The opener was a cagey affair, but the then-champion Davis found a footing in the second. Fawaz, now 11-1-1 (3 KOs), was awkward with his hands high, but Davis allowed his foe to creep in before snapping his southpaw jab into his face. Davis looked sharp, and was slipping and sliding Fawaz’s slow right hands. Fawaz, 37, just couldn’t land, and on the occasion he did, would kiss his glove in celebration. The rounds ticked on and Fawaz was getting frustrated, Davis was evading everything that came at him, and in the fourth pinned his foe against the ropes with a flurry.
Bilal Fawaz edges Ishmael Davis to claim British title
