Gervonta Davis: record, next fight and profile →
Gervonta Davis was charged with simple battery domestic violence in February after a video showed him getting into a physical altercation with his former girlfriend and the mother of his child in Miami. Davis later turned himself in to Coral Gables Police.
Ryan Garcia wants to disrupt the distribution format for his fights. The Golden Boy promoted Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) fights exclusively on DAZN, but he’s screaming from the mountaintops for a bout with WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis (23-0, 22 KOs), a PBC fighter who for years has fought on Showtime.
Ryan Garcia is talking sizable trash, and he wants to make sure he’s not falling short of getting under the skin of potential future foe Gervonta Davis. “He’s a talented fighter, and he’s got OK skills. But there’s one thing that he wasn’t blessed with and that’s height. He’s never going to be able to touch me, and I don’t care about him on the inside,” Garcia told Fight Hype. “He’s short as f--k and he doesn’t have the reach. Whether you like it or not, he’s short as f--k. He’s not going to be able to reach me while backing up ... When he sees all my skills, he’ll literally run away. I’m taking him down. I got some sh-t for him.”
Teofimo Lopez is much more concerned with his own fight versus Vasiliy Lomachenko, but he did take notice of Gervonta Davis’ lightweight debut. Davis initially came in overweight for his fight against Yuriorkis Gamboa on December 28. Though he eventually made weight, Davis drew criticism for not stopping an injured, 38-year-old Gamboa until the 12th round of their fight for the then-vacant WBA world 135-pound championship at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Gervonta Davis stayed on the overwhelming theme of the day amid an entertaining exchange Monday on Twitter with lightweight rival Ryan Garcia. The undefeated Davis dismissively replied to the unbeaten Garcia’s taunts about their fight happening sooner rather than later. “You [got a] better chance at beating the Coronavirus than beating me,” Davis stated in a Tweet to Garcia. “[But] whatever, Christopher Reeve!”
The summer schedule in the sweet science is shaping up to be a scintillating one, and it could have a blockbuster scorcher in Tinseltown if everything goes according to plan. Gervonta Davis told BoxingScene.com that he’s in negotiations with Leo Santa Cruz for a fight to take place this June in Los Angeles. The fight could be a pay-per-view on Showtime and take place at the Staples Center, according to two sources aware of the negotiations.
Five division world champion Floyd Mayweather has tabbed WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport. Mayweather was regarded as the pound-for-pound king, until he retired from the sport back in September of 2015, following a win over Andre Berto. He came back for a single cross-sport bout in August 2017, and stopped UFC superstar Conor McGregor. Mayweather would once again retire afterwards.
Four time world champion Leo Santa Cruz has confirmed his interest in a showdown with the two-time world champion Gervonta Davis. Santa Cruz is willing to take this fight on a date in May, June or July, as long as Davis confirms that he is willing to get in the ring with him for a high caliber event.
One time world lightweight champion Mickey Bey and his advisory team of Andre Rozier and Team Havoc have revealed that Bey is now a promotional free agent after parting ways with Greg Cohen.
Based on the way Ryan Garcia felt throughout his recently completed training camp, the emerging lightweight was certain he would put on a special performance Friday night. That’s exactly what Garcia produced when he knocked Francisco Fonseca unconscious with a left hook in the first round of their scheduled 12-rounder at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.