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Unreal Stat Similarity Between Gervonta Davis And Naoya Inoue Has Fans Wanting Super-Fight

A fascinating comparison between Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Naoya Inoue is drumming up anticipation for a potential super-fight between them.
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GERVONTA DAVIS (30-0-28) of Baltimore, Maryland defeats FRANK MARTIN (18-1-12) on June 15, 2024.
GERVONTA DAVIS (30-0-28) of Baltimore, Maryland defeats FRANK MARTIN (18-1-12) on June 15, 2024. | IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

While this past weekend's boxing slate was one of the most disappointing in recent memory, given how high expectations were and how little most of the big-time bouts delivered, at least Naoya "The Monster" Inoue produced an entertaining fight against Ramon Cardenas on May 4.

Inoue overcame getting knocked down for just the second time in his career in the second round to ultimately produce a stoppage in round eight. As a result, Inoue retained his IBF, WBC, and WBO world super bantamweight division belts and is all set up for a showdown against Murodjon "M.J." Akhmadaliev.

Given they're relatively close to each other in weight, there has always been interest in seeing Inoue face Gervonta "Tank" Davis. And in the wake of Inoue's win, a viral Instagram post from @sourceofboxing shows just how similar these two boxers are when it comes to some of their stats.

The post shows that both Davis and Inoue are 5'5". They each have 30 wins and 0 losses in their professional career (although Davis has the one draw after his most recent fight with Lamont Roach), Davis has 28 KOs while Inoue has 27, and Davis became a world champion at 22 while Inoue did so at 20.

The post is captioned, "Gervonta Davis and Naoya Inoue’s stats are super similar 👀".

In the post's comments, fans are making it clear that they want to see a showdown between both elite boxers.

"I Been wanting this fight for the longest 😭🙏🏽," one fan commented.

Another added, "This finna the best fight if they actually go head 2 head😭".

"Super fight in the making," wrote a third.

While it seems unlikely these two would actually meet in the ring, that won't keep fans from forecasting how the bout would go down.

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Grant Young is a Staff Writer for On SI’s Boxing, New York Mets, Indiana Fever, and Women’s Fastbreak sites. Before joining SI in 2024, he wrote for various boxing and sports verticals such as FanBuzz and NY Fights. Young has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in creative writing with an emphasis on sports nonfiction from the University of San Francisco, where he played five seasons of Division 1 baseball. He fought Muay Thai professionally in Thailand in 2023, loves a good essay, and is driven crazy trying to handle a pitpull puppy named Aura. Young lives in San Diego and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.