Davies Blames Bizarre “Extra Oxygen” For Barroso Loss: Fact Or Fancy?

Ohara Davies has a strange excuse for his first-round knockout loss to 40-year-old Ismael Barroso last Saturday night, blaming it on excess oxygen that was pumped into his hotel room the night before his fight on January 6 at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. .

Davies, 31, promoted by Golden Boy, insists on his YouTube channel that “This is not a conspiracy; These are real facts” on his part, since he believes that casinos pump oxygen into the rooms so that visitors have more energy and want to stay awake and spend their money.

Davies’ excuse: a breath of doubt

Davies’ crazy excuse would sound like a reasonable explanation for what happened to him if he weren’t defeated so quickly by Barroso (25-4-2, 23 KOs).

Ohara was literally in trouble after being hit by Barroso’s second blow of the fight, a big left hand that brought him to his feet. Barroso then quickly finished the job, flooring the stunned Davies (25-3, 18 KOs) twice before the fight was thankfully stopped by the referee, who did the right thing by taking him out.

Davies’ record is unimpressive, with losses to Jack Catterall and Josh Taylor. He had never beaten any of the A-level fighters he had fought during his career, and some fans wondered if the World Boxing Association had given him the number one ranking.

Airing doubts: Can this statement hold air?

If casinos were pumping O2 into hotel rooms across the city, other fighters would have complained about the problem long ago. Is this something new?

In retrospect, it would have been better for Ohara Davies to take the high road, congratulate Barroso and not put forward his pumped oxygen theory to try to make sense of what happened to him.

If Davies is real, he will bounce back from this loss and defeat whoever Golden Boy faces him, but that’s not likely to happen.