WBA ‘common’ light-weight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis is lastly desirous about dealing with Vasily Lomachneko following his Tank’s eighth-round KO win over Frank Martin final Saturday evening on the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas.
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Lomachenko: A Potential Showdown
The 29-year-old Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) is on board with a possible unification battle in opposition to the 36-year-old IBF light-weight Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) for November. Nevertheless, Tank additionally talked about that he would battle a rematch with Ryan Garcia or face WBC 135-lb champion Shakur Stevenson.
“For positive, yeah, for positive. I’m prepared to battle all of them. My prediction [for Lomachenko]? A** whooping time,” mentioned Tank Davis to the media after his win final evening in opposition to Martin.
Tank was getting outboxed by means of seven rounds by the robotic, over-muscled Frank Martin (18-1, 12 KOs) final evening, and if a lesser fighter like he can do it, Lomachenko will take the Baltimore native to high school.
Ryan Garcia: A Rematch within the Playing cards?
If Tank’s administration at PBC chooses his subsequent opponent for him, he’ll probably go within the path of a profitable rematch with Ryan Garcia, as that’s a much bigger cash battle and a extra winnable one than preventing Lomachenko, who probably field his head off and win a choice.
“Ryan? He’s loopy. He was speaking a couple of rematch. He mentioned I used to be the most effective at 135 and 140, too. He says he desires to battle me once more. I’ll kick his a** once more,” mentioned Tank.
Tank didn’t say he desires the rematch with Ryan Garcia at 140, a weight that Kingry can’t make, as we noticed in his final battle in opposition to Devin Haney.
Ryan is now a 147-pounder, and it will kill him to empty right down to 140 for a rematch with Tank Davis, particularly if the Baltimore native features a fight-date rehydration clause as a part of the settlement like he did final time he fought Kingry in April 2023. Ryan was insane to conform to a catchweight + rehydration clause for Tank final yr.
Tank’s administration will know that and certain go towards the simple cash in opposition to Ryan, supplied he’s not suspended for the rest of 2024 as a result of his current PED scandal.
An Undisputed Champion within the Making?
With Tank now open to preventing light-weight champions Shakur Stevenson and Lomachenko, he might doubtlessly change into the undisputed champ at 135 if he faces these two fighters after which battles the WBO champ Denis Berinchyk.
That might be very formidable of Tank Davis and alien to his play-it-safe manner of fastidiously deciding on his opponents.
