Roy Jones Jr. is one of the most decorated boxers over the last 35 years. 

The Olympics medalist, 1990s fighter of the decade, International Boxing Hall of Fame fighter, and respected boxing broadcaster is now in the second act of his career as a coach and promoter of Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Boxing Promotions.

Throughout his near 20-year professional career, Jones worked with promoters of all kinds, including Bob Arum and Don King, among others. 

An active fighter who appears to be at a promotional crossroads is Gervonta Davis.

Davis is next set to take on rival Mayweather Promotions stablemate Rolando Romero on May 28 at the Barclays Center headlining a Showtime pay-per-view. 

In recent weeks, “Tank” has been taking to Twitter – and soon deleting – a series of shots directed at Floyd Mayweather Jr. 

Davis has revealed that his contract is up with Mayweather, all while airing a different diet of frustrations on how his career is being handled. 

Davis was bothered that Mayweather staged a press conference last Thursday announcing his Dubai exhibition on the same day he was tasked with promoting his matchup with Romero. Mayweather, who was not present at Davis’ event, denied that he was trying to upstage the pupil he promotes. 

When Jones was asked if Davis should pursue a new path in his career as a free agent, the all-time great outlined potential greener pastures if he chose to do so.

“Yeah, because [Davis] doesn't need anybody no more. He already has his name. The world knows Tank. The boxing world knows Tank. Tank will fight anybody and people will tune in to see. Why? Because Tank will be able to knock you out anytime with any hand. People love that,” Jones told K.O. Artist Sports. “That's what makes boxing exciting. That's the Mike Tyson style. You either have Roy Jones-style excitement or Mike Tyson-style excitement. He has a little bit of both but he mainly has the Mike Tyson-style of excitement because he can touch you anytime with any hand and you can go out. That's big.”

Davis’ promotional and contractual future will be one of the more interesting developments to monitor in boxing moving forward following his next fight.

Promoters Eddie Hearn and Oscar De La Hoya have both already expressed their interest in signing Davis to a deal should the lightweight decide to move on from Mayweather. 

Manouk Akopyan is a sports journalist, writer and broadcast reporter. He’s also a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and MMA Journalists Association. He can be reached on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube at @ManoukAkopyan, via email at manouk[dot]akopyan[at]gmail.com or on www.ManoukAkopyan.com.