{"id":510610,"date":"2026-03-03T01:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/510610\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:54:07","slug":"wba-lightweight-title-fight-set-after-gervonta-davis-stripped-of-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/510610\/","title":{"rendered":"WBA lightweight title fight set after Gervonta Davis stripped of belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WBA is reportedly set to order a world title showdown at 135lbs after stripping Gervonta Davis<\/a> of his black and gold belt in January.<\/p>\n

Davis became the sanctioning body\u2019s \u2018champion in recess\u2019<\/a>, meaning he has not been completely removed from the picture, after being dealt a domestic violence charge at the beginning of 2026.<\/p>\n

Naturally, his unsavoury behaviour outside the ring has resulted in a prolonged spell of inactivity, which is also why the WBA no longer considers him an active champion.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old\u2019s last outing saw him make a successful WBA title defence, boxing to a controversial draw against Lamont Roach in March 2025, before inking a deal to face Jake Paul in an exhibition match.<\/p>\n

Due to allegations of domestic violence, though, Davis was ultimately removed from the event and replaced by Anthony Joshua, who scored a sixth-round finish over Paul<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n

As for the vacant WBA lightweight title, boxing journalist Dan Rafael reported via social media<\/a> on Monday that the organisation will order a clash between Floyd Schofield and Lucas Badhi.<\/p>\n

\u201cLetters expected to go out this week but [the WBA] told me [on] Sunday it will order Floyd Schofield-Lucas Bahdi [for the] vacant 135[lb] title.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schofield has not fought since his blistering first-round finish over Tevin Farmer in June, when the 23-year-old cemented himself as the WBA\u2019s leading lightweight contender.<\/p>\n

Placed just behind him in the rankings is Bahdi, another unbeaten operator, who comes off a unanimous decision victory over Roger Gutierrez in August.<\/p>\n

As per the WBA\u2019s rules and regulations, both parties will be given a 30-day negotiation window once their world title fight is ordered, with their matchup heading to a purse bid hearing if a deal cannot be reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WBA is reportedly set to order a world title showdown at 135lbs after stripping Gervonta Davis of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-510610","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\/510610","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=510610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}