WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis began training for his title defense in 56 days against Lamont Roach on March 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) is working hard on his conditioning, knowing that Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) will not be easy to knock out. He will most likely have to go into the later rounds against Roach, 29, before he can get the break.
Weight is not a problem
Gervonta already looks in good shape, at a light weight, and almost at fighting weight. When you compare his looks to fighters like Keyshawn Davis, it’s like night and day.
Keyshawn looks like a big welterweight during his camps, but has somehow shrunk down to 135. Tank is naturally light and not a bully trying to game the system. Tank’s longtime coach Calvin Ford was nowhere to be found, leading some to wonder if he had parted ways.
“I can understand where he’s coming from. Things are different when you have children. It changed your life. It completely changes your life,” said Leonard Ellerbe Laboratory with Plazatalking about Gervonta Davis’ decision to retire after three more fights.
“He looks at things differently than he did six or seven years ago.” If he said so (he is retiring) we all heard him. No, not at all. What you do is never good enough, and sometimes it can be frustrating.
“There is more to life than what you do.” You have respect for the fans who pay money to see you fight, but you have a life outside of boxing. They want you to keep doing this, and they really don’t care about your health afterwards.
Tank Davis may see many fighters following him, such as Andy Cruz, Edwin De Los Santos and Keyshawn Davis. He may not be confident that he can beat all or any of them. If he thinks he can win, he knows it’s going to be a tough fight for him and he might not want to try.
“Boxing is a brutal sport. You see a lot of fighters from before; they have been used in many different ways. They’ve been through a lot of health issues, a lot of permanent things. I understand the philosophy that you enter a sport and make your mark, and then you leave it. “Everybody’s opinion is different and everybody has different goals in life,” Ellerbe said.
It will be interesting to see if Tank’s retirement is permanent or if he returns after six to twelve months when he gets bored or is offered a lot of money for a certain fight. Gervonta is so popular that it’s hard not to see someone offer him a huge sum of money for a big fight, and he agrees to take it.
