Gervonta Davis has indicated that his next fight against Frank Martin will take place on June 22 in Houston, Texas.
The American lightweight star is known to be nearing a return after more than a year out of the ring, though an official announcement has not yet been made.
Davis won a breakout fight last April when he knocked out Ryan Garcia in their Las Vegas blockbuster.
However, he then spent 44 days in prison after violating the terms of a sentence that initially saw him set to avoid being sent to jail.
At the start of May, Davis was sentenced over his November 2020 hit-and-run car crash which injured four people.
Because he accepted a plea deal and pled guilty to four traffic offences, he avoided a custodial sentence.
Tank was instead ordered to fulfil 90 days of home detention, but was sent to prison not even a month later.
He was adjudged to have violated the terms of his home detention and was ordered to serve the rest of his 90-day sentence in jail as a result.
It was revealed that he violated the terms by trying to serve the home detention order at the Four Seasons Hotel and a $3.4million penthouse, rather than trainer Calvin Ford’s one-bedroom home as the judge had agreed.
Upon being released, Davis spoke out on social media several times to express his anger and frustration about the restrictions placed upon him preventing him from returning to training at times.
In February though, the American took to social media to show that his ankle monitor had been removed.
Therefore, he is now free to move on with his next fight and has agreed a deal to face Martin, something he’s previously confirmed on social media.
It was initially reported that this bout was being planned for June 15, but Tank took to social media again on Wednesday to suggest a slight change of plan.
When a fan pointed out that the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas (the rumoured venue for the bout) was already booked by Megan Thee Stallion for June 15, Davis replied: “I let Meg do her thing… week after.”
So it appears June 22 will be the date for Davis vs Martin.
Tank is the WBA world champion and will be staking his belt in the fight.
It’s understood that this will share a PPV show with David Benavidez vs Oleksandr Gvozdyk for the WBC ‘interim’ light-heavyweight belt.
