{"id":336954,"date":"2025-12-10T14:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336954\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:28:07","slug":"gervonta-davis-reveals-injury-thats-delaying-ring-return-as-he-sets-his-sights-on-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336954\/","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis reveals injury that’s delaying ring return as he sets his sights on rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a year to forget for Gervonta Davis<\/a>, but the 31-year-old is already plotting his return to the ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cTank\u201d Davis remains one of boxing\u2019s biggest attractions, a fighter who draws huge crowds thanks to his explosive talent and his often controversial life outside the ropes.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Davis, 30-0-1 (28 KOs), has fought only once \u2014 a highly contentious draw with Lamont Roach \u2014 while simultaneously dealing with a series of personal issues. His planned crossover bout against cruiserweight Jake Paul was also scrapped following recent allegations of abuse made by Davis\u2019s ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Roach and another of Davis\u2019s former opponents, Isaac Cruz, met last Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas<\/a>, with both men chasing a world title shot at super-lightweight. Cruz\u2019s WBC interim belt was at stake, but the main event ended in yet another draw for Roach \u2014 the third of his career.<\/p>\n

While Roach has no interest in a Davis rematch at present, his opponent from the weekend may be heading in that direction<\/a>. The Baltimore native signalled his intentions in a now-deleted post on X, writing:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m taking him [Isaac Cruz] next, soon as my knee gets better.\u201d<\/p>\n

What exactly is wrong with his knee remains unclear, but a Davis\u2013Cruz rematch would revisit their December 2021 meeting, which Davis won by unanimous decision<\/a> after a fiercely competitive 12 rounds. It may also prove a more lucrative option for Cruz than a second fight with Roach, which has been floated for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been a year to forget for Gervonta Davis, but the 31-year-old is already plotting his return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-336954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}