Gervonta Davis has identified the one opponent he would like to face the most.
The 30-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland ranks as one of the best current fighters on the planet, where he reigns as the WBA lightweight champion. ‘Tank’ remains unbeaten through 30 professional outings, knocking out 28 of the opponents he has fought during his career.
In a shock admission made by Davis recently, the 30-year-old was asked on a podcast to name his ‘dream fight’, revealing Floyd Mayweather Jr as the one man he would want to face most.
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“Me vs. Floyd [Mayweather].”
Mayweather has not fought since making his retirement from professional boxing shortly after defeating MMA legend Conor McGregor in August 2017. The 47-year-old from Grand Rapids, Michigan has a history of working with ‘Tank’ during the early stages of the lightweight star’s career, before the pair went their separate ways in 2022.
Despite making the shock call-out to ‘Money’, Davis has also admitted in an interview with Boxing News that a showdown against his former promoter would still be the toughest test of anyone he could potentially fight.
“Probably Mayweather [would be the toughest]”.
Although he has not appeared in a professional capacity in just under 9-years, Mayweather has had a number of exhibition contests where he has come up against the likes of Tenshin Nasukawa, Logan Paul and Aaron Chalmers.
The 47-year-old has left the door open for a return to the sport over the last few years, although any concrete news of this has never come to fruition. ‘Tank’ Davis returns to the ring on March 1 when he faces Lamont Roach Jr in a defence of his WBA crown in New York City.
The 30-year-old revealed at the end of last year that he could make a shock exit from the sport within the next 12-months, claiming he has ‘grown tired’ of boxing.
