WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis begins training for his 56-day title defense against Lamont Roach on March 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) has been working hard on his conditioning, knowing that Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) will be someone who won't be easy to knockout. He will likely need to go through the later rounds against Roach, 29, before he can score a stoppage.
Weight is not a problem
Gervonta already looks in good shape, at a low weight, almost fighting weight. When you compare his appearance to that of fighters like Keyshawn Davis, it's like night and day.
Keyshawn looks like a great welterweight during his camps but somehow cuts down to 135. Tank is a natural lightweight and not a weight bully trying to game the system. Tank's longtime coach, Calvin Ford, was nowhere to be seen, causing some to wonder if he had parted ways.
“I can understand where he's coming from. Things are different when you have kids. It changes your life. It completely changes your life,” Leonard Ellerbe said. Laboratory with blazHe talks about Gervonta Davis' decision to retire after three more fights.
“He looks at things differently than he did six or seven years ago. If that's what he said (he'd retire) and we all heard it. No, not at all. What you do is never good enough, and that can be frustrating sometimes.” .
“There's more to life than just something you do for a living. You respect the fans who pay their money to see you fight, but you have a life outside of boxing. They want you to keep doing it, and they don't really care about your health after that.”
Tank Davis could see several fighters preparing for his next bout, such as Andy Cruz, Edwin De Los Santos, and Keshawn Davis. He may not feel confident in his ability to overcome all or any of them. If he thinks he can win, he knows those will be tough fights for him, and he may not want to put in the effort.
“Boxing is a brutal sport. You see a lot of fighters before; they've been used in a lot of different ways. They've been through a lot of health issues, a lot of permanent things. I understand the philosophy that you get into this sport and make your mark and then leave it at that,” Ellerbe said. : “Everyone’s opinion is different, and everyone has different goals in life.”
It will be interesting to see if Tank's retirement is permanent or if he will return after six to twelve months when he gets bored or is offered a lot of money for a particular fight. Gervonta is so popular that it's hard not to see him being offered a huge sum of money by someone for a big fight, and accepting it.
