{"id":787917,"date":"2026-07-08T09:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/787917\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:29:11","slug":"report-gervonta-davis-wont-be-back-in-ring-until-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/787917\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Gervonta Davis won\u2019t be back in ring until 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Gervonta Davis fans will now reportedly have to wait until next year for the inactive star\u2019s ring return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/InsideRingShow\/status\/2074217553312801227?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">report on X<\/a> by The Ring\u2019s Mike Coppinger, Bill Haney, father of WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney, was informed by Premier Boxing Champions boss Al Haymon that Davis won&#8217;t be ready for a ring return until early 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In May, Davis\u2019 career fortunes were further clouded when it was reported he now had a warrant issued for his arrest in Maryland for violating probation, to go along with his criminal charges for a domestic violence incident in Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Soon after, the World Boxing Association rescinded their order for the two-weight WBA world champion to meet top contender Floyd Schofield Jnr next and declared Davis a \u201cChampion in Recess\u201d at lightweight because, they said, his \u201c\u2026ongoing proceedings could prevent him from fulfilling his championship obligations in the short and medium term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The 31-year-old Davis hasn\u2019t fought since a shaky performance in a draw against Lamont Roach Jnr in March 2025. He had been going back-and-forth with the younger Haney on social media, negotiating a superfight between the pair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Those plans are now on hold for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis fans will now reportedly have to wait until next year for the inactive star\u2019s ring return.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,711,710,49,48,5053,25475,82],"class_list":["post-787917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxingscene","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-devin-haney","tag-gervonta-davis","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787917","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=787917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}