Gervonta Davis: record, next fight and profile →
LOS ANGELES – Floyd Mayweather claimed that the media’s general dislike of him has had a negative impact on how his promotional company’s top boxer has been portrayed throughout his ascent to stardom.
The “Tank” Davis road show returns to Los Angeles for a return to the lightweight limit for the first time since late 2019. Davis and his team are still answering questions about his quality of opposition, and those questions are gradually being addressed over the last few fights with bigger fights possible in the near future. There is no question the strategy of making him a coast-to-coast ticket attraction is working.
LOS ANGELES – The availability of Staples Center was an issue when Gervonta Davis’ handlers sought a site for his upcoming fight. The undefeated Davis initially was supposed to face lightweight rival Rolando Romero on a Saturday night, but Staples Center was booked Saturday night for a high school basketball showcase event that featured LeBron James’ son, Bronny James, a junior guard for Sierra Canyon School. Floyd Mayweather
Isaac Cruz knows his place ahead of the biggest fight of his career, with the place he prefers well within his sights. The streaking lightweight contender is relishing in the role of underdog in an expected showdown with unbeaten knockout artist Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (25-0, 24KOs). Cruz (22-1-1, 15KOs) received the call earlier this month to face Davis atop the December 5 Showtime Pay-Per-View event, replacing Rolando Romero (legal issues) on roughly five weeks’ notice versus a rising star who is heavily favored to prevail.
LAS VEGAS – Gervonta Davis appreciates Shawn Porter’s praise. The former IBF and WBC welterweight champion called Davis one of the best fighters, regardless of weight class, with whom Porter has ever shared the ring. Porter proclaimed Davis as one of the top boxers in the sport following their sparring session in advance of Porter’s 10th-round, technical-knockout defeat to undefeated Terence Crawford in their WBO welterweight title fight November 20 at Mandalay Bay’s Michelob ULTRA Arena.
Davis, Cruz Weights Los Angeles Photos Gallery - Five-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and hard-hitting contender Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz went face-to-face at the official weigh-in Saturday before they battle for Davis’ WBA Lightweight Title in the SHOWTIME PPV main event this Sunday, December 5 from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. (photos by Esther Lin, Sean Michael Ham)
LOS ANGELES – Gervonta Davis apparently has learned how to make weight more comfortably over the past couple years. The undefeated knockout artist hasn’t grasped, though, how to avoid putting his hands on his opponent at a weigh-in. Davis shoved Isaac Cruz following a lengthy staring contest once they both made weight Saturday afternoon for their 12-round lightweight title fight Sunday night.
LOS ANGELES – Isaac Cruz is certain that he left a lasting impression on Gervonta Davis 13 months ago. Cruz annihilated Diego Magdaleno in the first round on the Davis-Leo Santa Cruz undercard in October 2020 at Alamodome in San Antonio. The buzz began regarding Cruz challenging Davis in a main event once Cruz brutally knocked Magdaleno unconscious in the first round and Davis viciously knocked out Santa Cruz in the sixth round as part of the same show.
Gervonta "Tank" Davis was a very interested observer in last Saturday's shocker, when Teofimo Lopez was upset by huge underdog George Kambosos at the Hulu Theater in New York's Madison Square Garden.
Gervonta Davis initially indicated that he considers Isaac Cruz a tougher opponent than Rolando Romero. The unbeaten Baltimore native quickly corrected himself, though. The more he thought about it, Davis couldn’t say with certainty that Romero’s replacement is better than the undefeated fighter he was supposed to face December 5 in Los Angeles.