That reframing shifts how people read the split to fans, leaving Calvin Lands as an emotional thing since Calvin was present for so much of Tank’s ascent, helping mold him, steer him, and build the fighter everyone recognizes today. But by that account, Tank isn’t exiting out of disrespect. He’s making a business move built around legacy improvement and the marquee fights on the table.
Then a much sharper opinion came from the account the boxing massacre, which didn’t view the switch as a negative at all. They argued they couldn’t grasp why fans were claiming that pairing with Benvdas’s father would be Tank’s undoing, pointing out that skill-wise Tank sits among the very best in the sport. While his mentality had always been the question mark and suggesting Joseé Senior would strengthen exactly what Calvin’s softer energy never could, in their view, Calvin leaned too emotional, and that emotion bled into some of Tank’s poor in the-
moment decisions. Harsh as that sounds, their bottom line was blunt. Calvin has carried Tank about as far as he’s able to. According to Shawn Porter, Gervante landed with Joseé Benvdz senior simply because he feels comfortable there. a take that drains a lot of the drama out of it.
Porter’s point is that a fighter doesn’t always change trainers over bad blood or disrespect. Sometimes he just needs a new environment, a different voice, and someone who makes him feel dialed in. For Tank, comfort carries real weight because he’s stepping into a serious phase of his run. If Jose Senior supplies the energy, the structure, and the confidence he needs right now, that alone explains the move.
It doesn’t erase what Calvin gave him. It just suggests Tank believes Jose fits better for where he’s trying to go. >> I feel like he’s comfortable with with Jose and telling y’all what I know. Sometimes that’s all it takes. Whatever is going to get this light flip up, turned on, and keep it on. Sometimes it’s comfort.
I just need somebody that that’s that I’m feel I feel comfortable with that I can be myself with and that you know when I’m ready to move, they moving. when when they ready to move, I’m moving. I feel like he thinks he has that with Jose. >> Anthony Brena and Shawn Ziddle, though read the whole thing through a different lens, and they still believed Calvin Ford was good for Gervante.
From where they stood, Calvin wasn’t some throwaway trainer Tank was leaving in the rear view. He was part of the bedrock. He’d walked Tank through crucial years, understood his style inside and out, and knew how to reach him in ways not every coach could manage. So even if Tank feels at home with Joseé Benvdz senior right now, that doesn’t automatically make Calvin the problem.
That’s what gave their take more balance. They understood why Tank might crave a new setting or a fresh voice. But they also handed Calvin his due for the work already done. To them, Calvin helped build the very fighter people admire today. And that can’t simply be wiped away because Tank is turning a page. Jose and Tank.
>> It’s their business, but I I just don’t I’m not I don’t add up the beef with him and Calvin Ford really. I think I guess Calvin may have done an interview or two that Jervante didn’t like, but it’s like >> that made no sense, man. >> Look, I I remember when I saw Truck Simpson spar before before Truck tailed off when when he had promise, no offense, Truck, you know, much love to you.
But when Truck was 18, 19 years old and it was like, “Oh, this kid, he has talent. He has real upside.” He threw his punches in the same way Jervante Davis did. He had a lot of the same kind of rhythm that Javvante did. And and that’s what made me go, Calvin is a good trainer. Even though Calvin didn’t move the needle for Jan Ingram over the weekend, Jan Ingram lost to Devin Cushing.
It didn’t uh it didn’t look like it didn’t look like Calvin had a big impact on him winning. He wound up losing to Devin Cushing. Devin Kushin bigger guy anyways. Um but when I saw Truck do that, I go, “Okay, so Calvin has an imprint. he has. Then Fannon weighed in with his own theory on the true reason Gervante walked away from Calvin Ford and his angle stood apart from everyone else’s.
>> One of the reasons that he’s no longer with Coach Kenny and Coach Calvin. And I think it’s an important thing to say because um it’s not all on Coach Calvin. It’s not all on Coach Kenny and it’s not all on Gervante Davis. Uh I have been paying attention to that camp for a while. I know people in that camp.
I know people around that camp and I can tell you without a doubt that the major issue with Jervante Davis and that particular camp was the fact that there’s so many paid snitches in his camp. It was replete with family members and other people who whenever they got a piece of information about Gervante Davis would try to go out and give the and give that information to somebody else in exchange for money.
According to for Fannon, this move might have little to do with training, comfort, or legacy at all. He hinted that there were simply too many people running their mouths, too many leaks, and too many snitches circling the situation. That reframes how fans should read Tank’s decision. Because once a fighter senses that too much information is slipping out of his camp, changing environments stops being a pure boxing call and turns into a matter of trust.
>> Issue. Gervante is looking up at the internet, seeing what’s being said about him, hearing this information coming out about himself and saying, “Man, where is this coming from?” originally, and this was a couple years ago, I remember when uh Jervante started getting upset with it and he started blocking people and getting mad about stuff and he started telling Kenny and Calvin, you know, that basically not to be announcing things, not to say things about who he’s going to fight next or what he’s going to do
next because Gervante started getting irritated about that. I also know that that that Calvin Ford stopped talking to the media for a long period of time. Kenny Ellis stopped talking to the media about Gervante in that way because they were appeasing Gervante and Gervante’s uh desire to have that information kept in house.
Right? So to the extent that they were having conversations that Gervante Davis didn’t want to have, they had nipped that in the bud several years ago. However, what happened is you have family members and other members in the gym that have connections with people that that have Twitter pages, connections with people that have YouTube pages, and they continued, the people with the Twitter pages and the YouTube pages continued to pay these people money for inside information about Gervante.
And he got very distrustful. For Tank, privacy carries real weight. He’s juggling major fight negotiations, contract chatter, coaching changes, and pressure coming from every direction. So, if he felt the old arrangement had too many voices speaking on his personal business, then walking away from Calvin Ford’s circle may have been his way of tightening down exactly who gets to be close control.
The problem with that with Gervante is when you have spies around him in his family, in the gyms in Baltimore, you have people that leak information that are trying to harm him, right? Because people may be saying, “Man, where is Jervante right now?” Oh, I can find out where Jervante Davis is. Get on the phone, call our boy.
Is he in Baltimore? Is he Nah, man. He’s not in Baltimore. He’s still over there and he’s still in Florida. I heard last time I checked, you know, he was at the gym. You know, I got I got I got a find me. I got him on my Find me app. I can tell you where he is. And then all of a sudden, you got girls setting him up.
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And you got girls knowing exactly where he is, what he’s doing. They can time him, set him up, all kind of stuff because he felt like he got set up in that last crime, you know, in that last case, right? He’s like he can prove that this is that this was a setup. Well, who’s going to help set him up? Well, paid informants in your gym.
So, that’s why a major reason why Javvante was off looking for somebody else, looking for a new situation. So, because he’s obviously got, you know, issues in this in Baltimore, he’s got issues in Florida. So, he’s saying, “Look, man. I’m about to clear my deck and I’m going to go out here. I’m going to train with somebody totally different.
Somebody in a different camp with different people around him that my family may not know that these people on YouTube don’t have access to.” >> Showbiz the adult reacted to Jervante parting ways with Calvin Ford. And he framed it as a move fans shouldn’t rush to judge. >> Judge too quickly. I just saw Jose Benvdz senior Instagram and on his socials.
He’s showing Javvante Tank Davis working out in this video and announcing and marketing the new Javvante Tank Davis on Team Benovitz merchandise. Now, he had a few videos out there showing Javvante Tank Davis working out and all those things, and I promise you, he could not have made this announcement without Javvante Tank Davis’s blessing.
For me, this makes it official. Their relationship and Javvante Tank Davis and David Benvdz, they’ve shared their mutual respect for each other. You can tell that there’s a genuine like and respect that they have with each other. So, I think it’s going to be organic. And as far as what to expect from Javvante Tank Davis going to team Venovitz, listen dude, I have personal experience training with those guys and their product and that gym.
And I’m telling you, man, what jumps out more than the facility itself and the hyperbaric chambers and where you can recover and of course the food. I mean, it’s just chef kissed beautiful food over there. They definitely getting their grub on. But more than that, more than all of that is really the family culture.
Once you become a part of that team, you’re like family. Showbiz’s argument was that people are behaving as if they know exactly what unfolded behind the scenes when in reality nobody has the full picture. Maybe Tank left because he wanted a new voice. Maybe he needed a different setting. Maybe he simply felt it was time to grow in a fresh direction ahead of the biggest fights of his career.
He also spoke on the positive atmosphere inside the Benvitz gym because the family culture is like the biggest part of being there and what makes Team Benvitz unique. But on top of all of that is the work ethic. I’m over there throwing my hands and I mean, I got exhausted quick. And I’m saying, listen, I’m nowhere near fighter shape, but what I’m saying is they’re going to teach you form, make you learn it right now, and practice it at a high pace.
And that that part really got to people. Calvin and Kenny had been putting time into training the rapper Christian Rock. And Tank may have felt their attention wasn’t fully locked on boxing anymore. For a fighter operating at Tank’s level, that kind of thing can matter a lot. He isn’t just any name on the roster.
He’s one of the sport’s biggest stars and if he’s gearing up for legacy fights, he needs everyone in his corner dialed in the exact same way. >> When I got jumped in Compton, um I didn’t have no fear of me and I basically whooped everybody that intended on jumping me. I left with a without a scratch chance. Yeah. >> But I mean, you’re a gospel singer.
>> Yeah, but sometimes you have to fight for your life and defend yourself. So, I wasn’t going to lose my life, so I had to get to my car. >> Yeah. >> That that’s a that’s a tough beginning to a story. >> No, no, that that really is. >> I couldn’t believe cuz I didn’t know her.
You know what I’m saying? My wife’s my wife watched her diligence and I happened to peep at her show and then she got hot, but when she actually came in this gym, I felt the presence. >> I mean, champions have trained in this ring and this is where you’re training now and you’re going to be fighting at Harris. Yeah. >> I mean I mean from >> that’s why some people figured Tank looked at the whole picture and felt his career had slipped down the priority list.
If his coaches were pouring energy into Christian Rock while he was trying to prepare for major fights, Tank might have taken that as a signal the environment had shifted. According to one boxing news page, Calvin Ford indicated that Gervante’s friction with him and Kenny Ellis reached a boiling point once the decision was made to start training Christian Rock.
As that account tells it, Tank believed the two were more focused on building their own fame and other fighters than on pushing his career forward. In the middle of all this, the boxing world is buzzing about Tank’s return to the ring. Gary Russell Jr. described Tank as a fighter who still has every tool imaginable.
But now the real question is focus. Tank owns the power, the speed, the timing, and the ring IQ to beat almost anybody when he’s fully locked in. Yet, after the coaching change, the outside noise, and all the speculation about his next step, fans are left wondering which version of Jervant Davis is actually coming back.
>> If Pit Bull fight me and I spank his ass, then what he going to say? And and let’s see whose performance is more dominant since at this point clearly ain’t trying to willingly just fight me. I gotta beat some of my asses. You You know what I’m saying? Show you that I beat his ass better than you. But we we can do that. That’s cool.
>> So you go to 40 to fight Pimp Bull Cruz at 40. >> I’m a fighter. I’ll fight him. I would I fight him at 40. Yeah, I fight him at 40. You know, would I campaign at 40? No, I would. >> But for him, >> but for him personally, yeah, I campaign at 40 just for that. >> I see him at 40 specifically for that.
And then I go right back down to 35. you know, me asking certain fighters about that comment that, you know, Tank said, uh, I think I asked Matias. Matias said, you know, most likely, uh, Tank seen something in in the performance that that’s why he said he would want to come back to fight Pit Bull Cruz.
What do you think that is, if that is the case? >> I mean, he probably seen how easy it is to be able to outbox Pit Bull. His his uh, he’s slow in his feet. He’s a good man, don’t get me wrong. >> That likely won’t be the same crowd he faced before either. Greg Hackett issued a blunt warning about Jervant’s return and his message was simple.
Somebody is probably getting knocked out. >> What do you think about his return? >> I mean, I’m just happy T coming back. Tank is exciting. All the guys are excited, but T’s always a big question mark when T get in the ring. Somebody about to get knocked the up. I mean, um, I just hope it’s a good guy.
somebody you know who you respect. You know what I mean? Uh he been off for a while. How long has it been? Year and a half. Two years. >> This been a year. >> Year. >> Yeah. He’s only fought once and I think like two years though. >> You fought a lot, right? >> Yeah. >> So, and Lamont for Ruth I mean for fit boy after that. >> All right. Yeah.
So, you know, um >> I see I don’t know. >> I’m trying to think of a real good one. It should be one of them though. It should be one of them or somebody. I’m not really hyped about Pit Bull if it is Pit Bull. You know what I mean? I ain’t really I can’t say I’m hyped about >> Then Bill Haney spoke on the possible Jervant Davis versus Devin Haney showdown. And his stance was clear.
The fight is right there if Tank genuinely wants it. >> We want to make you a believer and we want to do all that we can do to make these big bad fights happen. Um, and I think that that’s what Devin has shown. Um, you know, on the list, Tank Davis, he sets at probably the number one. I mean, we’ve been had back and forth.
Uh, I think that when you talk about him fighting a Jake Paul if that was realistic. There’s no realistic uh weight that Jake Paul could have ever come down to Deon’s walkound rate. So, I consider this as as real. Um, me and Al have had discussions uh that’s made it even more real. Uh, never has anyone said anything about any dehydration, rehydration, or anything for that matter.
So, I think that it should be and what it should be is a fair fight. Um, you know, and that weight uh is to be determined, but it won’t be anything under 144 pounds for nobody in the world. >> Yo, Bill. >> Yes, sir. >> What’s going on, my man? >> Hey, King. >> That’s Dre there. >> It’s Berto. It’s Berto. >> I know. I know. King Dre. >> That’s right. Hey yo.
Hey, so recently you said something. You said that Shakur would be easy work for Deon. That sounded crazy to a lot of us. Is that you just speaking that way? >> Well, it’s hard. Listen, it’s harder to get him in. It’s harder to get him in the ring. It’s been It’s been Listen, it’s been a fight to get him in the ring.
I think that’s going to be the hardest part for Debo to get him in the ring than actually be in the ring. On the flip side, Shakur Stevenson stands as another potential opponent for Tank. And Max Kellerman recently shared his read on a possible Gervante Davis versus Shakur Stevenson bout, treating it as one of the most compelling style clashes in all of boxing.
Shakur versus Tank Davis. Tank never seemed particularly interested in making it happen, >> but since then, Shakur has ascended and now would seem to offer Tank a bigger reward for the risk than used to be the case. Shakur tank. >> Is that still the biggest of all the possibilities in and around this weight class or has it been supplanted by Shakur and Deon? >> That’s a great point.
You’re right that that you’re right that Shakur has really elevated himself to a point that Tank would probably consider it, especially after the way Tank struggled against Roach. >> But I still think the biggest fight in this neighborhood is unquestionably the rematch between Ryan Garcia and Deon Haney. We can’t forget that.
>> Meanwhile, Terrence Crawford laid out why he believes Shakur Stevenson would beat Gervante Davis if the two ever met. He also touched on the reasons Tank might never end up fighting Shakur at all. >> If Tank get to pick his opponent, he would do it. But Tank would never come from 35 to 54. >> Y’all got into it on social media around that time.
Y’all was doing the back and forth. Um, is that just you being competitive like when that happens or is >> I just I just really don’t like that dude. >> Why though? >> Cuz I just don’t like him. Like I really don’t like him. That’s I just I don’t like >> it’s not your cup of tea. That’s just not >> Yeah, I don’t like nothing about him, >> you know.
I don’t like nothing about him. I just felt like, you know, he just one of these little arrogant little dudes that’s, you know, uh using what he what he got to to to shield him, >> you know, like he got a lot of security guards around him and he know, you know what I mean? he in the limelight and stuff like that, but in certain situations, he wouldn’t he wouldn’t be acting like that.
>> Then Carmemelllo Anthony put the question boxing fans keep circling back to directly to Shakur Stevenson. Will he ever fight Jervante Davis? Shakur didn’t come across like a man dodging the matchup. He made it plain that Tank is one of the biggest names in the game, and that’s exactly why fans are hungry to see it.
But Shakur also understands this fight isn’t just about calling somebody out. It comes down to timing, business, weight, money, and whether both camps truly want to make it happen. >> Do you do you ever think we’ll see you and tank realistically? >> Man, I ain’t going to lie. I’m going to keep it 100 with y. I don’t really like talking about him.
>> Yeah, >> cuz like the way that he move is goofy to me. Like it’s some weird So like I really don’t like speaking on him. But like if same thing I >> fighting no fighting perspective. thing that I said with Tio, if anybody got issues with me or or feel some type of way about me, you could come see me on fight night and resolve every issue that you got.
>> He stood firm on that against anyone. And Shawn Porter also offered his prediction for how a Gervante versus Shakur matchup would play out. >> Is going to go in there and just knock out Shakur. It’s going to be >> That’s not going to happen. >> But it it didn’t take it should have taken this fight. >> I knew he could for people to realize, right? I knew I knew that too.
But yeah, >> Shakor is a defensive specialist. >> And I’ve been saying this for a long time. If you pay attention to how Tank would react whenever Shakur’s name came up. I was like, yo, something that Tank knows that most people don’t know or understand. There’s something that he sees in Shakur. It could be the fact that Shakur was a 2016 silver medalist.
You know, got a lot to do with it. He’s that, you know, the silver child of the of the country. And, you know, there’s no telling, but this is what I’ve always known. It it ain’t just a big straight left or a big right hook coming from Tank that’s going to end that night. That night is going to be very the most strategical you’ve seen both these guys ever be in a fight.
>> I don’t know if we going to ever get it. >> I think we will. >> You think we will? Huh? >> For sure. Who else is there for if Tank trying to prove he’s still the man? Who else? Who else you going to fight? I tried to get a message to to Tank for him to to like make sure he understood like when when you when you get past this legal situation.
You’re l he’s feel me on this. Tell me if y’all feel me on this. He’s going to be just like Tyson. Mike Tyson was when everybody was on edge waiting for Mike to come back around because he was about as vicious as they came before he stepped out of the picture. Make sure you check out the other videos popping up on your
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