But Mayweather Promotions, established by the American boxing legend, have allegedly contacted the Brit and ordered him to stay away from one of their most valuable commodities. “I got a letter from Mayweather Promotions telling me to stop talking about him because he is under contract to Mayweather Promotions,” Hearn told Thaboxingvoice’s YouTube channel.

“If he is, so be it, how long he is for I don’t know. But we would never interfere with a fighter under contract.” However, Hearn is a big fan of the 27-year-old and has not ruled out making a move for him in the future.

“If the opportunity comes available of course we would be very aggressive with an offer for Gervonta Davis but if he is under contract obviously we don’t want to have those conversations. He added: “Gervonta’s a great fighter. I’ve been a fan for a long time, you see him filling those arenas. I just feel sometimes a fighter starts looking at all the filled up seats and all the pay-per-view buys and goes ‘who is making the money here?’

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