On February 5, 2022, a 26-year-old Mario Barrios (26-1, 17 KOs) and a 33-year-old Keith Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs) met in the ring.
Barrios came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 10 days. Thurman was on a -1-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 years, 6 months, and 16 days.
Keith Thurman defeated Mario Barrios via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Thurman improves his record to 30-1, while Barrios adds a loss to his record at 26-2.
On June 26, 2021, the 26-year-old WBA (Regular) super-lightweight world champion, Mario Barrios (26-0, 17 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Barrios came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 26 days. Davis was on a 24-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 26 days.
Gervonta Davis stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA (Regular) super-lightweight champion. Davis improves his record to 25-0 (24 KOs), while Barrios adds a loss to his record at 26-1.