Meek Mill almost gets into a fight ringside at Gervonta Davis bout
Gervonta Davis’ fight is stopped midway through the eighth round due to ringside scuffle involving rapper Meek Mill and boxer Gary Russell Jr. – before security step in to split them up
- Gervonta Davis stopped Hector Luis Garcia in the eighth to win huge bout in DC
- Fight was stopped midway through due to a scuffle between fans at ringside
- It has since emerged that American rapper Meek Mill was at the center of drama
- He almost came to blows with boxer Gary Russell Jr after the pair disagreed
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Gervonta Davis’ blockbuster bout with Hector Luis Garcia was briefly overshadowed on Saturday night, when rapper Meek Mill got into a fight of his own at ringside.
Davis defended his WBA world lightweight championship and continued his unbeaten record in Washington DC, but there was some drama outside the ring midway through the eighth – with the real fight even being temporarily stopped.
It has since emerged that the drama centered around US rapper Meek Mill, who revealed on social media shortly afterwards that he ‘almost fought’ a pro boxer at ringside after a disagreement about the length of the bout.
Meek Mill was caught on video being held back from an argument at ringside Saturday night
TV cameras caught the large scuffle, which forced the Gervonta Davis fight to be stopped
Meek Mill, pictured at the 76ers game in December, was eventually calmed down by others
Taking to Twitter, the 35-year-old – real name Robert Williams – wrote: ‘Congratulations tankkk!!! I almost fought a boxer telling him this fight not going 12 rounds I missed the big bomb!!!!
‘I would never let no petty shit escalate to let somebody movie run …. I just walked away .. I came to support tank and boots!!!!!! Good wins.’
It has since been reported that the aforementioned boxer Meek Mill was arguing with was Gary Russell Jr., as well as his brothers, Antonio and Gary Antuanne.
As reported by the Daily Star, sports executive Stephen Espinoza explained that the situation ‘escalated due to Meek cheering for Gervonta, which Russell Jr. took issue with.’
In the real fight, Davis (left) continued his unbeaten record by stopping Hector Luis Garcia
He celebrated in flamboyant style, backflipping off the ropes of the ring in Washington DC
Perhaps thankfully for Meek Mill, the argument was quickly quashed and security managed to calm things down before any punches were thrown.
Russell Jr, 34, is 31-2 in his own professional career, with 18 knockouts, while his brother Gary Antonio is 19-1-1 and Gary Antuanne is 16-0 with 16 knockouts.
In the actual ring, Davis didn’t take much longer to end the headline bout, with the fight lasting around a minute more when they eventually got going again.
He then celebrated in flamboyant style – climbing the ropes before backflipping onto the canvas.
Davis is now 28-0 with 26 KOs, and hands Garcia his first professional loss in his 17th fight.
Gary Antonio Russell (left), Gary Antuanne Russell (second left) and Gary Russell Jr (center) are the three boxing brothers Meek Mill was said to be in a dispute with at ringside
Meek Mill is from Philadelphia. He is pictured at Game 5 of the Phillies’ World Series last year
‘I was a little surprised but when I caught him, I knew that he was hurt and that he was hurt bad,’ Davis said afterwards. ‘He’s a fighter and I know he didn’t want to show it but he was hurt.
‘I feel as though I have stuff to work on. I’m a fighter and I’m not retired so my cup is never full. I’m always willing to learn.
‘I struggled a little bit because I don’t fight southpaws that often but it’s OK because that’s part of the game.’
Garcia, for his part, said: ‘When I got the shots to the head in the final round, I couldn’t see anymore.’
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