Gervonta Davis

Gervonta B. Davis is a professional boxer, who held multiple world championship titles in three weight classes: Super featherweight, Lightweight, Light welterweight. As of October 2021, Davis was ranked as the 4th best super lightweight by ESPN. Until now, he also holds no record of loss yet.

Early Life

Davis was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. At the young age of 5, he has been in training at the Upton Boxing Center under the coachmanship of Calvin Ford. As an amateur boxer, his career was very successful because he participated in many national championships. Apart from winning the Golden Gloves gold medal in 2012, he was also successful in clinching the National Silver Gloves Championship titles from 2006 to 2008. He also became the country’s representative during the National Junior Olympics and won gold medals for 2 straight years.

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Height / weight	1.66 m /
Born	7 Nov 1994
Nationality	United Kingdom
Playing Style	Southpaw
Nickname	Tank

Professional Boxing Career

Davis debuted as a professional boxer in February 2013, when he faced Desi Williams, who was at that time, had no wins yet. Unfortunately for Williams, he wasn’t able to take any wins, as he was knocked out on the first round by Davis. By August 2014, Davis has already recorded 8 wins since his debut without losses yet.

One of the fights that made him popular was when he challenged Jose Pedraza for the IBF Super featherweight title. Both players were undercards for James Degale and Badou Jack’s fight at the Barclays Center. At that time, Davis was lucky enough to be trained by Floyd Mayweather Jr., and he maintained his composure throughout the match. Because of the confidence, his trainer gave him, he was able to knock out Pedraza in the 7th round.

His next title was the WBA (Super) Super featherweight title, where he had to face Jesus Cuellar, the former titleholder. In the 3rd round, he was able to knock out his opponent when he landed 2 left hook punches to Cuellar’s body.

Controversies

His life as a boxer wasn’t at all picture-perfect, as he was involved in a series of controversies, such as being accused of first-degree aggravated assault by his childhood friend, Anthony Wheeler, in September 2017. In February 2020, he was also arrested for domestic violence as complained about by his girlfriend. He was seen grabbing his girlfriend’s shirt with his right hand and taking her to a separate room.