Liam Davies vs Jason Cunningham (29-07-2023) Full Fight
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Transcript
00:00 [crowd cheering]
00:03 - In the last few months,
00:12 he's been getting under the skin of Cunningham.
00:14 He's got everything in his corner here.
00:16 Home advantage,
00:17 Ralkers following, cheering every punch.
00:21 Finesse and Ackerman may be on the back burner.
00:24 He's set up the grandstand event.
00:26 Now it is time for Liam Davis
00:28 to deliver on the promise.
00:31 And what are we gonna get here?
00:33 Is age and experience gonna win the day?
00:36 Cunningham will tell you that that is an attribute
00:39 that is often underappreciated.
00:41 He's been in, he's seen it and done it before,
00:44 and he's capable, he believes,
00:46 of turning over Davis in his home territory.
00:49 - Yeah, look, that's the fight that I've been excited about
00:51 for quite a while.
00:52 It's probably went under the radar a little bit
00:54 because of the massive fight that we have later on tonight
00:57 against Fenton Crawford, but this is a good fight.
01:01 The young upstart in Davis
01:02 against the veteran,
01:05 hard and bold warrior in Jason Cunningham
01:07 was a good start from Davis so far.
01:10 - Yeah, he has promised to deliver devastating style
01:12 and an early finish,
01:14 and that first right hand that landed on Cunningham,
01:17 he felt it.
01:18 What he needs to do,
01:25 and he's just slowed things down a bit,
01:27 take some of the atmosphere
01:29 and the heat out of the crowd here,
01:31 quieting things down,
01:34 and then get to work on his job, his strategy.
01:38 - Davis really starting aggressively here.
01:49 He's in front of his home crowd,
01:51 very atmospheric in here.
01:53 A lot of people here to support him,
01:54 but he just doesn't want to be too overeager,
01:57 especially so early on in the fight.
02:00 - Well, the other thing people often used to ask
02:03 about the difficulty facing Zappos
02:05 for such a young career of 13, 14 fights.
02:08 He's already faced three of them, Davis,
02:11 and he's had no trouble whatsoever
02:13 beat arguably the best in Mark Leach a year ago
02:17 when nobody thought he would.
02:18 - Yeah, to be honest, I was surprised
02:20 how easy he dealt with Mark Leach.
02:22 I had Mark Leach's favorite get into that fight,
02:25 and I know Mark Leach pretty well.
02:26 I know how good he is,
02:27 but Davis made it look easy that night.
02:29 He just--oh!
02:30 - Right now, over a puck of weight.
02:32 - To the body, and Cunningham is hanging on
02:34 for a moment there,
02:35 sends in the uppercut,
02:36 and now he's turned his back,
02:38 which he maybe shouldn't have done.
02:41 Davis all over him, the crowd, and the seats.
02:45 - [whistle blows]
02:48 - Done really well to stay in his feet there.
02:50 Still 40 seconds left to go in this round.
02:52 [crowd cheering]
02:56 - Just exactly what he would have wanted.
02:59 Cunningham knew he was gonna have to weather a storm here,
03:02 and it is a big one that is raining down on him.
03:04 [crowd cheering]
03:07 - Oh, he's got a right hand.
03:08 - He's caught him with an uppercut,
03:09 and he's in big, big trouble here.
03:13 Davis unloading, referee steps in,
03:16 and it is all over. - What a win.
03:17 - A sensational victory here.
03:20 Absolutely sensational from Liam Davis.
03:25 He promised he was gonna be devastating.
03:27 He promised he would win,
03:29 and he has delivered on every count.
03:32 - That was an outstanding performance.
03:34 I don't--I don't think anyone,
03:36 apart from maybe Liam Davis and his team,
03:38 expected it to be over that quickly.
03:40 I thought this was gonna be a tough match for both guys.
03:44 I can't afford to be confused.
03:45 - Liam's work here is a facet of the win, in effect,
03:47 but I never, ever in a million years
03:49 thought he would do it that quick.
03:50 He's such a good, tough, hard veteran,
03:53 and Jason Cunningham, that was a fantastic performance.
03:57 - Well, I think Cunningham is possibly saying
04:01 that they called it off a bit too early.
04:04 The referee was in very, very quick there.
04:08 Well, he did start the night saying,
04:11 "I want to deliver you your first ever defeat."
04:15 But Davis, "I'm mentally strong.
04:18 I want the big fights.
04:19 I want a box in the USA."
04:24 This is the finish, and he just--
04:27 he was doing nothing. He was offering nothing.
04:31 Absolutely all over him,
04:33 and really, that Cunningham didn't know where he was.
04:37 - No, I think the referee,
04:39 sometimes they criticize this game.
04:41 Jason Cunningham thinks it was an early stoppage,
04:43 but I think it was perfect.
04:45 A perfect stoppage from Victor Laughlin.
04:47 I don't--the first shot he gets quoted,
04:49 there was a knockdown because Victor Laughlin
04:52 was saying that the ropes held Cunningham up.
04:55 I don't really know how he stayed up
04:58 from that first shot that landed.
05:01 And when he had him hurt, he really went through the gears.
05:05 - Well, you know, he is one of the most quotable.
05:08 I have not had to dig in and show the real dog
05:11 in a fight yet, but I will here.
05:14 That was another one.
05:16 I'm on this big roller coaster.
05:19 It is going higher, and it is going higher.
05:22 People still doubt Lee, but after tonight,
05:25 other people still gonna doubt him.
05:27 - Good.
05:28 Jason Cunningham's been in with very good fighters.
05:31 He had a very close fight with Mick Conlon,
05:33 who--there's a chance that he did--
05:36 if the fight against Lee Woo didn't end
05:38 the way it did in the last round,
05:40 that he may have been a world champion.
05:44 He fought for a world title against O.M.E.
05:46 He's been in the mix of good, good fighters,
05:48 and he's only put a good performance in.
05:51 Maybe the Tanny performs a few fights
05:53 before the great war, but this is the--
05:57 this is the best performance
05:58 Tanny won against Cunningham.
06:00 This is a magical performance from Liam Davies,
06:03 the future--the future-- look at where he could come.
06:07 - Well, everybody has the fire.
06:11 It is the champion that knows when to ignite the spark,
06:15 and he has just done it here.
06:17 Let's get the official go from Thomas Treiber.
06:22 [upbeat music]
06:25 [bell ringing]
06:27 - Ladies and gentlemen, here is the official time.
06:31 2 minutes, 46 seconds of round number one
06:35 of the recharge.
06:36 Victor Laughlin stops the contest.
06:39 Every winner by way of tactical knockout.
06:43 Still undefeated, and now the British, European,
06:48 WBC, and WBO
06:52 international super bantamweight champion,
06:56 Liam "Dangerous" Davies!
07:02 - Well, very sporting in the end
07:05 from Jason Cunningham.
07:08 As he's gonna find out now,
07:09 the toughest thing about being a success
07:12 is you've gotta continue being a success,
07:16 and the opponents are gonna get tougher,
07:18 the fights are gonna get bigger,
07:19 and he wants the real big paydays,
07:22 the real championships.
07:24 This is where the hard work starts.
07:25 - Yeah, look, we just need--
07:27 in my opinion,
07:28 In my opinion.