Gervonta Davis’ return date remains unknown but he may have an opponent in mind for when he does after recently calling out Jesse Rodriguez, and now ‘Bam’s response has been shared.
Davis has not won a contest since June 2024, drawing against Lamont Roach Jr in his solitary outing since then back in March 2025, and being stripped of his WBA lightweight world title due to inactivity that has been brought on by external legal issues.
In October, Davis’ old belt will be up for grabs as Floyd Schofield and Lucas Bahdi compete for world honours after being on standby throughout the year, with the undefeated duo each poised to step through the ropes with over a year’s worth of ring rust to contend with.
Now that he is without a belt, it is unclear which weight ‘Tank’ will return at, with the three-division world champion having been linked to a super-lightweight rematch with Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz, but having also bizarrely called out reigning WBA bantamweight champion, ‘Bam’ Rodriguez.
In an interview with Sean Zittel, Rodriguez’s trainer Robert Garcia revealed that Rodriguez has agreed to the fight, which would presumably be at a maximum of 135lbs, 17lbs and four weight classes higher than where ‘Bam’ currently competes.
“Tank Davis sent him a private message challenging him and Bam was like, ‘yeah, let’s do it’. Bam is not afraid of nobody, Bam knows that he can compete against anybody.”
Still, despite accepting the proposal, it seems as though Naoya Inoue is Rodriguez’s target, with the pair looking likely to collide in an iconic battle in Japan in either February or March of 2027.
