Gervonta Davis and Floyd Mayweather’s partnership came to an acrimonious end in 2022.‘Tank’ spent a long stretch of his career fighting under Mayweather Promotions, although he had endured a rocky relationship with his mentor since he first became world champion in 2017 (winning the IBF super featherweight title against Jose Pedraza).Mayweather represented Davis for a lengthy stretchGettyDavis and Mayweather were at odds during the promotion for his WBA ‘regular’ lightweight scrap with Rolly Romero in May 2022 and parted ways shortly after.Mayweather missed several of the pre-fight media events and wasn’t in attendance at the Capital One Arena, Washington, to witness his protégé blast out Romero in six rounds.Thereafter, it was announced that Davis had cut ties with Mayweather and was to continue his career under the guidance of his existing adviser Al Haymon.The split seemed to be amicable at first but cracks began to show with time.Before his fight with Ryan Garcia in April 2023, Davis accused Mayweather of stopping him from training at the Mayweather gym.In a since-deleted tweet, Davis wrote: “What? That Floyd’s petty ass said I couldn’t use his gym anymore. I don’t give a f***!“Nah, it’s not what I heard, it’s what I know, chump!”Those bridges looked to have been mended by fight night with Mayweather seen celebrating the Baltimore banger’s seventh-round stoppage win at ringside.The niceties didn’t last long as both men began trading barbs on social media shortly after and haven’t seen eye to eye since.Why did Mayweather and Davis split?There are conflicting accounts on why Davis and Mayweather parted company.They parted company in 2022 and have been at odds ever sinceSean Michael Ham/Mayweather PromotionsSeveral reasons have been cited over the years, including monetary factors and jealousy. However, Davis claims their relationship went down a slippery slope after Mayweather caught wind that his daughter Yaya and Davis had been exchanging messages on Snapchat.“They tried to say I was messing with his daughter. She kept hitting me on Snapchat,” Davis told The Jay Hill Podcast last week.“They sent it to Floyd, and he bugged out.” Shortly after, Mayweather gave Davis an ultimatum that soured their relationship.“I was in a lose-lose situation,” Davis added. “He was like, you’ve got to fight this fighter, which is Jose Pedraza. Mayweather no-showed Davis’ KO win over Romero, which ended up being their last fight togetherAmanda Westcott/SHOWTIME“If you don’t fight him, you’re not fighting and sitting on the shelf. “I had to fight him. In the middle of all that, I got evicted and had to sell my jewelry.” Follow talkBOXING on social mediatalkBOXING is now on Twitter and Facebook.Follow us on social media for big breaking boxing news, exclusive interviews and the best bits from our talkBOXING YouTube show.Like our Facebook page HEREFollow us on Twitter HERESign up for our WhatsApp channel HERE