The newest American boxing world champion is 22-year-old Gervonta “Tank” Davis from Baltimore, Maryland, who claimed the IBF super featherweight title with an impressive seventh round KO over reigning beltholder Jose Pedraza on Saturday night in Brooklyn.
“Going into this fight, so many people had me as an underdog and said I didn’t have a chance to win,” commented Davis. “They said I didn’t have enough fights, I wouldn’t make weight and wasn’t focused enough, but I showed them that they were wrong. In this training camp, my coach and my team sat me down. They told me I was all over the place and that’s not me. They explained what I was going into and told me everyone makes mistakes, but this is your chance to make things right. I was reminded of all the stuff we have been through and we came up with a plan to win. We had short goals and long goals to make sure I was on point during the camp.
