Frank Martin‘s hoping further people keep doubting him ahead of his combat versus Gervonta “Tank” Davis … telling TMZ Sports activities he requires benefit of the criticism as “gasoline” — and can not wait about to shock the globe!!

The WBA Light-weight Planet Title battle is slated for June 15 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas … and Martin (18- w/ 12 KOs) says he feels self-confident to get in the ring with a individual of the excellent pound-for-pound boxers in the earth.

“I received a lot of components that him, the planet, a good deal of males and girls may not count on that I received,” Martin informed us this 7 days.

When some individuals now are skeptical of his prospects, Martin is just not shedding any sleep a lot more than it.

“That s*** embraced,” Martin explained, “Guess with me, get with me. That s*** is a individual of them components I embrace. I am taking in off it. It is gas to me, so it is what it is.”

“It ain’t gon’ transform. I just gotta go out there and do the surprising.”

Just primarily since Martin is not the betting most loved (Davis’ about -600) in this battle is not going to indicate he expects Tank to be calm in the ring … he essentially believes the “nicely balanced” and “nicely-rounded” fighter will be on his A-video game.

That is what he’s hoping for — and he sends a instant info to Tank.