We haven’t seen him in the ring recently, but there’s no denying just how special of a fighter young Gervonta Davis is. Davis, at just 23 years old, has a 20-0 record with 19 knockouts and is the WBA super featherweight champion of the world.
The last time he was in the ring, in April, Davis blew through former champion Jesus Cuellar in just three rounds. But not all is what you may expect with Davis. Despite seeming to have the world at his fingertips, and being the total package of blending speed, power, and skill all together, there is apparent turmoil going on in his life.
Davis often takes to Twitter to vent his frustrations with his promoter, Floyd Mayweather, of Mayweather Promotions, and his seeming inability to land any kind of fight. It doesn’t look like we will see Davis return to the ring this year and he has nothing scheduled as of yet.
Other promoters in the sport have taken notice, including Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn, who was in Boston this past weekend promoting Demetrius Andrade’s WBO-title winning victory. Hearn linked his promoter with the streaming service DAZN and also netted a one billion dollar deal that allows him the luxury of going after some big names in the sport. Hearn admits that he reached out to Mayweather Promotions about a co-promotion.
“I’ve made Mayweather Promotions offers to co-promote Gervonta Davis, to get him now, to get him loads of money,” Hearn told a group of media inside of the TD Garden over the weekend. “And they’re not really interested in that. And the next thing is I’m trying to move toward the Tevin Farmer fight.”
Farmer looked great this past weekend as he defended his IBF super featherweight title in impressive fashion, stopping James Tennyson in the fifth round in a fight aired on DAZN. Farmer also called out Davis, as the two are no strangers to one another, having traded words in person and online.
Hearn is baffled as to why the fight can’t happen.
“I think Tank would fight Farmer like that, you know?” Hearn asked. “But it’s just like they don’t wanna let him. But how can you hold someone back from taking a deal that’s like three times more money than you’re making? And it will keep you active, boxing three, four times a year.”
Maybe it’s because Davis’ most recent run of fights have either been on SHOWTIME or SHOWTIME pay per view.
Davis is signed to adviser Al Haymon, who also has a new output deal with Fox, so perhaps their side is cooking something up for Davis instead of going the route of a DAZN fight. Showtime also carries 24 million subscribers in the United States, much larger than DAZN at this point.
Hearn just feels that Davis should be seen in a far different light given his skill-set at this stage of his career.
“Tank’s a brilliant fighter,” Hearn said. “Great style, exciting. Should be boxing four times a year. What is he, 24, something like that? He should be a superstar.”
