{"id":532507,"date":"2026-03-11T04:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/532507\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T04:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:31:13","slug":"tank-eyes-pitbull-rematch-for-summer-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/532507\/","title":{"rendered":"Tank Eyes Pitbull Rematch For Summer Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeCoppinger\/status\/2031097227893170658?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Ring\u2019s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeCoppinger\/status\/2031097227893170658?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" rel=\"nofollow\"> insider, Mike Coppinger<\/a>, Tank is in advanced talks to take part in a rematch against Isaac \u201cPitbull\u201d Cruz this summer at 140 pounds. The two initially met back in Dec. 2021, which saw Davis (31) earn a unanimous decision win over \u201cPitbull\u201d in what proved to be one of the best fights of the year, and Cruz has been pining for a rematch which, it seems, may come to fruition soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Since that defeat, Cruz has amassed a 6-1-1 record, locking down wins over Rolando Romero and Yuriorkis Gamboa along the way. Ironically enough, he, too, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/408383\/tired-of-this-sht-frustrated-lamont-roach-jr-reacts-after-fighting-to-a-draw-against-pitbull-cruz-highlights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fought to a majority draw<\/a> against the aforementioned Lamont Roach Jr. in his last fight, just like Davis did. As for Tank, since taking down \u201cPitbull\u201d he\u2019s racked up big wins including<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2023\/4\/22\/23693959\/gervonta-davis-vs-ryan-garcia-full-fight-video-highlights-results-showtime-ppv-dazn-boxing-las-vegas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> back-to-back knockouts<\/a> over Frank Martin and Ryan Garcia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While the deal has yet to be finalized, fight fans will likely be hesitant to believe it will actually go down given Tank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/414838\/police-manhunt-underway-for-gervonta-davis-following-domestic-violence-warrant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous troubles<\/a>. That said, should the bout take place do you see it going any different than the first time?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the latest boxing-related news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to The Ring\u2019s insider, Mike Coppinger, Tank is in advanced talks to take part in a rematch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,43957,786,40762,785,85],"class_list":["post-532507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}