Lamont Roach manager Robert Diaz was furious at the referee’s decision to arrest the count after the WBA light champion Gervonta `tank ” Davis took a knee in the ninth round after being struck with a blow to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Disqualification request
Diaz says Gervonta’s decision to take a knee, turn your back and walk to the corner Immediately afterwards, should have been tried a knockdown and disqualification. In both cases, the referee, Steve Willis, let go without stopping the fight or give the Challenger Roach (25-1-2, 10 Kos) for a knockdown. These two calls blown by the referee had an impact on the results of the fight, which was noted as a majority draw with 12 rounds. The scores were 115-113 for the tank, 114-114 and 114-114. Almost the whole world has seen Roach win easily.
Tank Davis said he had taken one knee because He had fat in his eyes. This is a bad excuse because fighters often get fat in their eyes during the fights, and they don’t have a knee and then don’t walk to their corner to make it wipe. Why was Davis authorized to do so by the referee?
Diaz declares that he immediately tried to speak to the staff of the New York State Sports Commission on the spot, asking them what they “called him”. However, the referee’s appeal was authorized to stand up without any elimination or disqualification.
Special treatment?
What aggravates this look is that Tank is a superstar, and gives the appearance to the fans that he received a special treatment that a less popular fighter would not do so if they had taken a knee and moved away after having recovered. It is a knockdown and disqualification in normal circumstances.
“I really annoyed myself when I saw the count start, then it stopped. I ran to the [New York State Athletic] Commission and I said, “What do we call it?” I just want to know what you call it. Everyone saw that it was a knockdown. You don’t want to give him a knockdown? You turn your back, it is a disqualification. There are two disqualifications and a knockdown. If he obtains the Knockdown, he obtains the victory, “Robert Diaz said director of Robert Diaz Boxing news About the overthrow of the ninth Tour of Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis that the referee, Steve Willis, did not call last Saturday evening.
“When he started to count, how do you stop your account?” I’m going to give it to Monday, make the call and talk to people and say, “What happened here?” I don’t see them reverse the decision, but I see them saying: “Okay, let’s make a revenge match”, said Diaz.
Last update on 02/03/2025
