Gervonta Davis has fought just once since June 2024, but it seems as though the inactivity of ‘Tank’ could soon come to an end, as a timescale for his return has finally been unveiled.
Davis’ last win came against Frank Martin over 26 months ago, with the Baltimore knockout artist drawing to Lamont Roach Jr in his solitary outing since, retaining his WBA lightweight world title and undefeated record by the skin of his teeth.
Since then, legal issues have kept Davis away from the ring and have seen him demoted from WBA lightweight world champion to champion-in-recess, with Floyd Schofield and Lucas Bahdi now scheduled to compete for his old belt next month.
It remains to be seen whether Davis will utilise has position as champion-in-recess and return to the lightweight division against the victor of that vacant title bout in a bid to regain the 135lb throne, or if he will move up to the super-lightweight division in pursuit of a rematch with Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz.
However, Davis’ coach, Kenny Ellis, told FightHype of his expectations to see Davis remain at lightweight.
“If you go back and look at the fight where Tank went up to fight [Mario] Barrios at 140lbs, in the post-fight interview Tank said, ‘I am going back down, I don’t belong in this weight class,’
“He knows he was small, not that he is scared [of super-lightweight] but he knows that he is not big enough for the weight-class.”
Ellis also believes that Davis will return to action in early 2027.
“It looks like Tank will probably be back at the beginning of the [new] year. He has got to go through some things on his side, but right after that he will be back in the gym.”
Should he remain at lightweight, a showdown against the winner of Schofield-Bahdi looks to be the most obvious route back to the top. Meanwhile, a long-awaited clash with Vasyl Lomachenko could also become a possibility.
