested there, those keys is for that, I thought Davis at some point would try to come in and actually intimidate the bigger man, we'll see if that happens and I think Davis is going to give up this couple of rounds trying to figure out mario and i'm good at neighborhoods you gotta take those routes yeah that's cool he may have been choking but david said watching floyd mayweather vs logan paul gave him an idea of ​​what's going on in terms of interesting physical levels, of course, I thought it was a fascinating comment you made saying that one minute and Mario is very smart again.

You don't want to commit to Davis. You know, you don't want to just jump in because David Davis. It's dangerous, especially with that hook, the right hand went through the guard with bodios in the pint-sized powder keg that is gervante tank davis and now barrios, who was trying to set up a lodge, was able to land over the left against barrios and although davis is a shorter fighter and uh, he has great power, of course, in his left hand, he also wants to land that overhand left. Mario landed a nice left hook to Davis' body moments ago, 15 minutes left in the second, neither fighter has ever gone down. in their respective professional careers, Davis left him, that's what he was looking for and you know he fainted a couple of times and after that I think that's key to Davis fainting more, of course you want to faint the tallest guy you you want. to make him make the mistakes almost predict look what he has and and davis was quick with that left marios goes to the body with a right left hook right hand through the guard good combination set up by neighborhoods double davis has been credited with landing just a punch here in the second round according to the show's stats as Mario is doing a good job keeping him on base and that punch was that nice left punch, listen to the belt gentlemen, Davis knows how to draw a crowd, a big one audience here at State Farm. arena, alright guys, second round, home game for davis, adopted by atlanta and here we'll see, we talked about davis wanting to do an overhand left and it was actually a pretty straight left hand.

I mentioned that akhmadov had landed that punch. a lot against barrios and David was able to get it in and then barrios threw the hook to the body and then the straight right, such a great combination where it was a creative combination that allowed him to land that right, yeah, it's almost a set. up with the right hand, yes, against the southpaw davis coach calvin ford, he has been with him his entire life, he has proven to be a light in the darkness that was devonte davis's youth and now he is a real box office draw Because of how popular Javonte Davis is, tickets have been sold out. the arena tonight 16,570 even bigger than the audience that was here for his victory over yuri orcus gamboa and barnum is finding his way, you know, until this third round because davis hasn't pressed the pedal yet, he still hasn't pressed the neighborhoods you mentioned.

Ahmadab fought against gangas but Aquadog was a pressure fighter and not only was he standing in front of him, yes you are right that is true and you know the neighborhoods against us made up, he landed, he took him down with the left hook and a right. right hand, we've seen the left hook land from neighborhoods, we haven't even seen him attempt that punch, but against Davis he found a home for the left to the body and then up top he has to be careful, he looked at the crowd. Yeah, I'm almost looking for approval from someone who was interesting in showing approval of him by showing up here tonight to witness Davis' rise through two weight classes.

There is a one-two. Davis's hand speed is now shown. Sorry guys, but that wasn't the case. touch anything mario keeps his distance very well and davis is pressured by bardios and you see barrios try that left hook he knows that that punch could at some point be available to him and he kind of felt the waters out there davis says that he is bringing the left hand closer with that and the crowd, of course, reacting to everything Davis throws after a modest point, that doesn't necessarily mean that all of these shots land, but anything he throws will react positively, yes, exactly, and you know that there are neighborhoods fainting. a little bit, he could do that too and almost every time David Davis presses he almost has his time, at times he has to press a little more.

The last 30 seconds of the third round go to the body with the left hook. davis along the ropes that I protect we have completed three rounds scheduled for 12 at 140. another good round don't put your head too close okay listen to me right now okay you can't get over the top so don't put your head too close. in the range, okay, the number four coming makes him have to catch up with you when he goes back, that's when you let go of your hands, okay, but he keeps people at a distance with this kind of forward hands, not much in terms of offenses, we begin the round. four in the last round, both were credited with throwing 23 punches, each neighborhood landed five and Dave was credited with three landed punches.

Yeah, we've only taken a little over a hundred punches thrown in this fight. It has been a very tentative and strategic start for the neighborhoods you like. because he can stay outside and peck and Virgil Hunter gave him some very important advice about not bowing his head, yeah and also neighborhoods he has to be careful not to be too predictable because Davis is just waiting for that right. hand to land his hook, I think we're going to see Davis start punching a little more to try to get a good range for that big left hand, well he's touching Mario's jab which is a sign he's trying to remove that jab and that's it. that's good you want to do that against a taller guy that right hand bounced off davis's glove davis using his footwork to get away from the ropes restarting in the center of the ring passing out handstand on mario with the jab instead they are neighborhoods that throws a sharp spear taking advantage of the physical attributes, the physical advantages, there it is, it was so fast, I mean, he didn't hit it, but you see Tank Davis's intentions and you know the other fascinating thing that we're all sitting here with pins and needles, we wonder what will happen if he lands a left hand.

You know, that's part of what makes it so fascinating, yeah, because we still don't know if Davis turned the power up to 140, so in the meantime. Barrios would love to earn a one-way ticket to the exosphere if he recorded the upset win here tonight despite his physical advantages, he's the underdog and now Davis with the jab with less than a minute left, well we said it before , remember that jab. If davis can get him on track, he can help him land that left hand and that's the pressure that davis is putting on now, he's not moving back, he's holding his ground, he's pushing back, he's fighting his way through.

Less than 30 seconds left in the fourth double jab through guard. by body he does not continue with the rights there is a right there is a big difference with double quarters with the jab there is a right anothertime he scores through the guard barrios effective with the jab and the right here in the last seconds of the fourth frame right there I'm going to come back to you by the water if you don't mind, good guys, fourth round, we have nine out of ten, don't line up head, okay, keep playing with this glove like you do sometimes. knock him down and hit the jab, okay, get it out of the way, just slap him, okay, don't throw that, get it out of the way, but don't get out of position, you're doing it right, here it is.

The neighborhoods of the last round taking that jab and receiving a right hand from afar against Davis none of that. It certainly hurt David, but it was a blow that landed and there have been few who are in this fight in the fifth round scheduled for the 12th. Cervantes Davis debuts at 140 pounds where Mario Badios is a perfect 9-0 with eight knockouts in this one. split and again bardios breaks through the guard with the right hand pine atom with the jab right now the responsibility falls on javonte davis now that he somehow changed his script a little and if he is the one who breaks through and then lands powerful punches or if he's the one landing a big overhand left from the outside, I don't know, but he'll need to change his script a little, yes, he has a changeup in this fight, speaking of Davis, he's trying to do it. take the jab away from mario and he's doing well by not letting the loans get the

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extent of that jab dave as belt holder at 130. secondary title 135 so many delicious matchups to make and the left hand came in twice for david and all It came from taking the jab away, yes you take the jab away, you're the one with good range, stand up and release the left, there it is, there's a left hand that lands for Davis, straight left hand, the left lead lands for Davis Barrios se he is leaning a little more this round he is becoming a slightly more attractive target good head movement and footwork by the bodies to avoid davis attack davis keeps pressing there is a right hook to the body by davis left hand up and neighborhood stands firm there electric atmosphere here in Atlanta yes, he changed the script and it's the pressure the pressure advances remove the jab get in less than 20 seconds here in mario's fifth start to feel the pressure of javonte In The last round, Davis was able to get his left hand in on several occasions, first using it as a lead left, that was early in the round, and then Barrios, who was shooting at him, broke the left hook on the floor below. guy blocked by davis didn't go in exactly the way he wanted at the end of the round davis had great moments and you can see a little blood around the right eye of quarters and there's the southpaw that just got there on the head After also the cut number six from Barrios for the first time since he was cut against José Román in July 2018 over his left eye.

This cut appears to be over the right eye. How is it safe to say that this is one of the keys to wins for tanks that pressure wards to get off to a good start here in the 6th though with the jab and again Dave is trying to take the jab away and he is doing so and he has He's shortened the distance between him and barrios now, as you know, and that will allow him to potentially put it on Draza by coming in on the inside and doing what he did to Jose Pedraza a little bit and firing shots on the inside and landing powerful punches.

Now this should be disrespectful to José Padras, he has come back from that and done very, very. good for him but that's what davis did and of course left hand lands for davis barrios now the man goes back and we talk about it and you know if barrio in the second half of the fight was going to go back to his old habits. you know who is dragging, he has a box, he has to continue what he did in the first rounds, I know he now has a more aggressive Davis, but hey, plan B, weakly look for openings, make Davis make the mistakes, Davis continues blocking the neighborhoods. he continues to negate the jab by tapping it hoping to find an opening for that left hand like that, another left hand from Davis now there was a wards counter and that's something he wants to do to Davis before committing the left hand to Davis starting. to invade mario's personal space barrio starting to find his distance there's the top cup in barrios he still thinks there's a home for that blow here comes the tank less than 20 seconds left here in the sixth round marios continues to retreat left hand of Davis has become a powerful weapon in this fight, he has not connected it much, but enough to make a difference and there was a good left straight, he is connecting it as a forward blow, he does not even use it and he does not always use it and there he uses the jab to prepare him. so you can get him as the leader or the jab floyd mayweather continues to add his tip to the corner between rounds goes to davis corners we start the second half of this 12 round affair that is contested at 140 pounds javonte davis who has rebound at 130 135 He moves forward wanting to test the limits of his power against Mario Barrios, both undefeated fighters and one thing we haven't mentioned is that Davis has also taken Barlow's blow, yes a good point lands on the body, but Davis makes a good job. avoiding the shots above as we bring our unofficial score from the steve ford hall of fame oh uh from the beginning I was wondering how many rounds davis is going to give away, well we found out the answer, the answer was four because he didn't win any. of those first four rounds, easy to score rounds with the exception of the sixth, I thought I was close, I have wards clearly ahead at this point at the halfway point, tend to agree with steve farhood, uh, connection round single digits, there needs to be an increase in offense, but again credit to mario barrios for sticking to his game plan, davis has used the jab better and is turning this fight around, it allows him to try to get in a best position to launch powerful blows.

Another thing that Bars is doing well is that he is spinning. he spins every time he throws a punch or every time david comes in he spins he doesn't walk straight back and it's good for him to try to time mario says varus goes to the body with the left hook straight left the front left spear to davis box Shooting with the left in the last minute of the seventh first left hook. We've seen Davis try it and he almost did it. Mario's left hook. You have to change the jab here and there by neighborhood. You can't just throw it straight all the time. double jab followed by left hand from davis and again the crowd erupts 15 seconds left in the 7th it has been a good round for juvonte davis and yet the punches are still few and far between as we move into the 8th round, there's your chance, it's Time to go to the body now, okay, send the jab first and drop that fourth in the midsection, drop it right in the middle, in the hole, right in the middle, okay, then turn with the left, okay , when he moves forward, just keep that jab going.

He is fine and continues to spin it in a circle. You're doing it right. We need these last surroundings. Okay, you have this fight. Mario. You have this fight. Davis attacks and uses the jab very effectively. We've talked about that and what he does. the straight left hand while barrios retreats were three consecutive jabs and then the left very good way to enter in the best way eh yes round number eight scheduled for the 12th between two undefeated warriors and jervante tank davis and mario barrios mauro ronaldo al bernstein abner you kill here at the ringside state farm arena in atlanta accompanied by brian custer jim gray and the

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championship boxing team where in an interview javonte tank davis said he would stop mario barrios in the 8th round and there's your bar, you take those shots , you take those opportunities. when davis backs off, you know both men have had some issues in later rounds, wards got tired against achmed um davis has had some stamina issues even though he knocked out cambodia, yeah sure, but you, oh, you shot up, okay, you want to continue. come here protect yourself a volcanic eruption here in atlanta and davis continues to generate in mario barrios davis hits him well wow looking to survive the last 45 seconds davidson hitting barrios here in the eighth but barrio is trying to fight back by standing his ground the aztec warrior but a question has been answered here in the 8th round javonte davis has taken his power to 140 pounds in this round you have what it takes that's a weapon we haven't seen yet in this fight from him and he led with the right hook and sent neighborhoods tumbling 75 and you could tell he set up that punch, he was waiting for the right moment, yeah, there it is, it looked like he was going to punch, yeah, and then he brought it back and pulled the trigger with the right hook and that's what I mean. he was perfectly positioned at the time and then he went after quarters and landed a straight left that would send him down again, so take Davis with a rash here at the beginning of the ninth round and the eighth round, over 16,500 were of standing as they watched Davis punch.

Barrios missed the first two times of his career and guys, Davis is a great finisher, so you have to give way to Barrios, he kept his house, yes, it is a very good point, yes, here, he is a good finisher , David's greatest opponent. this race is going to take a little longer yes, davis eats that body shot from barrios and davis again now they calculated that the dynamic of this fight has changed because it would be a 10-7 round with those two knockdowns so the question is early In the rounds we know that some went to the neighborhoods and then in the middle rounds David is starting to get there and right in the bucket is Steve with his unofficial scorecard, so Davis Wow and Davis have never been knocked down and one is asks if Davis potentially hit himself on that fierce eight.

Well, Virgil Hunter said that, I think it's to encourage the neighborhoods, but he hopes it's true. no one seems alert, he's alert, he knows he's still in this fight and again it's those moments where davis pulls back, gives him his space, lets mario in and mario bardios allowed the opportunity to regain his reset faculties here in the ninth, in the center of the ring after falling twice in the eighth round. Yeah, the interesting thing is what I was talking about when that knockout came is that both men have sometimes struggled in later rounds, so we'll see if either of them fade more when they're not when that knockdown happened in the ninth to the left.

I can see Davis taking this round after you know, I think that eighth round took a lot, uh Davis, he was going for the knockout, so I think he's taking this round well on Davis number 10 in the main event tonight, I got you right there baby, well that was fascinating, that whole exchange here's where you neighborhoods in the last round and it's the same nice left hook. that same hook that took down Mario, the body cast, went up top, yeah, that was it, and used it to take down Akhmadev when he fought him. You know who else loved to body slam and then go upstairs with a left hook to a guy named floyd muddy mayweather and that was a fascinating exchange between him and jevon take tank davis with of course calvin ford trying to do its top of the corner too so here we are in round number 10 of mario barrios looking to set the jab early looking for a check hook there right hand to the body by barrios now these are two very important rounds for both davis and barrios the left took one to the body one up for barrios that lands and steve ahead our unofficial scorer has barrios now one point ahead evan's flow to give and receive tremendous stop here he is not forced to fight a trench war he will be able to hold his own and pass or he will be hurt again by Davis' power another right hook curls up behind Barrio's guard and the jab snaps Davis' head back and it will be Davis' pressure that will make Barrios almost fight Marios again hitting davis's body with the right hand barriers only 15 for davis in this round, so he has been busier davis walks to the left for the body begins to move back neighborhoods neighborhoods looking to use the guy punishing the body with the right hand for barrios that was a little low by barriers less than a minute left here in the store up to the liver by davis swinging and flailing body attack sustained by mario barrios this is going to be a tough route to score guys and then another oh left what notes from Davis, the program now, okay, keep your technical hits, don't go crazy, okay, breathe, Mario, one more time.

I wonder guys, is this too much talking in the corner, I understand how much Floyd Mayweather means to Davis, but Calvin Ford also has a job to do in that corner and it seems to be an interesting scenario. What do you think about Floyd Mayweather's advice to tank Davis between rounds repeatedly like that? Well, we know he's a legend, you know he knows what he's doing, but you've got to give it to your coach, your head coach, you know, you've got to give him time to talk, you've got to give him the authority, he's the coach in your corner. . returns with acombination of three blows through the guard we have reached round number 11. the penultimate round of this prize fight at 140 pounds tank davis dares to be big and his power has already resulted in two knockdowns but mario barrios is not going anywhere and in that last round where steve followed his unofficial score and hit davis neighborhoods, it was pretty close and then davis turned it around with those big power punches in the last part of the round and we have seen that david took him out the referee you have to take reload, it will go fast I need tape without training without training that's good, it's a good momentary respite for barrio says the action resumes davis double jab with the left hand and barrios has been in 12 rounds twice, won both, davis entered in the 12th round when he knocked out gamboa once and that was in this same arena it seems that davis is looking for a right hand to the body by knockout by barrios davis unloads the left jump from barrios to bend now the earth is finished davis has moved up to 140 pounds and davis has recorded the victory by knockout you can't fight the power of gervante davis what a brilliant display of his outburst of ferocity it was a fascinating end to this fight barrios had shown his power and had thrown and thrown power shots and then davis came back when we look at this young man who couldn't get it done, but for Javante Davis it was an incredible last round because he faced adversity coming in with those big shots and then he went after it, yeah, and I mean, no I can say this enough.

Tank Davis increased his power to 140 and was able to withstand hits from a solid 140-pounder that he never faced, so one thing I have to say is that tonight is a tough one about the height for Tank Davis. . A tremendous show of respect. Mario Barrios hopes to break through and in many ways demonstrated his courage and mental top 10 of him. 140 pound fighter who had never been defeated who had never been knocked down tonight a guy who has a title at 130 and 135 goes up to 140 and closes a look at the numbers and a key here is that Davis always lands at a very high percentage of his power shots everything except the jab and tonight landing at 45 uh that's notable and uh we said the body would be important well guess what was important in the end when he landed that big body shot to hurt his opponent, it didn't land a lot of body shots, but the one that was important was the one at the end, the last round had so much drama that there were a lot of ebbs and flows, we will take a look here at the fall, well, this is that tremendous. which of course is a hook for what else would it be for devonte davis and again we see a body shot very similar to the one we did with jamel charles taking down rosario causing a lot of damage yes it's on the pipe right in the center I want to say, and then, this is where we see that the strike bar simply did not expect that and from the body language of Mario Barrios the referee did not want to see him take another hit and they did not complain Barrios did not complain about that stoppage no one in the corner He did so they felt that you knew he was protecting him from a situation that he perceived could be dangerous for him.

Jervante Tank Davis makes the landing in his 140-pound debut. Three falls. Knockout number 24. The 26-year-old is now 25-0 and continues to add to his aura. let's go to jimmy lennon jr to make it official ladies and gentlemen we have the time of two minutes 13 seconds and round number 11. a referee in charge thomas taylor stops the competition he is the winner by technical knockout he is still undefeated now a three-time world champion divisions and the new WBA super lightweight world champion jervante davis not only wants to be great, he wants to be one of the greats, let's go to jim grave tomorrow, thank you very much tank, congratulations on becoming a three division champion, how would you describe this fight ? uh, it was, I made it hard, I made it hard, I definitely say that, I could have made it easier, but you know, it is what it is, I went up and waited for two weeks of classes. and I did the job why you made it hard and what do you mean by that um you just know adjustments you know he won 40. you know he was trying to catch what you know some clean shots I'm the kind of fighter I want to catch you with a clean shot just I don't want to shoot any kind of shot, so most of the shots I was shooting missed, but I finally caught up with him.

Did you feel the urge to get a knockout? You didn't want this to get to the judges, uh, no, no, because I came up with the two-way classes, but I knew that if I catch them, I know for a fact that I'm going crazy, so when I caught them, I showed it to you . I knocked him down pretty good in the eighth round, maybe we can take a look at that first knockdown in the eighth round. You were probably behind on the judges' scorecards at the time, at least unofficially, so where do you tell us what happened here in this eighth round, my coach?

He was telling me to go to the jab side, but I'm left-handed so they know I go to the jab side, so I was trying to lure him in and I pretended to go left and threw my right. Hook over the top and that's why I caught him and then as we went along here, Al Bernstein and Abner Morris said particularly after that you were very effective in taking the jab away and that the game plan was definitely the game plan, but not the country. I just want to thank God, first I want to thank my team.

You know, I want to thank promotional Mayweal Heyman. I want to thank Atlanta. I couldn't do this without you. You know, I did it. I didn't win this myself, we did it together, we'll be more Atlanta, all up, that's Dory, the dome later, thanks, okay, let's take a look here at the end of the fight, hey, tank, tank, here's the end about the fight, tell us. I knew he was hurt, you know, I just had to catch him at the right time, at the right moment, uh, Floyd came up to me and said, like I said, he said he was honest, he said he was down, he knew he was down, so he said. show me you're cool and you know how we do in the gym, the dog house, baby, what does it mean to you now to be a three division champion? you joined floyd mayweather oscar de la hoya uh manny pacquiao julio cesar chavez in many greats listen man, I can't, I can't, you know, compare myself to them, great, you know, this man, this man set the tone, you know, I'm just going , I am following your steps, so thank you for knowing how to guide me. the right way floyd uh i appreciate you you know leonard had to be out heyman im grateful to be in the position uh once again atlanta we did it baby baltimore we did it now what's next?

Will you stay at this weight? you will come back? up to 130 135 maybe Ryan Garcia, what would you like to do? Listen to a lot of people, you don't know. I'm not good at this, but I'm definitely a team player. Whatever my team tells me to do, that's to me along the lines of I'm going to do the job right, you're going to tell the team something happened, we come up with the game plan together and I make the last save, but you know I have the best team in boxing, so I've been following this. By now you know, so let's do it.

A quick question for Floyd Mayweather: do you see him in the greats along with you and the others I named? He got the potential when I met Tank when he was 14 or 15. I told him I do. You are a world champion and one day you will be one of the best, so I am proud of him and I want to thank everyone in Atlanta for coming out and supporting this event. Congratulations, thank you, Floyd, thank you, thank you. I'm sorry, but thank you. To his entire team, thanks Mario. How would you describe this fight from your point of view? you had all the first rounds, it seems from the unofficial cards I haven't seen the official card yet and you were very effective and he was not throwing punches, did you feel like you were in control of this fight?

Uh, I was trying to have it. I mean, first of all, I want to thank everyone here in Atlanta, you did not disappoint. I've heard wonderful things about this place and I'm looking forward to it. come back here and fight again, but the man has never been an enemy, congratulations on the tank, he came here, you know he did his thing, uh, I thought, it was nothing short of an exciting fight and that's exactly what we both predicted , but I want to say. He left tonight the better man, but I will definitely be back. What happened to Mario in the eighth round.

A lot of people questioned if he would have the power of 130 to 140 and he caught you twice and knocked you down twice. that eighth round, yeah, I know, a man like you said is an explosive man, the tank, uh, you know, he caught me slipping and uh, I mean, you know there's boxing, you know, at the end of the day, in Wait, you could change the fight, that's exactly what I thought happened, but man, you know, congratulations to him, like I said, I've never been an Atlanta hater, thank you very much. Final thought, you fought a great fight, did you think the fight should stop or did you want to continue, of course, so I wanted to?

To continue, you know, I stood up for a reason, I told everyone that I was going to show them that I am a warrior. I'm willing to leave everything every time I get in the ring and I mean, I hope everyone enjoys the fights. excellent performance tonight mario thanks for your time thanks jim glad you're okay