Mike Tyson has heard the comparisons between himself and Gervonta Davis, and he’s okay with them.
‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ hung up the gloves in 2005 after 58 skilled contests. He gained 50, with all however six coming by means of knockout. It’s this document which means most fighters at the moment would like to be talked about in the identical breath as him.
One man who’s being in comparison with Tyson is Gervonta Davis – the 28-year-old southpaw from Baltimore. His undefeated document matches his age, and he boasts 26 stoppages with simply two coming by resolution.
Very like ‘Iron Mike’, Davis presents a smaller determine than most of his opponents – making his skill to slide punches and throw his personal knockout blows all of the extra spectacular.
Promoter Eddie Hearn not too long ago in contrast ‘Tank’ to Tyson, claiming that he was a ‘dangerous motherf***er’ similar to the heavyweight legend.
Though Davis didn’t take kindly to how the total praise was worded, TMZ not too long ago caught up with Tyson to ask what he considered the similarities.
“I believe Tank’s a fantastic fighter. He’ll be [a legend] too if he retains preventing.”
Solely time will inform if ‘Tank’ can grace the historical past books like Tyson has.
An excellent begin could be to face Ryan Garcia subsequent – and till not too long ago it regarded very possible that that will certainly be the case. The pair have verbally agreed to place their undefeated information on the road at a catchweight of 136lb in Las Vegas on April 15.
While it was all optimistic for a second or two, Garcia’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya has began to set contract deadlines.
With two promoters and broadcasters already a precarious sufficient relationship to construct an occasion on, followers will hope that the forwards and backwards doesn’t trigger any talks to break down.