{"id":633495,"date":"2026-06-11T18:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/633495\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:03:08","slug":"former-world-champion-says-he-signed-for-gervonta-davis-rematch-but-they-chose-not-to-lets-make-that-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/633495\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world champion says he signed for Gervonta Davis rematch but “they chose not to”: “Let’s make that clear”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gervonta Davis<\/a> is set to return to action later this year, but one former opponent has now revealed that he had signed for a rematch with \u2018Tank\u2019, only for the three-division world champion to then have a change of heart.<\/p>\n

Davis has not won a fight in almost two years, with his most recent outing coming against former WBA super-featherweight world champion Lamont Roach Jnr<\/a> back in March 2025, where he retained both his WBA lightweight crown and undefeated record by the skin of his teeth \u2013 lucky to escape with a draw.<\/p>\n

External issues have since kept Davis away from the ring and that inactivity has caused the Baltimore knockout artist to be downgraded from WBA champion to \u2018champion-in-recess\u2019.<\/p>\n

In order to regain the full world title, Davis will need to overcome 21-year-old mandatory challenger Floyd \u2018Kid Austin\u2019 Schofield, with that fight having been ordered by the World Boxing Association.<\/p>\n

Speaking with FightHype<\/a>, recent foe Roach has now revealed that he signed for a rematch with Davis following their draw, blaming the 31-year-old for the lack of a second fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously that is the rematch that I want, they chose not to do the rematch, just so that everyone knows. We were ready, we signed our contract, we did our business to make the rematch happen \u2013 the other side didn\u2019t. So let\u2019s just make that clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOther than that, I am not too worried about it. I am not hanging my hat on a Gervonta Davis rematch, I did what I was supposed to do that night in the ring, I should have got the victory but it is what it is, life goes on, man, and I am going to move on to bigger and better things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roach will compete for the vacant WBC lightweight world title when he fights William Zepeda on Saturday, August 1<\/a>. Victory in that bout could tee up an intriguing unification and rematch with Davis, if the latter is able to overcome Schofield in the autumn.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis is set to return to action later this year, but one former opponent has now revealed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-633495","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\/633495","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=633495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}