On Saturday evening, March 1, the World Championships Boxing returns to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, as the unbeaten WBA World Lightweight Champion Gerrvonta “Tank” Davis (30-0, 28 COs), will defend its title against the WBA Super Featherweight Champion Lamont Roach Jr. (25-1-1.10 COs).
This highly expected PBC boxing event will appear directly on Amazon Prime Video-pay-pervention. The event is expected a lot because it is the return of Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Fans of Tank Davis are excited about his return to the ring, but the question most of them ask is, who is Lamont Roach?
Lamont Roach, a native of Washington, DC, won two Junior National Golden Gloves Championships and achieved an overall amateur record of 125 wins and 15 losses. He made his pro -box debut in April 2014 and achieved a unanimous victory over Victor Galindo.
Roach would continue to achieve fifteen extra wins. He got a slight injury on his perfect record when the attack between him and Orlando Cruz was recorded as a split decision. After the Cruz match, Roach collected three consecutive wins.
He was rewarded with an event in November 2019 when he challenged the then WBO superweight champion, Jamel Herring. It was a rough night for Roach because he had trouble determining the right scope and distance.
From an offensive point of view, the Southpaw Jamel Herring could do what he wanted, while cutting against shots all night. After the 12-round competition, Jamel Herring won the match through a unanimous decision.
After suffering his first professional defeat, Lamont Roach jumped back by going on a winning line of four battle. He disputed his way in the title, while challenging the WBA Super Featherweight Champion Hector Luis Garcia in November 2023.
In the opening round of the attack, Roach established its sting and followed it up with the right to the body. During the fight, Roach remained aggressive while constantly pushing forward while sought the opportunity to land the right hand.
With 1:24 left to go in the 11th round, Roach landed a great right hand that bent the knees of Garcia. Roach hit Garcia with a wave of shots, but Garcia could survive the round. In the 12th and last round, Roach connected to a counter -Linker hook that Garcia sent to the canvas.
However, Hector Luis Garcia was able to get up and fight through the final round. After the 12-round competition, Lamont Roach was declared a split decision to the winner. With victory, Lamont Roach scored one of his career goals when he won his first world title.
Seven months later, Roach returns to Washington, DC, for his first defense of his Super Featherweight World title. Roach was set to make a statement while stopping Irish Southpaw Feargal McCrory in the 8th round. Lamont Roach is now planning to participate in the biggest battle in his pro career.
On Saturday night, March 1, Lamont Roach Gervonta will challenge “Tank” Davis for the WBA World Lightweight title. Accidental fans are inspired by the match based on the geography. Baltimore and Washington, DC, have been competitive cities for decades.
This match is appealing to the casual, as Tank Davis is from Baltimore and Lamont Roach is a native of Washington DC. This attack is not inspired for some real box fans because it is difficult for them to visualize a path to the victory for Lamont Roach.
Having a chance to defeat a boxer as talented as Tank Davis is the most important tool a sharp blow. The sting is essential because it can help control the distance and the rate of the fight. Roach will have to use the lateral movement throw combinations, and continuous box from the outside.
Even though Roach has the perfect game plan, is the biggest question: Do Roach have enough punching to get Tank’s respect? In June 2024, in his attack against Gervonta Davis, Frank Martin did all the right things, but he did not have enough power to stop Davis from constantly pushing forward.
Lamont Roach has the skills and the Ring IQ, but if he doesn’t have enough pop in his shots to have the knockout artist Tank Davis recover, the game may not end well for Roach. Despite the fact that the odds were piled up against him, Roach feels confident to pull off the massive dismay.
A little over eight months ago, 29-year-old Lamont Roach Jr. fought on Probox TV, and now, on March 1, he will be under the bright lights on Amazon Prime PPV. If Roach can be perfect for offense and responsible for the defense throughout the course of 12 rounds, he may have a chance to pull off a career -changing dismay.
