The full video of the infamous ‘Tank’ vs. Haney doghouse spar is out, leading to talk of a proper fight.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is once again getting into his former protégé Gervonta “Tank” Davis’ business.
Floyd helped build “Tank” up into a star, pushing the young fighter hard on Mayweather Production cards. But as time went on, the relationship between the two soured, and eventually Davis left Mayweather as a promoter.
Since then they’ve been taking regular potshots at each other. For example, leading into Saturday’s Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin fight, Mayweather sent out a social media post claiming the fight was off. Davis replied to that by writing “Floyd is a bitter b—.”
“If you sign with this fraud he will f— up ya career,” Davis added in an Instagram post. “He’s not a good businessman at all.”
Following Davis’ impressive KO win over Martin, Mayweather released a six-year-old sparring video between “Tank” and Devin Haney through FightHype. The infamous ‘doghouse rules’ session has only ever been seen in snippets, but now the full 20 minute fight is online for all to see.
The video shows a 16 year old Haney hanging with “Tank” across six rounds, initially getting punched up early but turning the tide later on as Davis gets tired. Doghouse rules means someone has to quit for there to be a winner. Neither man quit.
If Mayweather is hoping this footage makes Gervonta look bad, we don’t know what to say. The whole sparring match is chaotic and “Tank” seems distracted and disinterested in the proceedings. He still gives young amateur Haney the business when he dials in.
We last saw Devin Haney fight in April when he lost for the first time ever to Ryan Garcia. That loss may not remain on his record for long after Garcia failed a drug test for ostarine. Could we see Haney vs. Davis sometime soon? This full sparring video just whets our appetite for a proper fight.
How would a grown up Haney do against a focused “Tank” in an official fight? Let us know what you think of the match-up in the comments, Maniacs!