{"id":442032,"date":"2026-02-23T23:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/442032\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:59:07","slug":"gervonta-davis-coach-confirms-comeback-plan-hes-fighting-who-i-want-him-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/442032\/","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis coach confirms comeback plan: “He’s fighting who I want him to”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A big update has been given on the fighting future of Gervonta Davis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Davis hasn\u2019t fought since his controversial draw with Lamont Roach Jr back in March 2025, having been involved in some serious legal issues since then.<\/a><\/p>\n

He had been scheduled to take on YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul<\/a> in November, but those problems outside of the ring led to that bout being cancelled, and \u2018Tank\u2019 has subsequently been stripped of his WBA lightweight title.<\/p>\n

Many boxing fans have wondered whether or not Davis may ever compete again, but his coach Calvin Ford has insisted to The Rize Podcast<\/a> that \u2018Tank\u2019 will indeed return, and that he has a good idea who he will face.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will be back in the mix.<\/p>\n

Tank has been doing this sh*t since he was seven-years-old. Sometimes you need that reset because that reset means a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait. I already know who I would like to see for a comeback. The person I want to see him in the ring with is the one we\u2019re going to fight. That\u2019s why I can\u2019t say yet. I\u2019m campaigning for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day he has to make the decision on who he wants to fight, but I know it has to be the right opponent, especially for his fans so they can really say I support him. It has to be a fight where they can be like \u2018yeah!’\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis remains one of the biggest names in the sport, and if he was to return, he is at the top of the hit list for one reigning world champion.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A big update has been given on the fighting future of Gervonta Davis. Davis hasn\u2019t fought since 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-442032","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\/442032","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=442032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442032\/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=442032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}