Boxer Gervonta Davis is at a stage in his professional life where he is looking to combine his two greatest passions, his family and the sport he loves, however, this has brought him certain complications that have him at an impasse and thinking about retirement, although before that he will return to the ring for a highly anticipated fight against Lamont Roach on March 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Gervonta Davis and the ‘Best Knockout’ of 2024
And as he prepares for that commitment, the Baltimore native might well feel fortunate, as just one foray into the ring in 2024 was enough for him to be considered by the World Boxing Association for having delivered the ‘Best Knockout’ of the year in his fight against Frank Martin at the Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas on June 15.
It was in the eighth round of the fight when, after a powerful combination, ‘Tank’ attacked Martin’s jaw with a left hook and sent him to the canvas to lose his unbeaten record in front of the astonished gaze of the crowd in the ‘City of Sin’
Fans call for Gervonta Davis to fight, but he wants to retire
The countdown to Tank’s next fight is on, however, there have been many doubts that have plagued the boxer for months about whether to continue in the sport that has given him everything, or retire to live a family life and without shocks, now that he has two daughters
On the subject, promoter Leonard Ellerbe has come forward, not to deny ‘Tank’, but to clarify and with this to bring the fight against Roach to a successful conclusion, silencing all the hornet’s nest that continues to opine whether the fighter should or should not ‘hang up his gloves’ and on the feint he made recently on Instagram to ‘cancel’ the fight: “I can understand what’s going on. Things are different when you have kids, it changed your life completely. He sees things differently than he did six or seven years ago. If that’s what he said (that he’s retiring) and we all heard it”.
Gervonta Davis has one of the best punches in the world today and is undefeated with 30 victories, 28 by knockout at just 30 years of age, so an eventual retirement is considered by most to be more than premature.
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