Gervonta Davis says he’s open to a fight against Devin Haney, even if he loses his rematch with Ryan Garcia. Davis wants the former two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) to “redeem” himself first by performing well in his second fight with Ryan.
Haney will first take a tuneup against Jose Ramirez on May 2nd on the Ryan vs. Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero card in New York City. Tank might not be aware of the Ramirez fight that Haney has in front of him before he even gets to the rematch with Kingry.
If Haney loses both of those fights, would Tank Davis still be interested in fighting him? Maybe it wouldn’t matter if he’s competitive in losing those fights. Davis has run out of options at 135. Shakur Stevenson is taking nothing but easy fights against weak punchers since he was exposed by Edwin De Los Santos in 2023.
Stevenson is just looking for a payday against Tank Davis, and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, is ensuring he doesn’t lose by feeding him scrubs. Shakur is just a fake. So, you can’t blame Tank Davis for wanting nothing to do with that narcissistic hype job. He doesn’t deserve to meet with the King. As for Keyshawn Davis, he’s just a weight bully who shouldn’t even be fighting at 135. As big as he is, he should be at middleweight.
The Weight issue
Another problem that Tank is overlooking is Haney will be moving up to 147 and will be campaigning in that weight class. It would be asking a lot of him to return to 140 as a condition for fighting Tank. It might not be doable for Haney, but even if he does make the weight, he’s likely to rehydrate to the 160s.
So, Tank is still going to be outweighed by a whole bunch. Haney would never agree to a 10-lb rehydration clause as a condition to fight Tank as Ryan foolishly did. He couldn’t go 10 lbs above the contracted weight of 136, and he looked like a dead man walking on the night of the fight.
Tank’s Stance
“I would definitely be open to fighting Devin for sure, but he’s got to redeem himself. If he looks good in his next fight, or if the fight don’t go good, or even if he looks good against Ryan too and he don’t get the win, I feel it would still be a good fight to have,” said Gervonta Davis to Bubba Dub when asked if he’d be interested in fighting Devin Haney.
“Even the buildup since we were younger and coming into the game. It was back and forth. I think it would still be a good fight between me and Devin,” said Tank.
Haney will be happy to hear Tank Davis talk about wanting to fight him because he and his dad, Bill Haney, have wanted that match for a long time.
Last Updated on 02/20/2025
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