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Gervonta Davis is a professional boxer from the United States. Additionally, Gervonta Davis has won the super featherweight championship twice and has held several championships in other weight classes such as the WBA Lightweight (Regular) and WBA Superweight (Regular) titles.
Early age and education
Gervonta Boddah Davis better known as Gervonta Davis was born on November 7, 1994, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. From now on, he is 27 years old and citizen of the United States. Furthermore, he has the zodiac sign of Scorpio and belongs to a mixed ethnicity.
Furthermore, he is the son of Garrin Davis (father) and Kenya Brown (mother). He has a brother named Demetris Fenwick. When he was five years old, he began his boxing training at Upton Boxing Center. Calvin Ford trained him for that.
Talking about Gervonta’s academic career, he studied at Harbor High School, a local magnet school, but dropped out to focus on his career. Gervonta later completed a GED program to obtain his high school education.
Career
Talking about his professional career, Gervonta Davis made his professional debut against Desi Williams on February 22, 2013, at the age of 18. Gervonta won the fight by knockout in the first round. Additionally, he became the first person to stop Puerto Rican Israel Suárez on February 20, 2015, at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by knocking him out in the first round.
He defeated Alberto Mora of Mexico in a TKO 1 minute 14 seconds into the fight on May 22, 2015 at The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Additionally, Gervonta defeated Recky Dulay (8-1, 5 KOs) of the Philippines in just 94 seconds on September 12, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Showtime as part of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Andre Berto.
WBA Super Featherweight Champion (Super)
On April 1, 2016 he knocked out Guillermo Ávila in the sixth round at the DC Armory on Spike TV. On November 15, 2016, ESPN announced that he would fight undefeated José Pedraza for the IBF junior lightweight title. He won the IBF junior lightweight title by knocking out Pedraza in the seventh round. On May 7, 2017 he announced that he would defend his championship in London, England, against Liam Walsh. Liam is ranked number one by the IGF. To retain his IBF title, he stopped Walsh in the third round.
On August 10, Ringtv announced that Gervonta would face undefeated prospect Francisco Fonseca, who at the time was ranked No. 7 in the IBF, in a fight which he won via eighth-round knockout. Furthermore, he won for the tenth time in a row, knocking out his opponent. On February 21 he would likely face Jesús Cuellar, former featherweight champion. He knocked out Cuellar in the third round in front of 13,964 people. He announced in November 2018 that he would defend his WBA championship in February 2019 in Southern California against former three-weight world champion Abner Mares.
On December 14, it was revealed that the fight would air on Showtime on February 9, 2019 at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Pechanga and Gervonta never fought on the agreed upon date; Instead, he faced Hugo Ruiz, whom he knocked out in the first round after breaking the challenger’s nose. On July 27, 2019, he fought Ricardo Núñez to retain his WBA super featherweight championship.
WBA Lightweight Champion (Regular)
Subtitle: Confrontation between Gervonta Davis and Isaac Cruz (Source: Sporting News)
On December 28, 2019, he moved up to the lightweight class for the first time, defeating former unified featherweight world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa via twelfth round TKO to win the vacant WBA Lightweight (Regular) championship. . At that time, Yuriorkis became No. 2 in the WBA lightweight division. He made his PPV debut on Showtime on October 31, 2020, when he defended his lightweight title at The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, against four-division world champion Léo Santa Cruz.
Additionally, he hit Santa Cruz with a strong left hook in the sixth round, and the Mexican fell to the canvas immediately. The fight was stopped by the referee and he retained his lightweight belt and at the same time won the WBA super featherweight (super) title from Santa Cruz.
WBA Super Lightweight Champion (Regular)
For the first time in his career, he moved up to the super lightweight class to face undefeated WBA (Regular) champion Mario Barrios on June 26, 2021, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, in his second contest as an event. major. from a Showtime PPV. He won a competitive fight that night, knocking down his opponent twice in the eighth round and again in the eleventh round en route to an eleventh round TKO victory.
Awards and Net Worth 2023
This boxer has broken several records in his career. He has a professional record of 26-0 and is undefeated. Furthermore, he won the National Golden Gloves Championship in 2012. And he also won three National Silver Gloves Championships in a row from 2006 to 2008. Furthermore, he has two gold medals from the National Youth Olympic Games. And two National Police Athletic League Championships and two World Ringside Championships to his name.
Caption: Gervonta Davis posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
As a professional boxer, Gervonta Davis has earned a good sum of money in his profession. Gervonta has an estimated net worth of $4 million. Despite that, he has not yet publicly revealed his salary or income.
civil status
He is not married and appears single. He was in a relationship with Ari Fletcher. In the past, he links up with Dretta Starr. The couple has a daughter named Giovanni Davis.
Controversy
He was nearly arrested in 2017 after being charged with first-degree aggravated assault. The reported event occurred on August 1 of the same year. He is scheduled to appear in court on October 19. The charge was later changed to second-degree assault by misconduct. Which carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison or a fine of $2,500, or both. It all started with a confrontation with Gervonta’s childhood friend Anthony Wheeler, who claimed that Gervonta hit him and gave him a concussion. The event occurred at the Upton Boxing Center in West Baltimore. Anthony, on the other hand, dropped the charges and the two remained friends.
Gervonta Davis – Body Measurements 2022
Caption: Gervonta Davis body measurement (Source: Twitter)
This boxer is about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 59 kg. Furthermore, Gervonta has black hair with black eyes and there is no other information about the other body measurements of him.
Gervonta Davis – Social Networks 2022
On his Facebook page he has more than 506,000 followers. Likewise, he has more than 3.3 million followers on Instagram and more than 402.9k followers on Twitter.
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