On June 26, 2021, Mario Barrios (26-0, 17 KOs), the super-lightweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against the reigning WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs).
Gervonta Davis is coming in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round KO victory over Léo Santa Cruz, 7 months and 26 days ago. Mario Barrios is on a 26-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Ryan Karl, 7 months and 26 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Gervonta Davis at 99-1 winning odds. Mario Barrios really doesn't have much to present against Davis.
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.