Gervonta Davis revealed that he will call his next opponent in the post-fight interview on March 1 following his WBA lightweight title defense against Lamont Roach at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Announcement after the match
Boxing fans already have a good idea who it will be because Gervonta (30-0, 28 KOs) revealed yesterday who his three-fight roster is for 2025, and the first name he mentioned was Ryan Garcia.
Tank’s fight with Ryan created 1.2 million PPV buys on April 22, 2023, grossing over $100 million. Both fighters earned cash-over-hand, with the Baltimore native bringing in a purse estimated between 50 million dollars to 60 million dollars.
Targeted Ryan
Tank says he is retiring at the end of 2025, so it makes sense that he would choose to fight Ryan Garcia first because it would be too risky to wait until the second or third fight next year. Ryan can be beaten by someone else. The purse that Gervonta can get in a fight against Ryan Garcia is huge.
Ryan’s purse was $30M, which is excellent for a contender. The recent success came down to Ryan’s immense popularity on social media and the hard work he put into selling the fight with interviews. The event sold out $84.99 on PPV, which is obviously a lot more than Turki Alalshikh’s events have been priced at.
Kingry did all the heavy lifting in promoting the fight, letting Tank ride his coattails and letting him handle the marketing of the fight. With Ryan’s 12 million Instagram followers, he often advertised his match with Tank, and it is believed that many of them bought the event on PPV.
Ryan hurt Tank with a short left hook in the second round, but he could have taken advantage of it because of the hold that he immediately did. If not for that, Garcia would have won.
Tank vs. Garcia Punch Stats
– Gervonta: 93 of 235 for 39.6%
– Garcia: 59 of 257 for 23%
Davis can’t make the same kind of money fighting the WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson because he does not have a large following nationally in the United States. His popularity is limited to fans who like his social media guffaws and his defensive fighting style where he plays the kids’ tag. You really have to like that style to watch to be interested enough to watch Shakur fight someone.
The explanation
Dan Canobio: Three names you want in 2025.”
Gervonta Davis: “I won’t say that. I’ve never called anybody out.”
Canobbio: “So, it’ll be your first time. So there’s more reason to tune in on March 1st.”
Gervonta: “Yes, but I just told you.”
Tank says he will call his next opponent on March 1st – something he has never done in his career 👀 pic.twitter.com/vHBSgBZBoq
— Dan Canobbio (@DanCanobbio) December 4, 2024
