On Saturday evening March 1, the WBA light world champion Gervonta “tank” Davis was involved in a very competitive battle against Lamont Roach Jr, and at the end of the 12 -round competition, the fight was declared a majority draw.
Initially, the match received a lot of criticism due to the fact that Lamont Roach was an unknown name. In addition to the lack of name recognition, Roach was the third fighter in the last four years of a lower weight category to face Davis.
Boxing fans who were immediately sold on this fight, accepted the match due to the rivalry of Baltimore-Washington DC. The defending champion Gervonta Davis is from Baltimore, and the Challenger Lamont Roach is from Washington DC.
The combat combat, Gervonta Davis experienced his traditional slow start when he managed to win a single punch in the first round. After the first round, the action criticized while the majority of the exchanges between Davis and Roach took place inside the pocket.
In the 8th round, Lamont Roach had a great moment when he landed a right hand that supported Davis. The controversy would enter the fight in the 9th round while Davis was touched by a blow, then he retreated and put himself on his knees. Davis jogging in his corner to get his face.
Tank Davis was lucky when the referee did not rule on the knee like a knockdown, and no penalty was applied to make Davis be wiping his face. It appeared that Roach had perhaps slightly exceeded Davis, during the fight, but at the end of the competition, the three judges marked him as a majority draw.
A few days later, Lamont Roach lawyer sent a letter to the New York State Sports Commission asking him to overthrow the result due to Knockdown’s controversy. A decision has not yet been revealed, but combat fans anticipate a revenge match between Davis and Roach will perform in the near future.
Lamont Roach (25-1-2, 10 kos) is a highly qualified boxer that has transformed many skeptics into believers. The Gervonta Davis saga against Lamont Roach has all the elements of a past boxing situation that began to develop about twenty-three years ago.
From the mid -90s to the early 2000s, Pensacola, the native of Florida, Roy Jones Jr, was a superstar boxer who was considered one of the best fighters book for the book in the world. While Jones appreciated renown and glory, Orlando, from Antonio Tarver, a native of Florida, placed Jones on his radar.
Having grown up in Florida, Antonio Tarver was very aware of Roy Jones, and on the night of November 8, 2003, he finally had the opportunity to share the ring with the emblematic boxer. Tarver turned out to be a very difficult opponent, but unfortunately to Tarver, he lost the fight by majority decision -making.
Six months later, in the revenge match, Antonio Tarver shocked the world when he landed a right left hand and won a direct elimination victory of the 2nd round on Roy Jones Jr. The two would meet a third and last time in October 2005 while Tarver won by unanimous decision.
Gervonta “tank” Davis (30-0-1, 28 kos) is a qualified boxer-punch which has organically built an enormous fans base because of its ability to produce coil style. It is a popular multi-division world champion who is recognized as one of the faces of boxing.
Similar to Jones against Tarver, the Tank VS Roach fight presented a superstar boxer in front of a hungry childhood rival and seeks to take advantage of its great opportunity. Like Tarver, Lamont Roach gave his opponent of Superstar all that he could manage, but unfortunately for Roach, he did not succeed.
With all the controversy surrounding the first fight, it seems that there will be a tank vs Roach 2. If there is a second fight, the question is, that Lamont Roach can follow in the footsteps of Antonio Tarver and eliminate the upheaval against a long -standing rival which is a generational talent.
It is prudent to say that Lamont Roach will not make Tank Davis hit in the second round of the Revenge match, but if Roach is able to reproduce his patience, his timing and his effective inner game in the second fight, he will have a strong chance of removing the massive upheaval.
Last update on 07/03/2025
