Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis announces retirement after 2025 because boxing ‘is rubbish, rubbish’

Gervonta “Tank” Davis could step into the ring for the penultimate time against Lamont Roach on March 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

“After next year I’m out of it,” Davis, 30, announced Tuesday at a launch press conference for his WBA lightweight title defense against WBA super featherweight champion Roach. “Yes, out of this sport.”

Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) reiterated his desire to retire at the end of 2025 in a media huddle following his press conference with Roach, citing a lack of enthusiasm for boxing as his primary reason.

“S***’s garbage,” Davis said of the sport. “This s*** is trash, garbage. Tired. I’m tired of the whole ***.”

Davis said he wants to stay out of the public eye following his exit from the sweet science, and even dismissed the idea of ​​signing boxers to his company GTD Promotions.

“I just want to be able to make money and stay out, that’s it,” Davis said. “I want to live without being seen.”

However, Davis wants to make the most of his last year in the sport, he said. He mentioned in his media scrum that he wants to box three more times in 2025 before hanging up his gloves.

The two-division champion hasn’t boxed more than twice in a calendar year since 2019, and with the surprisingly low number of shows Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions – which Davis is aligned with – staged in 2024, it seems unlikely he would box three pay -per-view matches in 2025.

Potential opponents for Davis in 2025 could include a Ryan Garcia rematch, a restarted effort to face Vasiliy Lomachenko or WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson – although Davis is not particularly keen on a Stevenson fight.

“For what? What has Shakur done?” Davis asked rhetorically. “What has he done in the sport? He hasn’t done anything. Keyshawn Davis looks way better than him and Keyshawn hasn’t even done anything. I’m afraid of what? For us fighters to be afraid of somebody, it has to be someone who hits us and hurts us. (Stevenson) has no offense. Defense only wins in basketball and football. That shit doesn’t win in boxing.”

Turki Alalshikh revealed to Uncrowned and DAZN’s “Ariel x Ade” show on Tuesday that he hopes to do a Davis vs. Stevenson fight in the future.

Garcia told Uncrowned in November that he would entertain a Davis rematch in 2025, as long as the fight is fought at a higher weight limit than the 136-pound maximum they fought at in April 2023.