Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz And Team Continue To Angle For Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis Rematch

The workforce surrounding Isaac Cruz continues its ‘Pitbull’ strategy to land a profitable rematch.

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis has but to disclose plans for his subsequent struggle, apart from to just lately verify that he was finished for the remainder of the yr and eyes a January 2024 ring return. An opponent shouldn’t be hooked up to his ring return, which has left the door open for Mexico Metropolis’s Cruz to throw his hat within the ring to run it again with the game’s main box-office attraction and reigning secondary WBA light-weight titlist.

“Once I journey across the US and Mexico and get stopped by boxing followers, the primary query they at all times ask me is when Is Pitbull preventing Gervonta Davis once more,” Sean ‘Viva’ Gibbons, head of Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions, informed BoxingScene.com. “It’s the one struggle they wish to see, involving Davis.

“Manny Pacquiao has solely signed one non-Filipino fighter ever to his MP Promotions secure and that’s Issac ‘Pitbull Cruz, Jr. and backs him to win.”

Davis and Cruz are each aligned with Premier Boxing Champions (PBC).

Cruz (25-2-1, 17KOs) accepted a December 2021 struggle versus Davis (29-0, 27KOs) on simply 5 weeks’ discover. The squat Mexican banger was a late alternative for then-unbeaten obligatory challenger Rolando Romero, who was compelled to withdraw attributable to authorized causes which had been dismissed after the actual fact.

Davis defeated Cruz however was compelled to go the twelve-round distance to get there, which ended his 16-fight knockout streak. Scores had been 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113 for Davis in by far probably the most aggressive struggle of his meteoric rise to superstardom.

The struggle ended an eighteen-fight unbeaten streak for Cruz, who has since gained three straight. The newest victory got here in an ungainly, twelve-round factors victory over then-unbeaten Giovani Cabrera on July 29 in Las Vegas. He stays a first-rate candidate to problem for a light-weight title ought to Devin Haney (30-0, 15KOs) both return to the burden or start to let go of belts,

Nonetheless, there stays one struggle on Cruz’s thoughts.

“PBC and Al Haymon are the one firm in 2023 to provide the boxing followers the fights the followers need,” famous Gibbons, the game’s final hype man.” PBC delivered Gervonta Davis versus Ryan Garcia, Errol Spence versus Terence Crawford and introduced Canelo Alvarez again to the workforce and to mainstream followers along with his struggle versus Jermell Charlo. I see PBC giving the followers an enormous [post]-Christmas reward with Pitbull-Tank II.”

Jake Donovan is a senior author for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox