Showtime Boxing host Brian Custer sat down with world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis on his The Last Stand podcast two days before Davis faces unbeaten world champion Héctor Luis García for Davis’ WBA lightweight title tonight headlining a Showtime PPV from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
On what he wants people to know about him:
“I’m human. I’m much more of a person than just a boxer. I’m not someone who’s mean or stuck-up 24/7. That’s just me in the ring or making weight. I’m a humble guy. I don’t boast about myself.”
On Ryan Garcia predicting he’ll stop Davis in two rounds:
“Two rounds? That’s crazy. Rolly said the same thing. [Ryan] made a bet with Errol Spence, and he lost that bet. Tell him that again, for sure.”
On Devin Haney’s authenticity as an undisputed champion:
“They gave Devin a belt. He didn’t fight for his belt. When he became undisputed, he waited for Kambosos to win the belts. When Teofimo had the belts (he didn’t fight him). But he has all those belts and people still don’t know him. He knows who the real champ is.”
On facing a difficult opponent in Héctor Luis García before he takes on Ryan Garcia:
“I feel as though it will keep me active so I’m not just sitting around. I feel as though I have a tough fight with Ryan so why not stay active and actually work on mistakes and things like that so I can be sharp for the Ryan fight.”
HL Garcia is a very good fighter. Good power (at 130 at least), believes he can win.. Tank should stop him by 5th or 6th because Garcia is not scared. He will not be reckless but he’s here to fight and that will give Tank counter punching opportunities. Tank will look outstanding going into R Garcia fight and HL Garcia can go back to 130… doesn’t lose anything taking an L against a larger, elite opponent
The last answer makes a lot of sense to me.
Haney’s the lightweight champion, but outside of that, I have no problem with anything Tank says here. He fights a reigning world champion as a tune up, essentially, and Ryan Garcia sits on his couch. Good idea by Tank.
Because Ryan Garcia has no intentions of fighting Tank. Watch and see if this fight will not happen. Ryan was supposed to fight in January and backed out.
Fake news. The fight is already signed and Ryan Garcia didnt take the tune up to focus on the already signed Tank fight but obviously youre clueless, stay that way
Who has the belts, is the champ. When Kambosos won the belts, he was that cham, despite claims that there were others vastly superior fighters much better than him, and now the same applies to Haney, who has the real belts not a bogus version like the one Gervonta is about to defend. What can’t be denied though is that Gervonta is more entertaining and popular than Haney by a wide margin and that is better than a bunch of belts
Na man, the belts are private organizations, and they dont always decide who the lineal champ is. While youre focused on some companies belt and their champion, i dont remember Tank who was champion at the division long before Haney ever losing his title to anyone. Tank is the true champion at the division and until someone beats him, those belts are worthless
This kid is turning into another Ryan Garcia…’for sure’.
Why did he not fight Loma, Teo, Kambosos, or any top or elite fighters to date?
If Haney “knows who the real champ is”, why don’t Haney tweet or email Tank his intention to just ‘hand over the belts, huh?
Why waste the time to fight and dook it out?
And then why he’s at it, tweet or email Shakur and tell him he might as well just retire, because “HE’ knows who the best is.
Because Al Hayman, PBC and Floyd Mayweather is going to allow that sheet, just like they will allow Spence to get it on with Crawford, regardless of the money.
Tank has morphed into just another PBC tweeter and fake fighter who talks, deletes and then repeats.
Yes, Hank needs to fight the best.. starting with Ryan Garcia. Haney is the champ but he’s hittable and 135 I think Tank knocks him out.
Yes, Haney does know and so does everyone else. Haney is the one and only champion. Tank’s belt is a phony trinket invented by the alphabet bandits to collect sanctioning fees. Duh!
Anybody that fights Tank has to have a punchers chance. But I guess they allure is that Haney or Shakur could outbox him. Tank doesn’t need TopRank fighters to make $ in 2023 and 2024.
So are you implying he will duck them?
lol, but Tank is fighting a guy he is 14 to 1 to bet. Looks like a play from Mayweather’s book.
Everyone is an underdog against Floyd when he was established. You forget Floyd was an underdog to get stopped by Chico Corrales and ended up stopping in after a dominating performance. You’re criticizing Tank, meanwhile, Ryan Garcia pulled out of his fight and is sitting at home. I doubt Ryan will fight Tank in April.
Tanks say all of this and yet he’s talking like this only because he knows he has a potential fight with a lesser guy in Ryan Garcia and Haney may move up soon. If Ryan Garcia back out like I expect him to then take on Haney for undisputed. That solves all of the B.S. talk.
It’s funny that both Ryan G. says that nobody knows Gervonta, while Gervonta says that nobody knows Devin. They know Boxing is a global sport but speak for specific audiences playing the game of ignorance. That only lasts for so long. If you have strong ticket sales in tens of thousands on a regular basis, take fights anywhere in the world, and own the recognized major belts (despite those politics) over a long period of time than people know who you are. They may not be the people “you want” to know who owns the belts as you hold a secondary version but among the huge global audience people know Devin Haney. Will revisit this later if he fights and beats Loma, etc. At the moment I don’t care if Devin only gets 7,500 or 6,000 or 10,000. Or 25,000 or 40,000 in Australia. Enough “fans” of boxing understand he is the current champion. Until “Tank” or “Kingry” acknowledge that they are just big names doing big #’s against decent fighters. But they aren’t champions.
also related to last post, other champs in the lightest weight classes usually don’t play these kids games of claims of who does and doesn’t know you. Often their ticket sales/purses are smaller but they know who the champs are. Tank and Ryan can play the “my popularity is bigger than yours..” game.
This is prizefighting and Devin secures the titles and large enough purses. He isn’t getting so caught up in their game. I am not claiming who is the best in the lonstanding Loma/Ry/Tank/Teo/Devin discussion. But I know who handles his business, hasn’t lost, and is champion. The email situation sucks but he made up for it with solid opponents and W’s.
Neither one of y’all. Both of you guys are fighting chumps.
You need to fight Haney