It only took undefeated former two-time U.S amateur champion Eric Fields (11-0, 9 KOs) about a minute to completely destroy Kelvin Davis’ (24-8-2, 17 KOs) hopes of a successful comeback, as the undefeated 25 year-old cruiserweight prospect made easy work of Davis, stopping him in the 1st round on Friday night at the Mallory Square, in Key West, Florida. It was either an act of tremendous bravery on Davis’ part or sheer foolishness by choosing the 6’2″ Fields so soon after Davis, a former International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion, had broken both his back and neck in a freak accident last year in New Zealand.

It was almost as if Davis was looking for problems. Well, Fields didn’t waste any time testing Davis’ chin in the first round, because in the open seconds of the round, Fields let loose with a right hand and knocked Davis down. It didn’t seem like that big of a punch, but due to the size of Field’s and perhaps the fact that Davis had a lot of ring rust, made the punch look much more powerful than it really was. Davis immediately got to his feet, though he looked badly shaken from the punch, and it looked bad for him, for there was almost three minutes left in the round for him to have to try and recover.

As soon as the action resumed, Fields was all over Davis, hitting him with a flurry of shots while Davis helplessly tried to cover up. After getting hit with a ton of shots, David was finally dumped to the canvas after Fields hit him with a big left uppercut. Before he could get to his feet, however, the referee Telis Assimenios jumped in and halted the bout at 0:55 of the 1st round.

It was an impressive power punching display by Fields, who showed in those brief seconds that he has the talent to be one of the best cruiserweights in boxing. Indeed, Fields looked on par with David Haye, Enzo Maccarinelli, Pablo Yoan Hernandez and Alexander Alexeev, arguably the four best cruiserweights in the division. Afterwards, the 29 year-old Davis announced his retirement. I, for one, think that Davis is being a little too hasty in retiring, for he didn’t seem to give himself enough time to rehabilitate from such a serious injury as a broken back and neck.

I don’t understand his choice for a opponents either, as Fields is the type of fighter that you need to be at your best physically and mentally if you want to have even a remote chance at beating him. That’s not to say that Davis could have beaten him if he trained more, but I think it would have improved his chances a great deal.