JAKARTA The United States boxer, three-class world champion, Gervonta Davis, officially converted to Islam. He decided to convert to Islam under the name Abdul Wahid.
Davis decided to start his new journey by saying the sentence of creed in Maryland on Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, 2023.
The certainty of the boxer entering Islam was known from the official upload of the Al-Hidayah Mosque on social media X.
"Gervonta 'Tank' Davis and his two friends embraced Islam today @MasjidHidayah with Syakh Hassan Somalia @hikmahpubs. May Allah keep them istiqomah!" read the account.
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Davis currently has an unbeaten record in a professional fight. He won all 29 fights and 27 of them managed to win a knockout.
Davis is not the only leading boxer who decided to convert. Previously, a similar decision had been made by boxing legendima Clay alias Muhammad Ali.
The decision to convert to Islam using the name Muhammad Ali then became the main topic in his famous fight against Ernest Terell. At that time, Ernest insisted on continuing to call Ali by his birth name, totaling Clay.
Mike Tyson's decision to convert was also made, one of the most feared heavyweight boxers of all time. He entered Islam before being jailed in 1992 and never officially used the Muslim name.
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