Gervonta Davis recorded one of the biggest wins of his professional career Saturday night in Atlanta and quickly found an insane way to celebrate that victory as his backflip off the top rope after an 11-round slugfest was a thing of absolute beauty.
Davis moved up two weight classes for his title fight with Mario Barrios, who entered as the WBA champ at 140 pounds.
Well, Davis left with that belt after the ref stopped the fight in the 11th round, giving Davis the win via TKO after he had knocked Barrios down three times.
Davis, who now owns three championship belts, celebrated with this move:
A BIG backflip by Tank Davis after his TKO victory. #DavisBarrios
(via @ShowtimeBoxing)
pic.twitter.com/I4b3GNJmT0— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) June 27, 2021
WOW.
Here are some highlights from his win:
.@Gervontaa is a PROBLEM. Tank remains undefeated and becomes a 3-division world champ with a vicious body shot.#DavisBarrios pic.twitter.com/IbFSqeuSF7
— SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) June 27, 2021
Boxing fans had reactions to that backflip: