Gervonta Davis seems set to return to the ring later this year, but an opponent still isn’t nailed down.
Davis has not won a fight since June 2024, drawing in his solitary outing of last year against Lamont Roach Jr and being inactive in the 14 months that have followed, due to serious legal matters outside the ring.
That inactivity caused the WBA to name Davis lightweight champion in recess, but it seemed that he would be vacating the belt entirely following reports that his return would be a super-lightweight rematch with Isaac Cruz.
However, ‘Tank’ has now been ordered by the WBA to fight number one contender Floyd Schofield, and, with the recent news that ‘Pitbull’ Cruz is looking elsewhere for his next fight, it appears he is willing to satisfy the sanctioning body to keep his championship status at 135lbs.
In an interview with FightHype, Schofield’s father and trainer, Floyd Schofield Snr, confirmed that negotiations have begun.
“Trust me, they are on that phone [to PBC] already. They was already in preliminaries before the [WBA] ruling came, they was negotiating.
“Tank didn’t say that he didn’t want this fight. Right now, they are in negotiations, I guess they are seeing if they can meet his demands, for how much he is going to possibly ask for, and we are going to go from there.
“We are waiting on the contract, that is all we waiting on.”
Davis’ comeback is expected to take place around September, with 23-year-old Schofield now seen as the frontrunner for the opposing corner, seeking to hand the Baltimore knockout artist a first career defeat.