By Frank Bay: On the rule of 3 Knockdown with Mario Lopez and Steve Kim, the editor -in -chief of the magazine Ring Dougie Fischer agreed with me about the performance of Lomaont Roach. Now listen, that does not mean that Tank Davis won the fight or its sounds like the Groupies Tank Davis in the comments section which claim that it is the face of boxing, adding that you have to remove it from the champion.
Tank Davis deserved to lose but obtained his PBC treatment on the A and rightly so. About Lamont Roach, he also deserved to lose. The simple and simple truth is that Lamont Roach did not do enough to win the fight convincingly! It is the annoying and unpopular truth.
The fights are marked in the round, and during the first five laps, Lamont Roach won on average less than 5 punches per turn, and in a case, the screen broke out that he had picked up no punching towards the end of a lap. Let it sink, the readers. It was a pathetic and dull struggle for most of its duration.
What is called in sporting terms is not to lose rather than playing to win. Roach is very guilty and it should be noted. Most of the well -informed boxing fans in the fight knew that Tank Davis would get all the calls and dare if we say they are obvious to obviously deceive their way to a victory.
Let me repeat it: we all knew it, so it is prudent to say that Roach and his team should have been linked to the brain so as not to be aware that they would not get doubt if it were close. During the fight, it was true that Davis said to Roach: “You are not going to win a loved one. “Boxing fans are aware of this dirty little secret on our beloved sport. Yeah, corruption exists and discussions on money. The power of the stars and the sales of tickets count more than the W or the. We saw him earlier in the day Paddy Donavan was probably deceived of a victory due to the referee who appealed.
Aside from the flagrant deception of the referee that Steve Willis allowed, it also appeared that we cannot trust the commissions to make the right things as a New York commission, confronted with the obvious cheating, said that they had `technical difficulties ” at that exact moment and could not make the call during the fight. We pay that fans are left to growl and take it on the chin. So, you say to fans who bought the PPV fight of $ 100, that on the greatest spirit of boxing, not a local gymnasium with club fighters, but having a team of members of television production in difficulty in the world, high -level professionals working on a live flow, and the commission had technical problems at worst time? Sorry my friend, I don’t buy it.
I will tell you that Lamont Roach knows that he did not do enough during the fight. There is a time when a fighter must be aware of the situation. Roach needed to put his stamp on the fight and leave no doubt in the mind of anyone that he was the legitimate winner. The public must be honest with himself and recognize that Roach was simply not willing to do what should be done, and that left everything in the ring.
This is what we saw with Artur Beterbiev against Dmitry Bivol. The two men were content to leave it near and not take the risk necessary to close the show, the way David BENEVIDEZ did it against David Morrell. Benevidez, in this case, was forced to close the show because of its deletion because it was exhausted. But Morrell, faced with a certain misfortune, decided to leave everything in the ring that evening. In these cases, the fans win, but the fighters too. Fans want to see Morrell again despite the loss.
Roach was happy to leave him a draw. Therefore, we should refuse to cry for Roach when he decided that a victory against Tank was going to twelve rounds. Tank Davis says as much, noting that Roaches’ father danted and celebrated the draw as if they had won. We recently saw Edgar Berlanga do the same thing, go to the distance with Canelo Alvarez. Films have been made about boxers celebrated for following the distance with legends like Ali (the Rocky base) and Sugar Ray Leonard (the base of “The Fighter” by Marky Walburg).
But it is exactly at this time that the truth must be pronounced. Example, on the Undercard, the former Julian Williams field made his brain beat by a young fighter from Telz. He came to my mind and the advertiser Joe Goosen that Williams left silently and was content to be beaten and survive, and I understand that. What had upset me was that the man I consider a little fraud is his coach, “ Breadman ” Edward, known among hardcore boxing fans. He was always asked how he went through a bloody and beaten Williams.
BREAD-Man told his fighter that he was close. Ok, I somehow put that, let’s say, a game with children playing where the score does not matter. But in a boxing match, it was totally unpleasant and dangerous. Williams was making a lifestyle and his friend lied to him. If Edwards had been honest, he could have allowed his charge to save certain brain cells and go graciously. Williams should also have made the scoring. It brings me back to Roach again having no one to blame but himself.
In addition, the corner of Davis to two people was in disarray during the fight, because his corner told him that he was ahead and badly allowed the rounds. A disconcerted davis was under the direction of inept men who cost him what he said would have made advice. Something honest good corner is done, that is to tell their fighter that the fight is close, or worse that they could lose and need to close the show. Heck, we even saw his excellence to lose it and shout in the team of Hamzah Sheeraz which he lost by two points against Carlos Adames, which the fans noted very suspect.
Nevertheless, this is what is necessary in the big fights. Would this risky advice, and would it endanger what could be a thin victory like a razor? Yes, but this is the honest answer, and the fighter is forced to decide. Play safely and whine and cry if you lose or leave everything in the ring and possibly do Ko, but at least you make sure and undoubtedly leave everyone who looks at. These things are eternal. Our greatest memories are the coaches having the moment of the fork in the road with their man. It’s seen when Mickey said to Rocky: “You make him blow, kid !!!”
Roach, you sauté, kid. Landing zero punch towards the end of a tour is not a way to beat the star on list A. and the Fighter fire, whoever does not mean the truth. Your inheritance depends on it, and more importantly, your health depends on it.
Last update on 03/26/2025
