LAS VEGAS — Since his press conference to kick off Canelo Alvarez-Jaime Munguia fight week in Las Vegas last month, Gervonta Davis has been determined to show the world what he sees as Frank Martin’s many weaknesses.
In May, during a particularly heated media event at the MGM Grand, “Tank” Davis pointed a stiff finger at Martin and shouted for all to hear, “You don’t like body shots!”
He then pulled out his cell phone and told Martin to watch alleged sparring footage of both of them.
Davis apparently wanted to give the media the impression that this was a clip showing how defenseless Martin was while receiving punishing blows to the torso. At least that’s how Martin sees it.
“He didn’t show me anything,” he told me and other reporters after training at the Pound For Pound gym in Las Vegas last week. “He gave it to the media as if he was showing me footage of us sparring.
“But the video on his phone that he showed wasn’t of us throwing punches, it was more of us wrestling. We don’t exchange blows. None of these.”
Tank Davis and Frank Martin at the recent press conference
Martin said that if the footage showed any weaknesses, the media “would have noticed by now.” “He just wanted to show it off like it was something,” the 29-year-old told us. “That’s who he is. I’m trying to convince you all.
Rapid forward five days and Davis is up to the same vintage tricks, going through a list of things he thinks are weakening Martin.
This included: how scared he looked during Wednesday’s press conference at the MGM Grand; how he has a “false” foot movement; and that he is an average opponent. Davis even criticized Martin for being from the “burbs.”
“When he arrived there [on stage]he was shaking,” Davis said. “He was shaking a little bit. Yesterday he was talking a little tough, but today he’s shaking and talking.
Davis, also 29, continued to belittle Martin. “What are you bringing to the table that I haven’t seen?”
Things heated up after 30 minutes of press when Martin gave his version of their infamous sparring session and said: “He got clipped, caught and his legs were shaking.”
Davis raised his voice and almost jumped out of his chair. “You didn’t hit me!” He protested. “You caught me with a good shot.
“Don’t even hit that challenging, bro! I’ll smash you! I promise you,” he said, then jumped up to Martin’s side of the stage as if to intimidate him.
Martin, who remained placid compared to Davis, concluded: “[The fight] he can go down however he wants. If he comes and gets going, you’ll see him get knocked out. Power, this and that… if he comes to pretend to be crazy, he will go to sleep.
On Saturday, Davis will have the opportunity to show the world what he has been saying publicly for the past month – that Martin is scared, susceptible to body shots and has questionable footwork.
The pair headline the Premier Boxing Champions event on Prime Video and PPV.com following the main delicate heavyweight support fight between David Benavidez and Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
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