Frank Martin, #2 WBA, confirmed that he’ll struggle the ‘Face of Boxing’ Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis subsequent. Martin (18-0, 12 KOs) says the date and site of the struggle are nonetheless being finalized. It’s rumored to happen in Houston, Texas, on June twenty second on Amazon Prime Video PPV.
The 29-year-old Martin, nicknamed ‘The Ghost,’ is coming off a slim 12-round unanimous resolution final July in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan. That was a detailed name for the Detroit, Michigan native Martin, and he can’t afford to struggle that approach in opposition to Tank Davis if he hopes to dethrone him.
Martin says there gained’t be a rehydration clause or catchweight concerned in his struggle in opposition to Tank Davis, like his teammate, Ryan Garcia, needed to endure final yr.
Tank Davis’ administration did a quantity on Ryan, making him comply with a dehydration clause and a catchweight handicap together with a smaller purse break up for him to make the struggle occur.
They made it in order that Ryan had nearly no probability of profitable, they usually nonetheless had the gall to have a good time their tainted win afterward as if that they had completed it pretty.
Matchup Nonetheless Pending
“It’s not an official affirmation but. We’re nonetheless attempting to attend on the venue and the precise date, however that’s not an official factor but,” mentioned Frank Martin to the Battle Hub TV YouTube channel about his struggle in opposition to Gervonta Davis, which is rumored to be going down on June twenty second.
Martin goes to want a very good chin for him to take the massive pictures from Tank Davis on June twenty second as a result of he’s going to be getting hit exhausting on this struggle. Tank is susceptible, as we noticed in his struggle in opposition to Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz, so you may’t rule out an upset win for Martin if he can deal with his energy.
“Lots of people are going to see the sudden in that struggle,” mentioned Martin about his struggle with Tank Davis. “Everybody is aware of who Tank is. He’s a star. Lots of people don’t know who I’m within the boxing world. It’s one among my alternatives to go wake the world up.
Martin Analyzes Ryan Garcia’s Loss
“You need to perceive that Ryan had a rehydration clause on him. So, he was solely capable of rehydrate a certain quantity of weight, I perceive,” mentioned Martin about his gymmate, Ryan Garcia, shedding to Tank Davis final yr.
Martin believes the burden stipulations that Ryan dealt performed a component in his defeat as a result of he wasn’t capable of rehydrate totally. Nonetheless, I believe it wouldn’t have mattered if Ryan didn’t have any weight stipulations. He wasn’t going to beat Tank that night time.
“He wasn’t his 100% full self. Not being 100% your self in a giant struggle, that places you at a drawback. I don’t consider that was a 100% Ryan in there with him. Yeah, for certain,” mentioned Martin about him not having a rehydration clause for his struggle in June in opposition to Gervonta.
