Gervonta Davis expected to return this year in long-awaited rematch: “He’s most likely”

After over a year of inactivity and uncertainty, Gervonta Davis appears set for a hoop return this year, with plans in place for a battle later in the calendar in opposition to a person he referred to as out in late 2025.

Davis has not gained a contest since June 2024, and the light-weight is now champion-in-recess with the WBA, however the sanctioning physique is displaying nothing to counsel that they are going to order a battle between the Baltimore-born bruiser and #1 contender, Floyd Schofield.

Instead, Davis called for a rematch with Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz back in Decemberwith the Mexican being one among simply two males to have been defeated by Davis however not knocked out, after their closely fought 2021 battle.

Now, it appears as if PBC are planning to stage that conflict and that early autumn is the goal, with one shut supply naming ‘Pitbull’ because the ‘most doubtless opponent’, as per BoxingScene.

“While exercising caution on the timing, PBC is aiming for the legally troubled three-division champion Davis, 30-0-1 (28 KOs), to return to the ring by the early fall.

“It would be the Baltimore fighter’s first bout since his WBA lightweight title fight drawn at New York’s Barclays Center versus Roach, who was deprived of a knockdown (and victory) by referee Steve Willis.

“Although De La Hoya on Friday strongly proposed unbeaten and WBA top-ranked contender Floyd Schofield for a Davis bout, another official more connected to the PBC situation said Mexico’s former 140lbs champion Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz is the most doubtless opponent at this hour.”

Should Davis-Cruz II happen, it may pave the way in which for Schofield to lastly meet Lucas Bahdi for the vacant WBA light-weight title.