Gervonta Davis’ team are kicking off preparations for ‘Tank’s’ upcoming clash with Frank Martin by studying the Detroit dangerman’s skull.
The unbeaten lightweights have reportedly agreed to face each other for Davis’ WBA 147lb strap in late spring or early summer.
According to ESPN, the matchup will headline a PBC card on Prime Video pay-per-view.
Davis’ coaches Calvin Ford and Kenny Ellis will now begin looking at Martin ahead of the fight.
Usually, this involves combing through hours of fight footage and coming up with a battle plan from there.
But Ellis and Ford have taken the unorthodox approach of studying Martin’s skull density as they size up the 29-year-old’s punch resistance.
“Phase one. Up early studying Frank Martin’s Skull. [He has] very thin Zygomatic bone and a thin muscle layer,” wrote Ellis on Instagram.
“[There’s] Very high maxillary sinus. Man, oh, Man. [He’s a] good kid [with a] good team, though, no disrespect.”
For the uninitiated, the zygomatic bone is one of a pair of bones on each upper side of the face that forms the cheek and part of the eye socket while the maxillary sinus is a hollow space in the bones around the nose.
Ellis’ statement may give an insight into some potential target areas for Davis when he goes toe-to-toe with Martin.
The Baltimore banger is no stranger to shattering bones.
Davis broke Hector Luis Garcia’s eye socket and cheekbone when they squared off in January of last year while he also cracked Ryan Garcia’s ribs in Davis’ last outing 10 months ago.
‘Tank’ has been sidelined since the Garcia fight due to legal issues.
The 29-year-old spent 44 days behind bars after violating the terms of his house arrest.
In May, Davis was sentenced to 90 days of home detention over a hit-and-run car crash in November 2020 that injured four people, including a pregnant woman.
Davis was expected to spend his home detention at his trainer Ford’s house but a judge ruled that he had violated the terms of his house arrest after moving to a hotel and then a new home, without obtaining permission.
He was released from jail in July and is now able to continue his boxing career.
Like Davis (29-0), Martin is undefeated having won all 18 of his professional bouts.
Since making his debut in the paid ranks seven years ago he has been steadily climbing the lightweight rankings and now finds himself ranked No2 with the WBA, whose title he will be fighting for against Davis.
Martin’s resume is considerably thinner than Davis’ but he looks to be a world-level competitor off of the eye test.
Just how good he is will become apparent when he dukes it out with Davis later this year.
