Lamont Roach’s manager, Robert Diaz, was furious at the referee’s decision to stop the score after the WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis took a knee in the ninth round after being beaten with a stitch in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Disqualification question
Diaz says that Gervonta’s decision to take a knee, Turn his back and walk to his corner Immediately afterwards, he must have been a knockout and disqualification. In both cases, referee Steve Willis let it go without stopping the fight or giving the Challenger Roach (25-1-2, 10 cost) credit for a knockout. The two calls from the referee influenced the results of the struggle, which was equal as a 12-round majority. The scores were 115-113 for tank, 114-114 and 114-114. Practically, the whole world saw Roach win handy.
Tank Davis claims to have taken a knee because He had fat in his eyes. This is a poor excuse, because fighters regularly get fat in their eyes during fights, and they do not take a knee and then walk to their corner to wipe it off. Why may Davis do this by the referee?
Diaz mentions that he immediately tried to talk to the New York State Athletic Commission staff on the site and ask them what they “call it.” However, the referee’s call allowed to stand without a knockout or disqualification.
Special treatment?
What makes this body worse is that the tank is a superstar, and fans appear to have received a special treatment that a less popular fighter would not do if they took a knee and walked away after coming to their feet. It is a knockout and a disqualification under normal circumstances.
“I got really upset when I saw the spade starting and then it stopped. I ran to the (New York State Athletic) commission and said, ‘What do we call it? I just want to know what you call it. Everyone saw that it was a knockout. Don’t want to give him a knockout? You turn your back, this is a disqualification. ‘There are two disqualifications and a knockout. If he gets the knockout, he gets the win, ”said Roach’s manager Robert Diaz Box news About the ninth round knockdown of Gerrvonta ‘Tank’ Davis who did not call referee Steve Willis last Saturday night.
“How can you stop score when he starts counting? I’m going to give it Monday, make the call and talk to people and say, ‘What happened here?’ I don’t see them turning over the decision, but I see them saying, “Okay, let’s do a re -broadcast,” Diaz says.
Last updated on 03/02/2025
