Report: Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia Fight Sold 1.2M+ PPV Units, Made $22.8M Gate

Saturday's showdown between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia was a massive financial success.

Per Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal, the fight featured more than 1.2 million pay-per-view buys for Showtime and generated a $22.8 million gate at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The 1.2 million PPVs would tie UFC 194 in 2015 and the 2017 bout between Canelo Alvarez and Julio César Chávez Jr. for the 17th-most in combat sports history, per Tapology.com.

Stern noted the $22.8 million would be the fifth-biggest gate in Nevada fighting history.

Anticipation for a Garcia-Davis bout had been building long before they agreed to a fight in February. The two have been rising stars in the sport for years and had a combined record of 51-0 with 45 knockouts going into Saturday's match.

ESPN's Mike Coppinger noted when the fight agreement was finalized that negotiations were on the ropes for a period of time because of a dispute over a rematch clause, but the sides worked things out with Premier Boxing Champions allowing Golden Boy Promotions to serve as the lead promoter of a rematch if Garcia won.

It's not going to be an issue because Davis prevailed in impressive fashion with a seventh-round knockout.

According to CompuBox stats, Garcia landed more punches than Davis (39-35), but Tank had a 30-24 edge in power punches (17-5 in body blows).

Davis dropped Garcia with a left to the body to end the fight.

"I couldn't breathe," Garcia said. "I was going to get back up, but I just couldn't get up. ... He just caught me with a good shot—I don't want to make no excuses in here—... and I just couldn't recover. ... He caught me with a good body shot, snuck under me and caught me good."

Davis was winning the fight up to that point thanks in large part to a second-round knockdown. The victory improved his record to 29-0 with 27 wins via knockout.