Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach gives Jones vs. Tarver vibes

On Saturday evening, March 1, the WBA lightweight world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis was involved in an extremely competitive battle against Lamont Roach Jr., and at the end of the 12-round competition, the match was declared a majority.

Initially, the game received a lot of criticism because Lamont Roach was an unknown name. In addition to the lack of name recognition, Roach was the third fighter in the last four years to come from a lower weight class to Davis.

The boxing fans sold immediately on this fight accepted the match due to the Baltimore Washington DC race. Defending champion Gervonta Davis is from Baltimore, and the challenger Lamont Roach is a native of Washington DC.

On Fight Night, Gerrvonta Davis began his traditional sluggish, while he managed to land just one punch in the opening round. After the first round, the action acted as the majority of exchanges between Davis and Roach within the bag took place.

In the 8th round, Lamont Roach had a big moment when he ended up a counter right hand that Davis rose. Controversion would participate in the attack during the round 9, while Davis was hit by a stab, he walked back and took a knee. Davis continues to jog to his corner to wipe his face.

Tank Davis loved because the referee did not decide the knee as a knockout, and no penalty was applied that Davis wiped out his face. It turned out that Roach worked out slightly during the game, but at the end of the competition, the three judges recorded it as a majority.

A few days later, Lamont Roach’s lawyer sent a letter to the New York State Athletic Commission requesting that they reversing the result due to the controversy of the knockout. A decision has not yet been revealed, but Fight fans expect a re -broadcast between Davis and Roach to take place in the near future.

Lamont Roach (25-1-2, 10 COs) is a highly capable boxer who has made many doubters in believers. The Gevonta Davis against Lamont Roach Saga has all the elements of a previous 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 is considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. While Jones enjoyed the fame and glory, the native of the Florida, Antonio Tarver, put Jones on his radar.

Antonio Tarver, who grew up in Florida, 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 iconic boxer. Tarver was a very difficult opponent, but unfortunately for Tarver he lost the fight by the majority decision.

Six months later in the Rematch, Antonio Tarver shocked the world as he landed a straight left hand, and achieved a 2nd round victory over Roy Jones Jr.. The two would meet a third and last time in October 2005 when Tarver won with unanimous decision.

Gervonta “Tank” Davis (30-0-1, 28 food) is a competent boxer puncher who has built an enormous fanbase organically as a result of his ability to deliver the highlight reel style knockout. He is a popular Multi-division world champion recognized as one of the faces of boxing.

Similar to Jones at Tarver, the tank against Roach Bout has a superstar boxer with a childhood hungry, and wants to take advantage of his big opportunity. Just like Tarver, Lamont Roach had his superstar opponent all he could handle, but unfortunately he didn’t have the victory for Roach.

With all the controversy around the first fight, it seems that there is a tank against Roach.

It is safe to say that Lamont Roach will not knock out in the second round of the Rematch Tank Davis, but if Roach can duplicate his patience, timing and effective within -match in the second fight, he will have a good chance to pull off the massive dismay.