Gervonta Davis’s WBA belts don’t matter to him despite Devin Haney’s announcement.
‘The Dream’ is currently slated to return to the boxing ring early next month to face Regis Prograis. That will be Haney’s first up at super lightweight as he attempts to become a two-weight division champion. While that might happen, he won’t be holding gold in the weight class below on fight night.
Earlier this week, the undisputed lightweight champion announced his decision to vacate the titles. At the time, Haney stated that he previously hoped to unify the titles with Davis’ WBA lightweight title. However, the two couldn’t reach an agreement on a deal.
That being said, it’s clear that Gervonta Davis doesn’t care much about the WBA gold. On social media, ‘Tank’ reacted to news that he would be upgraded to WBA (Super) lightweight champion. He famously won the gold back in 2021 with a knockout win over Mario Barrios.
Since then, Davis has defended the WBA (Regular) lightweight title three times. However, while he might be upgraded to the (Super) lightweight champion soon, he doesn’t want it. In fact, he stated as much during a recent post on X. The tweet read:
