A few weeks ago, Gervonta Davis shocked the boxing world by announcing his retirement from the sport next year. At just 30 years old, fans expected Tank to rule over the lightweight division for a few more years. However, the WBA lightweight champion had different ideas. After all, boxing is not an easy sport.

The constant wear and tear, the punishment that your body has to go through, the mental pressure, it all adds up. While the boxing world sort of condemned Tank’s decision to leave the sport at his prime, former IBF Flyweight champion Sunny Edwards understands the WBA champion’s decision. The Surrey native himself announced his retirement from the sport after a hellish fight against Galal Yafai on November 30 and knows how it feels to fall out of love with the sport.

Sunny Edwards’ heartbreaking confession

A few days ago, FightHype TV asked Edwards on his way to Riyadh about Gervonta Davis and his retirement announcement. With a dry smile on his face, ‘Showtime’ responded, “I can relate.” He added, “Maybe you saw some of the stuff I said. But you know what? Seriously, boxing is hard man,” reflecting on his own retirement announcement last month.

At just 28 years old and 23 fights, Edwards announced his retirement, following a defeat against Yafai. In the post-match interview, he revealed how he is going through multiple injuries and his “body’s falling apart.” That is why he can relate to Gervonta Davis and claimed, “We’re probably becoming more self-aware in this generation more than everything else about what this world is like and what we’re doing it all for.”

However, the Surrey native knows that it’s not an easy decision. However, at the end of the day, it is just a sport and a person should know when to give up. “Boxing is your vehicle and just by nature of the Beast, it can never be forever. You’re always on a clock against yourself and when you think you’ve done enough. When you think that, who can tell you otherwise?” pondered the fallen champion who had earlier been beaten by Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, too, before his loss to Yafai.

The former IBF Flyweight champion further explained, “Boxing is probably one of the hardest places in the world to be in.” He talked about how a 36-minute match might be the toughest thing a person can do because “the moment you cannot defend yourself no more, you are very vulnerable. And yeah, if that is the case then that’s the case. If he(Davis) wants to break and come back, then that’s the case,” because in the end, every boxer is still a human being.

Sunny Edwards further talked about how his retirement has made his family far more joyful and in the end that is the only thing that matters. While Edwards is still lukewarm about boxing, Gervonta Davis does not feel the same and considers it all worthless.

Gervonta Davis’ furious acceptance

During the official press conference for his upcoming fight against Lamont Roach, Tank was in a foul mood. He declared, “After next year, I’m out of it. Yeah, out of this sport,” announcing his retirement.

While the 30-0 boxer has achieved so much, he still does not see this sport in a good light. He insisted that the sport is “trash” and he is “Fed up. I’m fed up with the whole s**t. I just want to be able to make money and stay out the way, that’s it. I want to be living without being seen.”

In an interview with Boxing Live, Gervonata Davis revealed that the sport has left a lasting effect on his mental health. He has to step away for the sake of his family and his two daughters. “I want to do therapy, right? But I feel as though, if I do therapy, it would lose the fire that I have inside of me. I want everything out of me where so I don’t never think about fighting again. I don’t think about even getting angry. Because I have two girls, two daughters. I want to be much softer, be more humble, and things like that,” confessed Gervonta Davis.

While fans would like Gervonta Davis to fight for a few more years, in the light of these confessions, it looks like the right decision. After all, as Sunny Edwards said, at the end of the day, it is just a sport.

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