Gervonta Davis has been involved in several controversial moments throughout his profession, but being stripped of his title in 2017 was one in every of the most important.
It was announced earlier this week that Gervonta Davis will shockingly tackle Jake Paul in an enormous clash on November 14 from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
In his last outing, ‘Tank’ scored a controversial draw against Lamont Roach Jr, and it seemed as if the 2 would participate in a direct rematch before the large news dropped.
That marked the primary blemish in Davis’ impressive 31 fight profession, nonetheless, it’s a profession that has involved controversy throughout.
Davis was stripped of his title despite scoring huge KO win on Mayweather vs McGregor undercard
In 2017, ‘Tank’ Davis was booked to defend his title against Francisco Fonseca in what was the most important opportunity of his profession at that time, because it was the co-main event to Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor.
Fonseca was undefeated on the time and won the chance over former champion Roman Martinez. Nonetheless, the fight was dealt an enormous blow when Davis turned up an hour late to weigh-ins and weighed in 2lbs heavy for the featherweight bout.
Despite Fonseca having made the 130lb limit, Davis refused to weigh-in for a second time and was subsequently stripped of his IBF featherweight title.
Although Davis missed weight, the fight went ahead and only Fonseca was capable of win the vacant title. The fight was being billed as a simple fight for Davis, but it surely took him a couple of rounds to get into the groove of the fight.
It was in round eight when much more controversy struck after Davis landed an enormous left hook which dropped Fonseca to his knees.
The challenger couldn’t make it back to his feet and the result was later disputed after replays showed the punch landing on the back of his head.
Davis claimed Fonseca took advantage of being hurt by brutal body shot
Following the fight, Davis was booed by the group for the way in which by which his win got here about, but he attempted to supply a proof as to why Fonseca stayed down.
“I actually caught him with a body shot before that and he was hurt. So he took advantage of me hitting him to the back of the top and went down,” Davis told the Showtime broadcast.
‘Tank’ never went on to reclaim his IBF featherweight title and as a substitute continued to maneuver up the load divisions.