Gervonta Davis stops Hector Luis Garcia in eight to retain WBA lightweight title

• Davis beats Garcia by TKO, retains WBA lightweight title
• Baltimore fighter is scheduled to fight Ryan Garcia in April
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Gervonta Davis defended his WBA world lightweight championship, beating Hector Luis Garcia by TKO early Sunday morning after eight rounds.

Davis shrugged off a slow start to improve to 28-0 with 26 KOs and hand Garcia his first professional loss in his 17th match. Garcia held in tough with Davis early but could not answer the bell for the ninth round.