Gervonta Davis vacated his WBA Jr. Lightweight title and is planning a move to lightweight according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
“I just want to move up and try to win more belts, basically make myself one of the top guys,” Davis told ESPN on Friday. “So I think it was best for me to move up and try to get one of them belts. If not, I’m comfortable fighting at 130 [pounds]. I can actually come back down and fight at 130.
“But right now it was frustrating not being able to get big fights at 130. So I’ll move up and see who I can get at 135. If I can’t get anyone at 135 or if I win a belt, and there’s a big opportunity to fight with someone at 130, I’d do that.”
“My main goal was just try to look good [against Nunez],” Davis said. “My mind wasn’t on moving up to 135. The time I have issues making weight is because of me. It’s nothing like I’m too big [for the division].”
“I want to be in position to fight for a belt. So if I can get one of the champions [at lightweight] or get someone that would line me up to get a belt then I’m cool with that,” Davis said. “I’m open to fight whoever.”
“Lomachenko is definitely one of the top opponents for me at 130 or 135. I believe it will happen, but it got to be at the right time,” Davis said of a tough fight to make, because he is with Premier Boxing Champions and fights on Showtime and Lomachenko is with Top Rank and fights on ESPN.
“I’m willing to fight Tevin (Farmer). I’m willing to fight anyone they put in front of me,” Davis said. “That particular fighter and that situation is making it hard because you got two promoters going back and forth.”
There’s a good chance that Davis’ next fight, either late this year or in January, will come against former unified featherweight titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-2, 18 KOs), the former Cuban Olympic gold medalist who knocked out former junior lightweight titlist Roman “Rocky” Martinez in the second round on the Davis-Nunez undercard. Gamboa’s presence on Davis’ undercard was no accident, although he is not a lock to be Davis’ next foe.
“There were talks about me fighting him. They put him on my undercard and I actually watched the fight and he looked good,” Davis said. “He’s definitely another opponent I’d like to fight and if I get a chance to have him on my résumé that’s great for me.”
