Gervonta Davis and Conor Benn talk online: ‘Get the drugs out of them’
Gervonta Davis and Conor Benn have been back and forth on Twitter after a year of both controversy – for very different reasons.
Benn’s failed doping test, revealed in October, rocked British boxing and saw his fight with Chris Eubank Jr pulled from the schedule just days after the event .
While he has always maintained his status as a clean athlete, investigations into this are ongoing, with very little information being made available to the public since the news was first made. go out.
A few weeks ago, Davis brought this up to criticize Eddie Hearn, claiming that the Matchroom promoter should be banned from the sport for trying to continue a bout when he knew his boxer’ cheat’.
Benn reserved comment at the time, but decided to decline today following news of the Davis’ recent arrest for alleged domestic abuse. He spoke directly to the undefeated American.
“Gervonta, don’t throw stones if you live in a greenhouse, man.”
@Gervontaa Don’t throw stones if you live in a greenhouse, kids.
– Conor Nigel Benn (@ConorNigel) December 29, 2022
‘Tank’ – who is currently out on bail and denies the charges — responded with struggle talk in a now-deleted tweet. His words were accompanied by an image of the cartoon character, Johnny Bravo.
“Drop the drugs and come here with me. I’ll show you [you] a house of glass and a jaw of glass, damn it! That cold beggar!”
Gervonta Davis Responds to Conor Benn… pic.twitter.com/ldEHp61eKn
– Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) December 29, 2022
With their current competition weight at 12lb, we’re unlikely to see a professional showdown between the two – in fact, it’s unclear when either of them will rematch due to ongoing controversies inside. outside the arena.
While Benn insists that he provided all the information needed to clear his name — its 270 pages — none of the cases against him were published conclusively, even as he urged.
Davis is due to take on Hector Luis Garcia on January 7, but an arrest just over a week earlier is certain to derail those plans in some way. Currently, Showtime has not made a decision on the upcoming event.
The lightweight tennis player from Baltimore will also appear in court on a separate charge in February, and has a match against Ryan Garcia in April.