Gervonta Davis may be making a very risky play. The boxing champion is currently looking to set the date for his next fight and according to recent reports, this fight may get scheduled for same day as the heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
‘Tank’ will look to take on Lamont Roach with his WBA lightweight title on the line. Although both fights may take place on the same date, one will take place in the United States, while the other takes place in Saudi Arabia.
The Fury vs. Usyk rematch is part of Riyadh Season under Turki Alalshikh and is one of the biggest fights of the year with all the heavyweight titles on the line.
For ‘Tank’ Davis to try and compete against this fight, he would need to fight another big name, and not Lamont Roach.
“Per sources: Gervonta Davis-Lamont Roach possible for Dec. 21 in a PBC on Prime Video PPV at CapitalOne Arena in Washington, D.C. “
Per sources: Gervonta Davis-Lamont Roach possible for Dec. 21 in a PBC on Prime Video PPV at CapitalOne Arena in Washington, D.C. Would be a regional grudge match between Baltimore’s Davis and DC’s Roach, who would move up to challenge for Davis’ 135 title. #boxing
— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) September 20, 2024
They will set up this fight as a regional grudge match between Baltimore and Washington D.C. Despite the obvious tribalism and the boxer’s attempt to cash in on it is not going to be enough when there are two mega stars fighting for a bigger prize, with much more at stake on the other side of the world in an event whose production values will be difficult to match.
‘Tank Davis is one of the biggest draws in boxing that’s for sure. But he’s not bigger than Usyk and Fury and so runs the chance of getting punked on ticket sales.
He is already having to defend his choice of opponent after the likes of Devin Haney reacted to the fight news by laughing.
Davis claps back at Haney
Haney did not seem impressed by Davis’ next fight announcement. The boxing champion reacted to the news of Davis fighting Lamont Roach and just laughed.
So naturally, ‘Tank’ had to save face and clap back. The Baltimore native immediately went on Twitter to troll Haney with pictures of his fight against Ryan Garcia and trolled ‘The Dream’ for not being able to handle the banned boxer’s left hook.
“Nahh let’s keep laughing.. ya face hate to see a left hook coming..”
Nahh let’s keep laughing.. ya face hate to see a left hook coming.. https://t.co/ok7FrHoLB3 pic.twitter.com/aiGkpnv4Gv
— Gervonta Davis (@Gervontaa) September 20, 2024
This does not mean that ‘Tank’ and Garcia are now friends, but like Dwight from The Office said, ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend…’
Davis even added a picture of ‘KingRy’ knocking Haney down in their fight. Boy, that’s got to sting, no more than Garcia’s left hook but it will hurt a bit, even though the result of the match was overturned since the boxer had tested positive for ostarine, a PED.
