Gervonta Davis and Frank Martin have differing accounts of their infamous sparring session.
Davis and Martin will meet in a professional ring showdown this Saturday, with the former’s WBA lightweight world title on the line.
It will not be the first time that the pair touched gloves, as they met in front of boxing legend Floyd Mayweather at his gym in a heated sparring session.
The pair argued up on stage at their launch press conference over the exact outcome of the fiery encounter.
But Davis has since given a more detailed look at the training clash, telling PBC’s Gloves Off: “Me and Frank, we got history.
“When I was in Floyd’s gym, we used to spar everybody. So he’s seen me put people out, he’s seen me beat the hell out of people.
“So when we sparred, me being me, I rushed him cos I knew he was scared, and I didn’t want to get caught with his best punch; his left hand.
“And once he caught me with his left hand, that’s when I got mad.
“I caught him, and then he started grabbing me after that and I jumped on him and it turned into like a wrestling match.
“This happened because he kept grabbing me and stuff like that.”
Martin gave his own version of events, insisting Davis told lies in his account.
He said: “But there were some things that he said that was all cap [lies]. There were things he was saying, just to say.
“When I sparred him, a lot of people were there in the gym. He got in there and wanted to play. I hit him with the brick hand.
“Boom, he felt it. He ain’t calling it the brick hand for no reason. They kept coming in and having to break it up.
“He kept trying to put me in a headlock. We was just trying to hurt each other.”
It will no doubt be a continuation of their fiery exchanges, when they meet in the ring with Davis the overwhelming favourite.
A sparring feud will be settled in the ring, and ‘Tank’ could move on to bigger and better things including a rematch with rival Ryan Garcia.
