BALTIMORE – Baltimore boxer Gervonta Davis plans to hang up her gloves and undergo therapy late next year, according to our media partner The Baltimore Banner.

Davis spoke about his impending retirement at a news conference Tuesday to promote his WBA lightweight championship fight against Lamont Roach in March.

“After next year I’m out,” Davis said. “Yes, get out of this sport.”

Davis explained this to Yahoo! Sports about why he planned to retire.

“This #$%@ is trash, trash,” Davis said, according to Yahoo! Sport. “I’m fed up. I’m fed up with the whole #$%# thing. … I just want to be able to make money and get out of my own way, that’s all. I want to live without being seen.”

According to the Baltimore Banner, Davis told Inside Boxing Live he felt he had to quit boxing for the sake of his family.

“That’s why I don’t want to box anymore,” Davis said. “I want to do therapy, right? But I feel like if I do therapy, she would lose the fire that I have in me. I want to get everything out of myself so I never think about fighting again.” I don’t even think about getting angry. Because I have two girls and two daughters, I want to be a lot more gentle, be more humble and things like that.

Davis grew up in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore.

“Tank” Davis defends title against Lamont Roach

Davis, the WBA lightweight champion, will face super featherweight champion Lamont Roach on March 1 at Barclays Center, where he won his first belt.

Davis predicted Tuesday that he will knock out his former amateur rival from the Baltimore-Washington area.

“I want to show people that they are not who they say they are,” Davis said. “I want to prove it to the people they come with. When I won the title for the first time, the whole building doubted me.”

Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) will fight for the first time since knocking out Frank Martin in June. He has stopped his last four opponents, a streak that began with his sixth-round knockout of Rolando Romero on May 28, 2022, his last fight in Brooklyn.

He won his first title at 130 pounds with his victory over Jose Pedraza in 2017. Davis then won titles at 135 and 140 pounds.

Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) began his professional career at lightweight before moving down to 130 pounds to win a belt. He’s now moving back up in hopes of adding another.

“This is a huge opportunity and we will take advantage of it,” he said. “Everyone knows what I’m going to do. And if not, you will be surprised. I’ll show you what happens when two dogs go into the ring together.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story