Gervonta Davis Wants to Be Known for More Than His Knockouts
According to a report from the Broward County sheriff’s office, Davis struck a woman on the right side of her head with a “closed hand type slap.” The woman, who is the mother of Davis’s daughter, later posted on Instagram that there had been a heated argument but that no one was hurt. She filed an affidavit on Jan. 24 to have the charges dismissed.
The incident occurred 11 days before Davis’s most recent bout, against Héctor Luis García.
“I need to just make better decisions in the future,” Davis said in a recent interview. He added: “I want to build my team stronger and build that wall in front of me so pretty much nothing can get in between me and my goals and my future.”
Boxing has long been dominated by oversize personalities like Floyd Mayweather, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Oscar De La Hoya, who understood that selling a fight with trash talk and drama was almost as essential as winning it.
Davis is not quite there yet.
“Those were all guys without exception with huge personalities that lit up a room,” Espinoza said, “that can sit down, and they could hold court for hours with reporters.”
He continued, “And that’s not to say that Tank doesn’t light up a room, but one of the intriguing things and paradoxical things about Tank is, you know, he’s a little bit shy. And like so many things in Tank’s background, it doesn’t seem like the perfect blueprint for stardom.”
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/sports/gervonta-davis-boxing.html