Gervonta Davis Profile

Gervonta Tank’ Davis is one of the biggest attractions in boxing. He has caused his fair share of controversy, but after beating Ryan Garcia his career is going from strength to strength.

The 29-year-old is currently one of the best lightweights in the world after beating Ryan Garcia in Las Vegas in their much-anticipated 136lb catchweight clash in April 2023.

Davis is a renowned ticket seller and one of very few pay-per-view level fighters left in the sport.

Tank has held titles in multiple weight classes, including the IBF super featherweight, WBA (Super) super featherweight and WBA (Regular) super lightweight titles.

He has been the WBA (regular) lightweight champion since 2019 and retained his crown most recently in June 2024 after a knocking down Frank Martin in the 8th round.

Davis has frightening punch power, with 28 of his 30 wins as an unbeaten professional coming via TKO/KO.

Victory over Ryan Garcia

Davis maintained his perfect professional record by handing Ryan Garcia his first defeat in their much-anticipated 136lb catchweight grudge fight in Las Vegas.

Davis, who has held world titles in three weight classes, dropped his fellow American in the second round at the T-Mobile Arena with a counter left hook having absorbed Garcia's power moments earlier.

The taller and rangier Garcia got back to his feet and was in the fight until being caught with a short, savage left to the ribs in the seventh, which saw the Californian's demeanour noticeably change.

He tried to shrug off the blow and even pawed out a jab but buckled to one knee, where he stayed as referee Thomas Taylor administered the 10-count before waving off the fight as Davis celebrated.

"I didn't think that body shot would end it, but I saw his facial expression and that's what made me take it to him," said Davis.

"It was a good shot, for sure. I thought he was going to get up, but I like to play mind games, so when he was looking at me, I was looking at him trying to tell him 'get up'. He just shook his head, 'no'."

Davis could now set his sights on the winner of Devin Haney-Vasyl Lomachenko, who clash for the former's WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight titles next month.

"I just couldn't recover," said former WBC interim lightweight champion Garcia (23-1, 19KOs).

"I couldn't breathe. I was going to get back up, but I just couldn't get up."

Gervonta Davis memorable fights

In November 2016, Davis challenged for his first major title as a pro as he battled the undefeated Jose Pedraza for his IBF super featherweight title.

Davis - who has been considered a protege of Floyd Mayweather Jr - followed in the legend's footsteps to control the fight before stopping Pedraza in the seventh round.

He carried on earning knockout victories in the years leading up to his clash with Leo Santa Cruz in October 2020. This was considered one of Davis' toughest tests to date as his opponent had previously held world titles in four separate weight divisions.

Santa Cruz's only defeat prior to this fight came against Carl Frampton in 2016. He was outworked by Davis before he was floored by his heavy-hitting rival during the sixth round and the bout was quickly called off.

Davis' win over Hector Garcia was his first bout since his split with Mayweather Jr, who had promoted him through the early stages of the American's career.

Tank has matured into an elite-level boxer, and he showed that against Garcia in January. He started slowly but grew into the fight and broke down his opponent before earning an impressive stoppage win over eight rounds.

Tank's controversies...

Davis was arrested on two separate occasions for alleged assault between 2017 and 2018.

His first alleged offence came as he was accused of punching childhood friend Anthony Wheeler, who was later diagnosed with a concussion. The case went to court but the charges were later dropped. In 2018, he was arrested after being involved in a public fist fight.

In 2021, Davis was indicted on 14 counts of running a red light after leaving a party in Baltimore. He subsequently accepted a plea deal to admit his wrongdoing.

Davis has also been arrested on a couple of occasions on charges of battery and domestic violence. In 2020, he was jailed over an incident at a basketball game.

Then in December 2022, he was arrested after a woman called 911 and could be heard telling police "he's going to kill me". Davis was accused of striking her with a "closed hand type slap" but the woman eventually dropped her allegations.

Gervonta Davis News

Harry Whitfield
16 June 2024

Gervonta Davis beats Frank Martin via KO in eighth round to retain WBA lightweight title

The undefeated American Gervonta Davis stretched his boxing record to 30-0 after a vicious knockout on Frank Martin to once again retain his WBA lightweight title in Las Vegas.

Lewis Oldham
13 June 2024

Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin: Fight preview, verdict and suggested bets

One of the biggest stars in American boxing returns this weekend as Gervonta Davis defends his WBA (Super) world lightweight title against unbeaten contender Frank Martin in Las Vegas.

Matty Briggs
21 April 2023

Who will win the Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia fight?

Forget all the ongoing waffle about a heavyweight title unification fight, the catchweight clash between Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis is the one everyone is looking forward to.