Gervonta Davis Upset With Current Boxing Landscape: They’re Making a WWE Situation

Gervonta Davis doesn’t seem to favor the recent trend of exhibition boxing or celebrity athletes getting inside the squared circle. Although his mentor Floyd Mayweather did the same in June, ‘Tank’ still belittled the system.

Per Davis, boxing has become very vulnerable as compared to other sports. In a chat with ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, Gervonta Davis said, “The biggest problem in boxing right now is people playing with the sport. They’re playing with boxing. They’re making like a WWE situation and they don’t really know you can get hurt really bad in this sport.”

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“You can’t jump up and go to the NFL or the NBA and play in there. So, why would they think it’s cool to play in our sport?”

Gervonta Davis, a superstar of modern-age boxing, has been an absolute knockout artist. His 25-0 record reflects 24 KOs, with world titles in three divisions. That said, Davis has earned all of it in less than a decade and is clearly is a big name today. Hence, ‘Tank’ is always subject to challenges from celebrities.

Will we ever see Gervonta Davis in a crossover fight?

Following his recent comments, ‘Tank’ doesn’t seem interested in any of the exhibitions at this stage. His professional journey will offer him several tough challengers, against whom he is still untested, especially at 135 lbs. WBA Interim lightweight champion Rolando Romero is the next in the line.

Meanwhile, Jake Paul tagged Davis as one of his potential opponents a few weeks back on social media. A few years down the line, the fight can happen. But looking at the massive contrast in both men’s size, the fight doesn’t look favorable to take place under professional guidelines.

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Given Davis’ status as a double champion, he will have many mandatory challengers to see off. Also, as he will only get in-house opponents, it’s tough to see him ever fight ‘The Problem Child’.