Gervonta Davis trashes Artur Beterbiev

Gervonta Davis has slammed newly crowned undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, saying he’s not a Hall of Fame fighter and he’s “a **. This was in response to his coach, John Scully, who said that Gervonta would not be HOF-bound if he retired now.

The underlying message Scully seemed to be getting out of with his comment about Baltimore native Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) not getting into the Hall of Fame if he retired today was that he’s not ambitious.

Tank Davis’ career summed up

– Use of Catchweights
– Selective matches
– Weak opposition
– Content to hold secondary titles
– No unification battles

Tank Davis, the three-division world champion, turns 30 next month on November 7. He has never pushed himself to fight the elite in any of the three weight classes he has fought in. Davis was content to win secondary titles in the three divisions he fought in and did very little in his current weight class at lightweight.

Some people believe Tank Davis is a manufactured warrior designed to make money, but he hasn’t been tested against the best. His management picked his opposition like scientists, matching him exclusively against fighters he was sure had things going for him and to whom he couldn’t possibly lose.

“That big ** goofy he trains is not a Hall of Fame fighter, and he is a **,” Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis said on X, taking a verbal shot at the undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev took in response to his trainer John Scully saying Gervonta is not a Hall of Fame fighter if he hangs up his gloves at this stage of his career.

There were no 50-50 fights for Tank, and he had never faced anyone where he was the underdog. When he had the opportunity to fight Vasily Lomachenko seven years ago in 2017, when he was called out, he chose not to. It wasn’t until Lomachenko turned 37 and had been beaten a few times over the past few years that Tank finally agreed to fight him.