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To vince writer<\/strong>The Showtime pay-per-view event featuring Gervonta \u201cTank\u201d Davis vs. Hector Luis Garcia featured a card packed with some of our favorite boxing stars, but lost to hard-hitting welterweight contender Roiman Villa The upset of the night happened when Rashidi Ellis (24-1, 15 KO) by majority vote.<\/p>\n Ellis was fast and elusive, and the difference in speed was immediately noticeable. He used his jab to start the match, landing shots on his opponent’s body. Villa came forward to attack, but Ellis controlled range and distance well.<\/p>\n For the first half of the fight, Ellis was in complete control and seemed victorious as usual. However, Villa continued his advance and did a good job of cutting off the ring and attacking his body, which resulted in some success later in the fight.<\/p>\n Rashidi Ellis entered the bout as a talented welterweight contender, but one criticism of Ellis is the fact that he has a habit of fading in the later rounds of a fight. Going into the late rounds against Villa, Ellis again showed signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n Roiman Villa continued to apply pressure, use jabs and shoot to the body. In the ninth round, he landed a solid left hand, causing Ellis to stagger. In the tenth round, Villa picked up the pace as he landed some solid combinations to start the round and landed a hard right hand to end the round.<\/p>\n In the twelfth and final round of the fight, Villa landed a large left hook that dropped Ellis to the canvas. Ellis was able to get up, but he had to find a way to survive the second half of the round. Seconds later, Villa appeared to have scored another knockdown, but the referee said no. <\/p>\n Villa continued to sneak up on his injured opponent and was able to score a second knockdown with seconds left in the final round. Rashidi Ellis was able to beat the count and the fight went to the scorecards with the three judges’ scorecards showing Roiman Villa winning by majority with official tallies of 113-113, 114-112 and 114-112. was given. .<\/p>\n Royman Villa (26-1, 24 KOs) pulled off a spectacular comeback from behind the win. In the post-match interview, he admitted to a slow start, but was able to get into a rhythm as the match progressed. <\/p>\n “First of all, I want to thank God for this win. Secondly, he’s a tough fighter. He moves a lot. He hit hard, but the first few rounds were a little tight, but then he loosened up.”<\/p>\n At one point, Rashidi Ellis had complete control of the match against Villa until late in the match. Villa said how he expected a chance to return to the game.<\/p>\n \u201cI was on him from the first round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n