{"id":614312,"date":"2026-05-31T21:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/614312\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:58:07","slug":"gervonta-davis-offered-fast-track-to-another-world-title-under-one-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/614312\/","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis offered fast track to another world title under one condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gervonta Davis<\/a> has been presented with a fresh opportunity to win a world title.<\/p>\n

Davis hasn\u2019t fought since his controversial draw against Lamont Roach back in March 2025<\/a>, with legal issues outside of the ring keeping \u2018Tank\u2019 out of action for an extended period.<\/p>\n

He has been stripped of his WBA lightweight title and named champion in recess, but reports in recent weeks suggest that the 31-year-old will compete again at some stage this year, though a probation violation<\/a> reported last week may change that.<\/p>\n

If he does return in 2026, he has been ordered to face the WBA\u2019s number one contender Floyd Schofield, but now another world champion has revealed he would be willing to face \u2018Tank.\u2019<\/p>\n

The fighter in question is O\u2019Shaquie Foster, who retained his WBC super featherweight title with a majority decision win over Ray Ford on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Speaking in his post-fight press conference<\/a>, Foster shared his thoughts on a possible match-up with Davis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love that fight. I would take that fight in a heartbeat for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Tank\u2019 hasn\u2019t fought at super featherweight since his knockout win over Leo Santa Cruz in October 2020. Though he said in the past that he would be confident of dropping back down to his more natural 130lbs, the years since may have made that a much harder task<\/a>. If he could make it once more, the 31-year-old could fast-track himself to a WBC belt.<\/p>\n

Along with the call-out to Davis, Foster also discussed some other possible options.<\/p>\n

\u201cShakur, Lamont, whoever. Hitchins already ran away so I can\u2019t get him. Whoever they send at me, whoever they put in front of me I\u2019m going to keep knocking them down until they say I\u2019m number one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The super featherweight champ had a fiery face-off with Shakur Stevenson after the win over Ford<\/a>, perhaps making that a more realistic next bout than a clash against Davis, who himself has also been linked to a bout against Stevenson on numerous occasions over the years.<\/p>\n

Foster does seem intent on moving up, so could well meet Davis in the lightweight ranks down the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis has been presented with a fresh opportunity to win a world title. Davis hasn\u2019t fought since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-614312","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\/614312","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=614312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}