Gervonta Davis believes one other fighter is worthy of being deemed one of the greatest of all time in boxing alongside Floyd Mayweather and Muhammad Ali.
Davis was a protégé of Mayweather’s for many years, with the Michigan fighter retiring back in 2017 with a perfect 50-0 record, earning world honours in five divisions from super featherweight to light middleweight along the way.
He was the biggest name in the sport throughout the 2000s and 2010s, and was involved in some of the highest grossing fights in history, including his battles against Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya.
Another legend that knows a thing or two about competing in some of boxing’s biggest ever fights was Ali, taking part in iconic contests such as the ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ against George Foreman and the ‘Thrilla In Manila’ against Joe Frazier.
Those wins, along with many others, helped the heavyweight icon become a three-time world champion, and it is no surprise that Davis holds Ali in such high regard.
‘Tank’ feels another former world heavyweight champion is deserving of being ranked alongside Ali and Mayweather though, after a resurfaced video showed when he was asked to name his ‘GOATs’ of the sport.
“Floyd Mayweather, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson.”
Tyson took the sport by storm when he burst onto the scene in the 1980s, becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion in history at the age of just 20, a record that still stands to this day.
At one stage he had an unbeaten record of 37-0 before a shock defeat to Buster Douglas in 1990, and while ‘Iron Mike’ would go on to secure heavyweight gold again in the future, he did suffer further losses to the likes of Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis.
