{"id":536553,"date":"2026-03-14T20:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536553\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T20:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:16:07","slug":"gervonta-davis-now-in-advanced-talks-to-face-former-champion-i-expect-it-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536553\/","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis now in ‘advanced talks’ to face former champion: “I expect it to happen”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gervonta Davis<\/a> is reportedly targeting a ring return this summer, with a rematch against a former world champion at 140lbs looking like a genuine possibility.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old has not fought since his controversial draw with Lamont Roach, who felt aggrieved to not come away with a shock victory in March 2025.<\/p>\n

Later that year, \u2018Tank\u2019 was reportedly in talks to enter an immediate rematch with Roach, only to instead pursue an exhibition bout with Jake Paul.<\/p>\n

That opportunity, however, fell by the wayside after Davis was hit with a civil lawsuit<\/a>, causing Paul to instead face Anthony Joshua in December.<\/p>\n

It was then revealed at the beginning of this year that Davis had been issued an arrest warrant on account of charges relating to battery, false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping.<\/p>\n

As a result, the hard-hitting southpaw was stripped of his WBA world lightweight title<\/a> but became the sanctioning body\u2019s \u2018champion in recess\u2019, meaning he could potentially be reinstated as the full champion at 135lbs.<\/p>\n

However, the Ring Magazine\u2019s Mike Coppinger has reported<\/a> that Davis is exploring a rematch with Isaac Cruz, who he unanimously outpointed in 2021, at 140lbs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am told that [Gervonta Davis] is in advanced talks right now to fight a rematch against Pitbull Cruz that would be at 140, rather than 135 like the first fight, this summer. I expect it to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Davis claiming a unanimous decision victory, many believe that Cruz gave the Baltimore man one of his toughest tests as a professional, with Roach representing the only other man to take him the full 12-round distance.<\/p>\n

As for him reportedly moving up to super-lightweight, where he scored an 11th-round finish over Mario Barrios in 2021, it opens up fights against the likes of Keyshawn Davis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis is reportedly targeting a ring return this summer, with a rematch against a former world champion…\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-536553","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\/536553","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=536553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536553\/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=536553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}