‘I’m Dangerous’: Gervonta Davis Celebrates Dominance Over Undefeated Opponents to Reach 30–0

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is a dangerous man. Doesn’t matter if no one else has noticed it, or said it before. What’s important is that Davis believes it and has now taken it upon himself to explicitly state it to the world too. Talk about confidence and self-affirmation ahead of his WBA lightweight title defense against Lamont Roach in March.

Davis is getting into the ring after being away for nearly a year. So he is hyping the bout. And perhaps he needed the boost from voicing his potential to destroy the unblemished careers of opponents. Apparently, that’s what this is all about.

Davis likes to, and has ostensibly handed undefeated fighters their first loss. He has done it frequently in his 30-0 journey in the ring – a massive eight times. The boxer shared this career stat on Instagram, claiming, “I am dangerous“. Well, the numbers surely state he is.

His first major win over an undefeated fighter came in January 2017 when he took down José Pedraza, who was 22–0 at the time. Davis knocked him out in the seventh round to earn the IBC super featherweight title. Just three months later, in May 2017, he faced Liam Walsh, who was also undefeated (21–0) at the time. Tank scored a third-round TKO victory over Walsh to retain his belt.

That was just the beginning. Over the years, Davis continued to make a name for himself by defeating undefeated fighters, including Francisco Fonseca in super featherweight, and lightweight fighters Mario Barrios, Rolando Romero, and Héctor Luis García.

They were all statement wins too. Davis either knocked his opponents out or stopped them in impressive fashion.

Most recently, he secured a seventh-round KO over Ryan Garcia in April 2023 and followed it up with another knockout win against Frank Martin in June 2024.

Not only do these wins prove that Davis is an excellent fighter, but they also show his ability to take on tricky challengers and secure statement wins against them. This has catapulted him into stardom.

However, there seems not much is left in the Tank (pun intended) for the 30-year-old. 

Is Davis done with boxing?

Tank is set to make his long-awaited comeback to the ring on March 1 in Brooklyn, New York, facing Roach. Despite some fans believing Roach is a walk-through for Tank, there’s a good chance that the 25-1-1 challenger could take the champ to the deep end.

The fight has seen several delays, with Davis even announcing its cancellation at one point. But it looks like both fighters are now gearing up for the big clash. However, there’s a lot more at stake since Davis announced his retirement from boxing after 2025. 

It shouldn’t come as a surprise, though, since Tank has long claimed he would like to leave the sport before it begins to take a real toll on him. His opinion of pugilism also seems to have taken a beating in recent years. 

“S**t’s trash. This s**t is trash, garbage. Fed up. I’m fed up with the whole s**t,” he said once of the current state of the sport.

Davis had earlier revealed that the idea was to make as much money from the sport as possible and then call it a day. And once he does, nobody will ever see him again. 

Well, Tank plans on fighting at least thrice this year. So there is some time before he hangs up those 24oz gloves for good.