Vasily Lomachenko has damaged off talks with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, deciding to take the rest of the yr off and return in 2025. The information has followers disillusioned as a result of that they had hoped to see IBF light-weight champion Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) and WBA champion Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) meet in a two-belt unification match in November.
Negotiations Fall Aside
Final week, Lomachenko’s promoters at High Rank and PBC officers met in Las Vegas to place collectively a deal for the Davis-Lomachenko contest for ESPN & Prime Video PPV. The deal collapsed when Lomachenko, 36, determined to take the rest of the yr off.
An official from PBC informed ESPN that Lomachenko will defend his IBF 135-lb title in 2025. Lomachenko captured the vacant title with an Eleventh-round knockout of George Kambosos Jr. on Might twelfth in Perth, Australia.
There’s no phrase whether or not Lomachenko will revisit talks for a struggle with Tank Davis when he returns to the ring in 2025. If accumulating titles and creating wealth is one thing Lomachenko values, a struggle in opposition to Tank Davis could be the best way to go.
Some followers be aware that Tank Davis and his staff confirmed no curiosity when Lomachenko wished to struggle in 2018, selecting to not entertain the struggle. However now that Lomachenko is 36, they’re desirous to make the match, which suggests they really feel the benefit is on their aspect.
Lomachenko had been out of the ring for a yr since shedding to Devin Haney by a questionable twelve-round unanimous resolution on Might twentieth, 2023, in Las Vegas. Loma’s father satisfied him to return after a yr out to struggle for the vacant IBF belt in opposition to Kambosos.
Lomachenko had been disillusioned over the outcomes of that struggle, which was the third controversial lack of his profession. His two earlier have been in opposition to Teofimo Lopez and Orlando Salido.
Gervonta Davis’ Subsequent Struggle
Davis will now look to search out an opponent for him to defend his WBA title in opposition to later this yr. It’s believed that Tank will select from these three:
- Shakur Stevenson
- William Zepeda
- Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz
WBC light-weight champion Shakur is the one many followers wish to see Tank Davis struggle as a result of he’s a former three-division world champion, 2016 Olympic silver medalist, and has a fancy fashion to unravel.
Shakur is the worst of the bunch relating to leisure worth, and if he chooses to remain on the transfer for twelve rounds in opposition to Tank, the struggle might be unwatchable.
William Zepeda could be essentially the most entertaining as a result of his energy, strain, and unbeaten file. Nevertheless, he’s not well-known by informal boxing followers, and it might take some promoting to get followers .
Isaac Cruz was overwhelmed by Tank Davis in 2021, in order that takes a number of the curiosity in a struggle between him and the Baltimore native.
