{"id":422334,"date":"2026-02-12T20:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422334\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:11:11","slug":"the-man-gervonta-davis-wants-next-responds-to-call-out-hes-top-of-my-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422334\/","title":{"rendered":"The man Gervonta Davis wants next responds to call out: “He’s top of my list”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whilst Gervonta Davis<\/a>\u2019 comeback date is unknown, his opponent may become obvious in the coming weeks, as his targeted dance partner has shared his willingness to accept a fight with the Baltimore-born knockout artist.<\/p>\n

Davis has not won a fight since June 2024, with his lone outing since being a controversial draw against Lamont Roach Jr \u2013 which many fans felt should have cost him both his WBA lightweight world title and his undefeated record.<\/p>\n

However, whilst Roach couldn\u2019t capture Davis\u2019 135lb belt, the WBA have since demoted \u2018Tank\u2019 to champion-in-recess, after he was issued with an arrest warrant regarding allegations of domestic violence.<\/p>\n

Although, when discussing his eventual return on social media, Davis admitted his intentions of rematching Isaac \u2018Pitbull\u2019 Cruz<\/a>, whom he defeated by unanimous-decision in December 2021.<\/p>\n

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

In response, Cruz\u2019s advisor, Sean Gibbons, has now told BoxingScene<\/a> that Davis sits at the top of Cruz\u2019s hit-list, describing their meeting as \u2018unfinished business\u2019 after their enthralling encounter over four years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe called me and has put together a little hit-list of three guys. At the top of the list is Gervonta Davis. It marks unfinished business for \u2018Pitbull\u2019, and Gervonta has lots of unfinished business.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that can come together in this timeframe. Gervonta beat him already; is backed in a corner; doesn\u2019t want to fight Shakur or Roach. He needs a guy who\u2019ll bring him money. \u2018Pitbull\u2019 earned the right for that signature fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big, big one that captivates audiences, and with Gervonta or Ryan [Garcia], he would capture that. The guy\u2019s itching to do something in a big way.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether Davis will return to the ring anytime soon, but if he does, a second showdown with Cruz could be in store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whilst Gervonta Davis\u2019 comeback date is unknown, his opponent may become obvious in the coming weeks, as his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-422334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}