Gervonta Davis has a target for his return, and it is not this year.
His coach, Kenny Ellis, told FightHype that Davis should be back 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.
Davis has fought once since June 2024. He beat Frank Martin that summer and then drew with Lamont Roach Jr in his only outing since, holding on to his WBA lightweight title and his unbeaten record.
The belt did not wait for him. The WBA named Davis champion in recess in June, saying pending legal proceedings could stop him from meeting his championship obligations. A civil suit filed against him in Miami-Dade County last October remains unresolved. Floyd Schofield and Lucas Bahdi now meet for the vacant title next month, and Davis is entitled to an immediate shot at the winner once he is cleared to fight.
Ellis expects him to stay at 135lbs rather than chase a rematch with Isaac Cruz a division up.
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.
If Davis stays where he is, the winner of Schofield and Bahdi is the clear route back to a belt he never lost in the ring.
