Tank Davis KO a heavyweight opponent, nearly los*ng his life in sparring

What goes on during sparring sessions is supposed to remain behind closed doors but more frequently than ever stories are being leaked from the gym.

What goes on in camp while a fighter is preparing is meant to remain secret, especially around sparring. It can never be known what stage a fighter was at, how many rounds they had done that day, what the instructions from the corner were and so on, which means it’s unfair to speak of a knockdown or victory behind closed doors.

Despite this, when a beef is brewing between fighters secret footage can often be leaked in order to stoke the fires, as was the case with Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis recently.

Now another gym session incident involving Davis has been discussed on ESNEWS. A fighter who was set to get in the ring with the Baltimore native recalled an incident in the gym where ‘Tank’ was sparring a ‘known heavyweight’ – a name they didn’t disclose as to ‘not embarrass’ anyone.

“Man I was about to spar Tank, he was sparring this big boy, a heavyweight boy, ‘Tank’ hit him so hard he was just on the ropes like this, I thought he died.”

Davis was then asked to confirm.

“Sh*t be happening. Best not get in there with me. That’s it.”

Davis is coming off another impressive knockout win over Frank Martin to defend his 135lb world title. It came more than a year after stopping Ryan Garcia, and now fans hope he remains more active and takes on some of the big names in his weight class.

These include the likes of Shakur Stevenson, Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko, though Teofimo Lopez recently claimed Davis will be rematching Isaac Cruz having already beaten him.