It may not be long before one of American boxing’s best-known fighters, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, makes his return to the ring.
Through his pay-per-view headline appearances from 2020 to 2025, fighting the likes of Leo Santa Cruz in his box office debut to breaking the 1 million sales barrier with Ryan Garcia, and then joining Prime Video alongside Premier Boxing Champions after Showtime Sports dissolved, ‘Tank’ generated almost 3 million combined sales and approximately $220 million. By the time of his draw with Lamont Roach Jr. in 2025, he was continuing his claim as one of the sport’s faces.
But since Roach added the blemish on Tank’s record, Roach, Davis has faced and arrest in 2026 on battery, false imprisonment, and attempted kidnapping charges tied to an alleged incident from October the prior year, a related civil lawsuit alleging assault, and a probation-violation warrant from a prior hit-and-run case, according to ESPN and other reports.
His apparent issues away from the ring compromised his status inside of it, surrendering momentum as a face to his rivals, who are seemingly more scandal-free, like Shakur Stevenson, among others.
But this summer he could make his comeback.
That is, according to 23-year-old lightweight fighter Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield.
“We may be fighting Tank in July/August.”
— Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield on Gervonta Davis fight
“God is so good,” Schofield finished.
The boxer, who Golden Boy Promotions represents, has a formidable record of 19-0 (13 KOs) and scored the most notable win of his career last summer — a first-round knockout of Tevin Farmer.
There should be few obstacles in booking the fight, even though Tank is with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions.
This is because PBC and Golden Boy seemingly have a prosperous relationship of late, coming together to make Mario Barrios vs Ryan Garcia, and also Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez against David Benavidez.