Gervonta Davis may be forced to go down a different route after talks regarding his rematch with Lamont Roach seem to have gone quiet.
The 30-year-old from Baltimore had been pencilled in to clash with Roach for the second time after their first encounter back in March ended in controversy.
The fight was declared a draw after a competitive 12-rounds at the Barclays Center in New York, although many viewers believed that Roach had done enough to dethrone ‘Tank’ of his WBA lightweight title and hand him the first defeat of his career.
As the boxing world awaits news of the much anticipated rematch between the lightweight stars, Roach’s father and trainer Lamont Sr shared a disappointing update on the current situation surrounding their second encounter.
“We ain’t heard nothing about no later date yet. We was told it could get pushed back a week or two, but then that went away too. It pretty much wasn’t happening right then.”
In light of this news, Davis may need to take a different approach ahead of his ring return, opening the door for a potential clash with boxing legend Manny Pacquiao.
After Pacquiao made a sensational return to the ring against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios last month, the 46-year-old’s manager Sean Gibbons spoke to The Mayweather Channel and welcomed a potential clash between Pacquiao and Davis.
“You know, if Manny wants to continue fighting, there’s fighters like Rolly Romero, there’s fighters like Gervonta Davis.”
It appears that ‘PacMan’ is also open to facing the hard-hitting unbeaten lightweight champion, revealing in an interview with Seconds Out that he ‘isn’t scared’ of Davis.
“I can fight anybody, even like Gervonta Davis … I’m not scared of anybody.”
On the potential weight for the fight, Pacquiao previously stated he would come down to 145.
“If he want, then if he come up to 147 then we can fight … 145 maybe. [His punch power] is not a problem for me because I’m experienced fighter.”
Pacquiao fought to a majority decision draw against Barrios on July 19, falling short in his attempt at becoming the oldest world welterweight champion of all time.
The Filipino great may have to wait a while to face ‘Tank’ however, after the 30-year-old was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Miami in June.