Heavyweight Boxer Picked to Replace Tyson Fury Gets Torched by Gervonta Davis After 10-Round Snooze Fest

Gervonta Davis knows quite well how to put on an action-packed performance. Just look at his track record. From folding Ryan Garcia to humbling Rolando Romero, Davis is the poster child for an entertaining night of boxing. So, when Jared Anderson entered the ring against Ryad Merhy on Saturday at Corpus Christi, Texas, his performance didn’t live up to Davis’ standards. 

After the first bell rang and the men went into action, each round of the fight was met with boos from the audience because of a lack of action in the ring. Even though ‘The Real Big Baby’ Anderson managed to pull off a unanimous decision win after ten rounds, Davis seemingly was expecting more from the heir to Tyson Fury’s heavyweight iron throne. Something the lightweight boxer expressed on social media today.

Gervonta Davis gives Anderson a new nickname!

As Anderson and Merhy were struggling to entertain the public, a user on X probed Davis about what he was watching. In a now-deleted tweet, Davis wrote, “A weak a** heavyweight… I turn it off.” When another user queried whether it was Anderson’s fight, Davis responded by sharing Anderson’s new moniker, “Big S**tty.” A screenshot of the conversation was shared on X by talkSport editor Michael Benson.

It’s worth mentioning that two judges scored the fight 100-90 in favor of Anderson. Meanwhile, the third judge gave Merhy one round with a 99-91. Interestingly, the 144 punches from Merhy were the third fewest in the 39-year history of CompuBox. On the other hand, Anderson managed to quadruple that amount with his 662 punches. 

However, Anderson just landed 49 power shots compared to Merhy’s 18. Regardless, after discovering Davis’ reaction to his fight, Anderson hopped on the social media platform to express his thoughts. 

Jared Anderson wants Davis to “keep getting rich”

After the disappointing fight concluded, Anderson told ESPN’s Bernardo Osuna in the post-fight interview, “It was an ugly night of boxing. I wanted to give fans a better show, but what can you do when they don’t want to show up to fight just like you?” Meanwhile, reacting to Gervonta Davis’ comment, Anderson maintained his humble tone.

“Good to know you [were] watching; keep getting rich though; not a hating bone in my body,” Anderson wrote on X. Moreover, during the fight, Anderson mostly maintained distance behind his pawing jab. However, he turned aggressive in the later rounds to try and break through Merhy’s guard. 

Despite winning the fight, Jared Anderson has become the unwitting victim of a boring fight, which prompted criticism not just from Gervonta Davis but also from the fans. How would this affect his status as Tyson Fury’s successor? Are you expecting a redeeming performance from him?