Gervonta Davis Payout: Per Fight Salary

The southpaw gun Gervonta Davis is the new flamboyant in professional boxing. However, Boxing stalwart Floyd Mayweather’s protege, ‘Tank’ Davis started his career at Upton Boxing Centre when he was just five years old.

Since then, the undefeated pugilist, Gervonta Davis, never turned his back and garnered many accolades in his journey, and now he’s one of the highest-paid pugilists of this generation. ‘Tank’ Davis had amassed $1 million per fight. Notably, He is a three-weight divisions world champion including the WBA lightweight, the WBA super lightweight, and the IBF super featherweight.

He garnered National Golden Gloves Championship in 2012 and stepped in the professional ring at the age of 18. Since then, this technician is undefeated with a record of 24 knockouts in 26 bouts. According to Forbes, his net worth is $4 million.

 Highest-paid bouts of Gervonta Davis

Gervonta Davis vs Isaac Cruz fight

For his previous fight against the world’s sixth-best lightweight, Isaac Cruz, ‘Tank’ pursed $1 million, excluding 50% of pay-per-view, according to Jed Goodman. In the high-profile bout, Isaac Cruz proved as the best opponent Davis has ever faced.

It was a tough and exhausting battle for both the fighters. Davis emerged as a superior boxer and succeeded in retaining his WBA lightweight belt. It was a close battle both fighters scored well but ‘Tank’ Davis’s punches were well crafted, which turned the decision in his favor via unanimous decision.

Gervonta Davis vs Santa Cruz fight

The epic fight against four-weight divisions champion, Santa Cruz, is one of the highest revenue-generating fights of ‘Tank’ Davis. It generated total revenue of $16,875,000 and got the guaranteed purse of $1 million.

‘Tank’ knocked out Cruz in the 6th round of the battle with the lethal uppercut, which seized Cruz in the ring. Despite getting knockout Cruz went toe-to-toe against the challenger and crafted some strong hooks and straight punches. However, In the initial rounds, Cruz and Davis were scoring the same number of punches.

Gervonta Davis vs Mario Barrios fight

‘Tank’ Davis outboxed WBA super lightweight, Mario Barrios in the title clash. The fight generated total revenue of $16,125,000. Davis knocked Barrios twice in the 8th round and finally thrashed him in the 11th round.

The fight was a tough slugfest by Davis in the initial rounds. But as the rounds finished, the fight went deeper. Davis dominated maximum rounds. It is expected that Davis got $1 million in his purse, according to Sports Payout.

Since the last few fights ‘Tank’ Davis is earning $1 million per fight excluding bonus and sponsorship. Therefore, the expected average salary of Gervonta Davis as of now is $1 million per fight.

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