John Riordan: Gervonta Davis one of the world's most enthralling boxers and a bad man outside of the ring

"Tank's" record includes a very public roughing up of a former girlfriend in 2021 and a recent arrest for unspecified domestic violence just 11 days before Saturday’s successful WBA lightweight title defence.

BROOKLYN DODGER: Gervonta Davis celebrates after knocking out Rolando Romero with a left hook in the sixth round during their fight for Davis' WBA World lightweight title at Barclays Center. Picture: Al Bello/Getty Images

For almost 15 years now, I have regularly cast my mind back to a gem of a piece of music writing put out into the world by The Guardian writer and critic Laura Barton.

It's short and simple and it introduced me and perhaps a few others for the first time to a new musician emerging improbably out of the woods somewhere in Wisconsin. Bon Iver, real name Justin Vernon, has gone on to enjoy a successful Indie Folk career and even a Taylor Swift collaboration which would have seemed unimaginable in February, 2008.