{"id":790292,"date":"2026-10-03T03:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/790292\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T03:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:28:13","slug":"gervonta-davis-in-negotiations-with-former-world-champion-for-comeback-fight-i-fear-nobody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/790292\/","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis in negotiations with former world champion for comeback fight: “I fear nobody”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gervonta Davis<\/a> is in talks for a comeback fight, this time against a former world champion who has shared the ring with Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney and Vasyl Lomachenko.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old has not fought since March 2025, when he was mightily fortunate to escape with a majority draw after Lamont Roach was denied a ninth-round knockdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a result, Davis retained his WBA lightweight title and was set to rematch Roach, only to instead arrange an exhibition match with Jake Paul.<\/p>\n

Neither opportunity transpired, however, as \u2018Tank\u2019 was charged with domestic violence and has remained out of the ring ever since.<\/p>\n

But while the future of his career remains somewhat uncertain, Davis is now being linked to a potential clash with George Kambosos Jr, who most notably dethroned Lopez with a split decision victory in 2021.<\/p>\n

In doing so, the Australian caused a major upset<\/a> and became the undisputed lightweight king \u2013 or was at least widely recognised as such \u2013 only to then suffer back-to-back points defeats against Haney.<\/p>\n

As for a possible clash with Davis, Kambosos has taken to social media<\/a> and responded to an account \u2013 which is linked to the American \u2013 confirming that the teams are \u2018talking\u2019 but questioned the need for a rehydration clause.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually the complete opposite \u2026 you guys be calling more than the IRS, the same ones that\u2019s been calling you to pay them taxes back.<\/p>\n

\u201cHabitual liar behind a fake account. Listen, mate, teams are talking, I fear none, just stop with the rehydration clauses [for f**k sake]. A fight\u2019s a fight!!! Dog fight, no problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 actually the complete opposite\u2026.you guys be calling more than the IRS, the same ones that\u2019s been calling you to pay them taxes back. Habitual liar behind a fake account \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Listen mate teams are talking, I fear none, just stop with the rehydration clauses ffs. A fights a\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/VN7c1lKUU0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 George “Ferocious” Kambosos Jr (@georgekambosos) October 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Kambosos has not fought since his eighth-round stoppage defeat to Richardson Hitchins in June 2025, which saw the 33-year-old enter his second outing at 140lbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis is in talks for a comeback fight, this time against a former world champion who has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-790292","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\/790292","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=790292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}