{"id":485720,"date":"2026-02-19T17:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485720\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:06:12","slug":"unbeaten-former-champion-promises-he-will-be-the-first-to-ko-gervonta-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485720\/","title":{"rendered":"Unbeaten former champion promises he will be the first to KO Gervonta Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It remains unclear when Gervonta Davis will return to the ring, but one unbeaten star has already vowed to knock \u2018Tank\u2019 out if given the chance.<\/p>\n<p>Davis has not won a professional boxing contest since June 2024, with a draw against Lamont Roach Jr. being his only outing within the last 20 months, followed by the cancellation of his planned November exhibition bout with Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>After being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/c74wyqq2w3go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">arrested for an alleged domestic incident, the 31-year-old was stripped of his WBA lightweight world title<\/a>. Davis has since hinted at a move up in weight, stating his <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/davis-sets-sights-on-former-champion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plans to rematch Isaac \u2018Pitbull\u2019 Cruz,<\/a> though it appears he has plenty to deal with outside of the ropes before that becomes realistic.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yqYdzQFlFrQ?si=I34jbxLa_g9TxtJS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Come and Talk 2 Me\u2019 podcast<\/a>, former WBO lightweight world champion Keyshawn Davis shared his willingness to fight Davis should he return, promising he would hand the 31-year-old a first career defeat and do so without the aid of the judges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was cool with you, until you said a mental health joke about me. I don\u2019t really respect you, for real.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can fight, bro. You can fight. But, you know, since I was 16 and you was like 27 when we sparred, you already knew what type of timeline I was on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that I am in this position and I am all grown up now, if you ever would give me a chance to fight you, just be ready, bro, because I am not one of those people like you have been picking on and bullying that you know you can beat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ever do want to fight me, which I think you\u2019re not going to fight me because you know, just be ready. I am not playing with you and you are getting stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the call out, it is believed that Keyshawn is not planning on sticking around at super-lightweight for long, having also <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/devin-haney-accepts-risky-challenge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">demanded a showdown with WBO welterweight world champion Devin Haney during the aftermath of his latest win<\/a>. Haney has said he is open to the challenge, and fans certainly are too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It remains unclear when Gervonta Davis will return to the ring, but one unbeaten star has already vowed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-485720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485720","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=485720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}