Gervonta Davis defeated Frank Martin with a memorable knockout victory final Saturday. Within the aftermath, Tank‘s former mentor and promoter, Floyd Mayweather Jr. performed a shady transfer in opposition to his previous disciple by leaking the sparring video of Davis vs Devin Haney.
Cash Mayweather and Davis have been on rocky phrases since Davis left Mayweather Promotions in 2022. Since Tank was within the information for his newest win, Mayweather took this chance to launch an previous video of Davis getting powerful competitors from Devin Haney in a sparring session.
After the video took the preventing world by storm, former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson analyzed the sparring session between Davis and Haney, discovering Davis’ kill shot that will destroy Haney.
Breakdown of Gervonta Davis’ “Kill Shot”
“Mighty Mouse” is a 15-time World MMA Champion and at present the Flyweight World Champion within the One Championship. He’s recognized for his informative reside streams on his YouTube channel the place he analyzes fight sports activities fights. When the Davis vs. Haney sparring video received leaked by Floyd, Johnson took the chance to interrupt down the battle.
At one level in the course of the sparring, ‘Tank’ launched a flurry of punches at Haney from behind his shoulder. Johnson took observe of the technique and labeled it the “kill shot” that will help Davis in knocking out Haney.
“Look the place Tank is at, behind the shoulder. So it doesn’t matter what, everyone knows this man has a few choices,” stated the previous UFC champ.
“One, he turns again into Tank, and Tank’s going to present him one other fu**ing shot, or he has to run into the nook the place he is caught,” Johnson continued. “He is behind that angle, that is a kill shot proper there boys. That is the distinction between Tank’s model and Haney’s model.”
It is an previous video of Haney and Davis sparring at Mayweather’s boxing health club. They sparred for 18 minutes, going 6 rounds with doghouse guidelines, a observe the place the battle ends when one of many boxers drops or quits the match. Throughout this sparring bout, neither of them stop.
Mayweather performed a sneaky sport by leaking the video proper after Davis’ win over Martin. Haney clearly dominated in the course of the session, so Mayweather may need seen it as a method to hurt Davis’ status.
Ryan Garcia weighs in on Tank vs Haney sparring video
One fighter has confronted off in opposition to each Davis and Haney. Ryan Garcia misplaced to Tank final 12 months after succumbing to a vicious physique shot. Then, he handed Haney the primary lack of his profession in his most up-to-date battle in April, though Garcia’s failed drug take a look at means it might lead to a DQ loss. This is what Garcia stated in regards to the video of his former opponents.
King Ryan wrote on X, previously Twitter, that Haney gave Davis a tricky battle, stating, “Rattling Devin Haney stopped Gervonta davis that is wild I need to see that Can be an excellent one”
Very like Garcia, most boxing followers need to see Haney squaring off in opposition to Davis in an actual professional boxing battle. Would it not prove just like the sparring video, or would Tank’s “kill shot” take down Haney? By mistake, it appears Floyd Mayweather has solely made us need to discover out extra.
