Gervonta Davis

ABOUT GERVONTA DAVIS

Southpaw who won the IBF super featherweight title in January 2017, which improved his record to 17-0 at the time. He went on to retain the title in May 2017 in a 3-round KO against #1-ranked light heavyweight Liam Walsh.

He began training at the Upton Boxing Center in Baltimore, Maryland at age 5. In 2012, he won the National Golden Gloves championship after being a two-time National Junior Olympic gold medalist.

He won three straight National Silver Gloves amateur championships between 2006-2009. His IBF super featherweight title win came against Jose Pedraza.

He was originally raised in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of West Baltimore, Maryland. He has dated Ariana Fletcher . He has two daughters. In 2022 he was romantically linked to Vanessa Posso . They share two children.

His mentor and promoter has been boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather, Jr.