Gervonta Davis

CTL-E-5998 · Person · other · 1994–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07228 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5998.

Gervonta Davis (born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1994) is an American professional boxer, nicknamed 'Tank,' who has won world championships in three weight divisions and built one of the highest knockout ratios of his era. Raised in West Baltimore, he was for a time the leading name of the Mayweather Promotions stable and won his first world title, at super featherweight, in 2017. He added titles at lightweight and super lightweight, and in April 2023 stopped Ryan Garcia in the seventh round of one of the biggest fights of the decade. On 1 March 2025 at Barclays Center he retained his WBA lightweight title in a majority draw with Lamont Roach Jr., the first blemish on his record, and he has not fought since; in 2026 coverage he was reported as a champion-in-recess while a return was discussed for 2027. Legal record, stated neutrally: Davis pleaded guilty in February 2023 to four counts arising from a November 2020 Baltimore hit-and-run crash and was sentenced in May 2023 to 90 days of home detention, three years of probation and 200 hours of community service; later matters are treated here as procedural only.

The record

• Also known as: Gervonta Bryant Davis, Tank, Tank Davis

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 4 — 747 Program, Wave 10; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Gervonta Davis entity in the live graph at 3,683 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5998 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1194 (Boxers list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — African American boxer from Baltimore, Maryland, documented across career coverage (Premier Boxing Champions / Baltimore Banner reporting). Vital status: LIVING — discussed as an active, returning fighter in October 2026 coverage (talkSPORT, 13 October 2026; DAZN News, October 2026). LEGAL LINE (per brief): only the adjudicated 2023 guilty plea and sentence in the 2020 Baltimore hit-and-run case are stated; any later or open matters are treated as procedural only and no guilt is asserted for them. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Professional record 30 wins (28 by knockout), 0 losses, 1 draw as documented after the 1 March 2025 majority draw with Lamont Roach Jr. (PBC event report); world titles in three divisions. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons / Premier Boxing Champions press photography of Gervonta Davis; no file page read at file-page level — CTL-PHOTO-001; CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5998-gervonta-davis.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked — no matching CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Relationships

• Baltimore, Maryland — from
  Gervonta Davis is a Baltimore native, born and raised in the city whose Locality record is CTL-E-1609 (Premier Boxing Champions).
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. — related to
  Davis was the leading fighter of the Mayweather Promotions stable in his early championship years, a documented professional (promoter/mentor) relationship with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (CTL-E-5996, staged in this same packet). Both endpoints are staged in Batch E; the edge resolves at assembly.

Sources

• Premier Boxing Champions / SHOWTIME press release (2021), via 15Rounds — Baltimore native; Mayweather Promotions stable; three-division champion; lightweight title won December 2019 — https://www.15rounds.com/2021/11/03/unbeaten-five-time-world-champion-gervonta-davis-to-defend-wba-lightweight-world-title-against-hard-hitting-isaac-cruz-on-sunday-december-5-on-showtime-ppv/?noamp=mobile (build store)
• Boxing News (Baltimore Banner reporting), 'Gervonta Davis sentenced to 90 days home detention for hit and run' (5 May 2023) — guilty plea to four charges from the November 2020 Baltimore crash; 90 days home detention, three years probation, 200 hours community service — https://boxingnewsonline.net/news/gervonta-davis-sentenced-to-90-days-home-detention-for-hit-and-run/ (primary source · build store)
• Premier Boxing Champions event report via YouTube, 'Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach FULL FIGHT: March 1, 2025' — Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) retained the WBA lightweight title by 12-round majority draw at Barclays Center — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXFADJgprJ0 (build store)
• talkSPORT, 'Canelo Alvarez snubs unbeaten champion for Gervonta Davis in pound-for-pound rankings' (13 October 2026) — Davis inactive since the March 2025 Roach draw and hoping to return in the coming weeks; dated 2026 vital-status evidence — https://talksport.com/boxing/4641217/canelo-alvarez-david-benavidez-gervonta-davis-rankings/ (build store)
• DAZN News, ''Boogeyman' Gervonta Davis offered return pathway by current champion' (October 2026) — Davis declared champion-in-recess; unbeaten record; return discussed for 2027 — https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/boxing/gervonta-davis-boogeyman-offered-title-return-pathway-floyd-schofield/1i16o8pga5vm415zlzg3601yhv (build store)

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