Gervonta Davis
Gervonta Davis 
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| Birth Name | Gervonta Davis |
| Weight class | Super featherweight |
| nationality |
 US-american
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| birthday | November 7, 1994 |
| place of birth | Baltimore |
| style | Southpaw |
| size | 1.66 m |
| Range | 1.75 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 23 |
| Victories | 23 |
| Knockout victories | 22nd |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
Gervonta Davis (born November 7, 1994 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is an American professional boxer , former world champion of the IBF and WBA in super featherweight , and current world champion of the WBA lightweight.
He is signed to Mayweather Promotions, managed by Al Haymon and trained by Calvin Ford .
Amateur career
Davis learned boxing when he was a child at Upton Boxing Gym in Baltimore and began competing at the age of 14. He won a few tournaments and the 2012 National Golden Gloves in bantamweight. in total he won 206 of 221 fights.
Professional career
He made his professional debut on February 22, 2013 with a knockout victory in the first round against Desi Williams. Before his first chance at the World Cup, he won 16 development fights in the USA, 15 of them prematurely and 11 within just two rounds.
On January 14, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, he won the IBF super featherweight world title by an early win in the seventh round against the undefeated José Pedraza of Puerto Rico. He won his first title defense early in May 2017 in the third round against the also undefeated Briton Liam Walsh. The fight took place in the Olympic Park, London . In his next fight on August 26, 2017 in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas , he defeated the equally undefeated Francisco Fonseca from Costa Rica by knockout in the eighth round. However, the IBF title had been revoked from Davis before the fight because he had exceeded the weight limit.
On April 21, 2018, he beat Jesús Cuellar in the Barclays Center during the fight for the WBA super featherweight title by TKO in the third round. He then defended the title prematurely against Hugo Ruiz and Ricardo Nunez.
His next fight was on December 28, 2019 for the WBA lightweight world title against the Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa and won by TKO in the twelfth round.
Web links
- Gervonta Davis in the BoxRec database
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| SURNAME | Davis, Gervonta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | tank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American super featherweight boxer southpaw |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland |