Gervonta Davis is the hotspot in the lightweight division. Though he holds only one belt, everyone’s eyes are set on him only. The 27-year-old’s reputation is often questioned for taking an easy route as the champ has never faced a big name like Ryan Garcia or Devin Haney in his entire career.
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The 27-0 boxer recently engaged in a verbal feud with unified lightweight champion Devin Haney. The duo took shots at each other in open warfare of words.
Haney wrote on Twitter, “This clown says I wanna b like him. Everybody getting money shopping at the same stores buying the same cars doing all the same sh*t! Been the same cycle forever! Tell that insecure punk if he got a problem with a ni**a across town, having just as much as him to go jump off a bridge.”
this clown say I wanna b like him everybody getting money shopping at the same stores buying the same cars doing all the same sh*t! Been the same cycle forever! Tell that insecure punk if he got a problem with a ni**a across town having just as much as him to go jump off a bridge
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) September 1, 2022
Later, the social media personality Paul also joined the rally of berating the Southpaw Gun. He commented on Haney’s tweet trolling Davis for putting a lot of jewelry around him.
‘The Problem Child’ wrote, “he think he invented jewelry.”
he think he invented jewelry🤣
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) September 1, 2022
Before this, Baltimore’s pride reacted to Haney’s tweet.
‘The Dreamer’ has accused Davis of fighting with nobody. According to him, Davis holds a Micky Mouse Belt and has nothing special on his resume.
To which, Davis replied, “Why they paying me 5x more then you like I have all the belts? But bum a** ni**a and another thing stop trying to be me chump..the people starting to notice..”
Gervonta Davis responds to Devin Haney… pic.twitter.com/l9O0nv7MrA
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) September 1, 2022
Notably, both fighters are set to return to the ring in the coming for the second bout of the year.
Who are Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis’ opponents?
After thrashing the former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos in Australia earlier this year, Haney became the undisputed champion. A few months later, Kambosos and Haney agreed to a rematch. Now, both are again set to fight in Australia on October 16 per ESPN.
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On the other hand, after thrashing Rolly Romero, Davis is also coming for the second fight of the year. Amid talks for a fight with Ryan Garcia, Davis is rumored to fight in December.
The upcoming fight and the next opponent is the reason that Davis is on Haney’s target.
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