{"id":632034,"date":"2026-04-26T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/632034\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:52:08","slug":"gervonta-davis-called-out-by-world-champion-for-mega-fight-i-need-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/632034\/","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis called out by world champion for mega fight: “I need it”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The future of Gervonta Davis<\/a> is currently up in the air but that hasn\u2019t stopped one reigning world champion from calling out \u2018Tank\u2019 for a showdown.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been over a year since Davis was last in action, with that coming in March 2025 against Lamont Roach Jr<\/a>. That bout ended in a controversial majority decision draw, but nonetheless saw \u2018Tank\u2019 hold on to his WBA lightweight title.<\/p>\n

Things have been extremely difficult for the Baltimore man since then though, first seeing a planned exhibition in November with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul cancelled after Davis was at the centre of domestic abuse allegations.<\/p>\n

Further allegations led to \u2018Tank\u2019 losing his WBA belt and being named as champion in recess, but there were reports earlier this year that he could be set to return against former foe and reigning WBC interim super-lightweight champion Isaac Cruz.<\/a><\/p>\n

It is another former Davis foe who is now calling for a rematch, after Ryan Garcia<\/a> posted on social media<\/a> his intention to secure a second fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pray I get my rematch with tank one day I need that one back on even grounds I need that!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia suffered a seventh round stoppage loss to Davis when they met in April 2023, but \u2018King Ry\u2019 has claimed repeatedly since the contest that he was far from his best due to it being a 136lb catchweight bout with a 10lb rehydration clause.<\/p>\n

In February, Garcia defeated Mario Barrios to win the WBC welterweight title<\/a>, and if Davis chooses to campaign at 147lbs, the prospect of earning world honours in another division could possibly tempt him into a rematch with \u2018King Ry.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The future of Gervonta Davis is currently up in the air but that hasn\u2019t stopped one reigning world…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-632034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632034","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=632034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}