Gervanta Davies took to social media to discuss not inviting Turki Al-Sheikh to the Ring Awards event in London last Saturday. Davis was bitter about not being one of the Turkish invited fighters.

Turkey's choice

WBA lightweight champion Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) said Al-Sheikh only invited people he “does business with.” What really made him look off set Shakur Stevenson Among the fighters poses for a photo with Turk.

Shakur was positioned prominently for the photo, indicating his high status as a warrior within the group. Devin Haney And Ryan Garcia was also invited.

This has to keep Tonk's kettle on the boil because he doesn't rate Shakur, who fights and gets booed. He is not in the same league as Gervonta in terms of entertainment, ticket sales and PPV attraction. Shakur is a retro-Mayweather type from the early 2000s who seems out of place in this era where fighters must entertain.

However, Shakur's signing with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom means he will be invited to the Turkish event and fight on his Riyadh season card next month on February 22nd. If Tank Davis had been with Hearn, he would have been invited. Shakur said in an interview last Saturday that Turki would soon start a fight between him and Tank Davis.

“Why didn't they invite everyone but the people they work with. F*** out of here…look at the little rat thinking he came up with something (Eddie Hearn) now tell them everybody fights each other because they have a heavy roster,” Tank Davis said. X.

Who's in, who's out

Fans who view this negatively will argue that the Turk has created a small club or clique of fighters that he selects for his huge cards and pays well.

Fighters who aren't invited get left behind and don't get the same spotlight to grow their careers. They are left on the margins and won't make big money because they are not in the club.

in sociology “in the group” And “Out of group.” In-groups form teams, get invited to parties and generally get the best of everything.

The “out-group” is not allowed into the in-group unless it does something that sets it apart, such as succeeding at something. They are treated as such expelled or the leper and avoidance by in-groups. Tank Davis seems upset about not being part of the in-group.

In the past, Tank Davis has said that Turki Al-Sheikh would have to send “two Ferraris” to his front door as a starting point to begin negotiations to fight him on one of his cards. That didn't happen.

“If they want me, they should send me something to my front door… like two Ferraris or something,” Tank Davis said in an interview.