By: Sean Crose

Few expected the fight would be like. The featherlight champion WBA Gervonta “Tank” Davis was to waste the pretender Lamont Roach in a brutal way, as he had waste to opponents in all his previous fights. Things did not work in this way. Although Davis was not defeated by Roach when they fought on Saturday in Brooklyn, many- if not most fans think he should be. Because Roach turned out to be able to make Davis energy arrows. What’s more, he was able to land independently, often at a frequency. The fight was, for sure, very close, so close that the judges finally ruled its majority of draws.

Indicate the boys – this is not a standard boxing problem about judges wearing blinds, but failures for a few strange seconds in the later part of the fight. It was the ninth round, when suddenly and for no perceptible reason Davis Knee. He got up a moment later, went to his corner and has a towel. What made this moment so controversial was the fact that judge Steve Willis did not give Davis at least eight count on her knee.

If Willis began to count on Davis – which he should have technically – Davis would lose the fight. Finally, the last cards read 115-113 for Davis and 114-114 for a piece of draw. If the action was not as close as it was, the strange Pause Davis would not be particularly unforgettable. However, the action was very close. And if someone is to strictly follow the rules of sport, then actions such as Davis must have consequences. Considering this, Davis would be unfortunate if Davis lost the fight for the decision made on the influence of the moment that had nothing to do with Roach.

“They took a fight from me,” Davis wrote on Sunday in social media, “And he did it because I did this nonsense knee … but I landed the most blows in the fight. He didn’t even hit me when I took my knees. I understand that I shouldn’t do it, but my hair grease burned my eyes! “Regardless of whether it was a hair fat, at first glance it does not seem that Roach had something to do with Davis on his knee. However, the rules are rules again. These are not pleasant words to write in such situations, but they still remain true.

In the world of sport, at some point in the athlete’s elite career, this person achieves an achievement that translates into a special moment, on Saturday evening on March 1 at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Fresh York, many fans of the fight believe that Lamont Roach Jr was robbed.

Lamont Roach, entering the duel of the world title of the world WBA, was considered huge weaker. However, Roach was a discipline that got stuck in his game plan, as a result of which he received a controversial draw.

Initially, when the fight was announced, Hardcore boxing fans were not impressed by the fact that Roach was the third warrior who became weight to challenge Davis. Changing fans accepted the fight because of the geographical aspect.

For many decades, Baltimore and Washington DC continued their intensive competition, which was created due to cultural differences. In this particular championships it so happens that Gervonta Davis comes from Baltimore, and Lamont Roach comes from Washington.

On the Night of the Fight, the DMV area was represented as a sold -out crowd gathered in the Barclays Center. In the first round of the lightweight title WBA, Challenger Lamont Roach used Feints, threw a stab and body right.

In the first round there was a time-honored ponderous tank start, because only one blow in the opening round landed. Lamont Roach was still in the second round when he pressed carefully.

Davis began the third round, landing a few solid body shots, but when the round was spinning, Roach replied, landing his right hand. In the fourth round Davis staged his side movement, and when he planted his feet, he connected with a neat left hand and then right to the body.

In the last seconds of the fourth round, when Davis and Roach were in the clinch, the referee told them to hit and get out. Roach landed with a insidious right hand during his stay in the clinch, and when the tank turned to complain about the judge, Roach landed with a neat left hand.

After Davis landed two more left hands in the fifth round, he and Roach got involved in another clink. Davis started lifting his right arm and landed under the opponent’s chin. Roach immediately answered, connecting with a compact right hand.

In the middle of the fight, Davis raised the pace when he connected with many arrows on his left hand. Roach became very brave in round 7, when he stood in his pocket and traded with Davis. In the eighth round Lamont Roach had a great moment when he landed in the right side that supported Davis.

The controversial moment of the fight took place at 2:18 in the 9th round. After Roach hit Davis with his right hand and then stabbing, Davis stepped back a step and knee. Davis started running in the corner to wipe his face.

The judge warned Davis, saying what he did, he looks like knocking down, but fortunately for Davis, the judge did not rule it as knocking down. As the match continued, Tank loaded his arrows and threw them with bad intentions.

However, Roach was able to make arrows and answer, winning his own great blows. During the championship rounds, the confident pretender Lamont Roach stood in his pocket and continued to succeed, landing with his right hand.

At the end of the 12-round fight for the championship, the voltage level was at the highest level, because everyone was eagerly waiting to hear official results. After 36 minutes of action, one judge fired 115-113 for Davis, but this card was repealed when the other two judges won the fight 114-114.

When the match was considered a draw, everyone immediately traveled back, which was not called knocking down. During the interview after the fight, Gervont Davis presented his explanation in relation to what happened at this controversial moment.

“I just made my hair two days ago and she put Grease in my sh*t,” said Davis. “So sh*t was as you know, as during sweating and the like, and the grease appears in my face, burned my eyes type sh*t. Damn, why do you ridicule, as if I was saying nonsense*t? How are real facts. Come man. “

If the judge enforced this rule and properly called the knocking, it would be a round 10-8 for Roach, but unfortunately the knocking was not called, and two of the three judges began to win the 9th round 10-9 in favor of Gervont Davis.

The unsolvable combination of the judge harmed Lamon Roach on the results cards and contributed to the boxing of a bad look. For example, if the roles were reversed and Lamont Roach took his knee because he had fat in his eyes, he would definitely be called knocking.

Lamont Roach (25-1-2, 10 KO) believes that he won the fight, but unfortunately he was considered a draw for him. Roach did not win, but during a press conference after the fight he spoke about the moral victory of the fight under radiant lights and it was proved that he deserved to be there.

“I thought I won, I thought I had done enough to win over a spectacular warrior. From the very beginning I told you that I was able to pay Bills Mutha F ** cinema. “

Gervont Davis’s vivid excuse for why he kneeling against Lamont Roach in the ninth round of their fight on Saturday evening, it wasn’t good with the fans. They see it as some of the tender things from the WBA master Airy Wweight Tank Davis (30-0-1, 28 KO), who escaped with one in this fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Fresh York.

“Fat” claim

There are rules to prevent being fighters I was allowed to move out Termination and disqualification in the future, saying that they had grease in their eyes.

Davis played a judge like a violin, saying that he had to wipe the fat from his eyes when he sewed his knee. Of all the excuses using the fighters to explain, he takes the cake. If I worked in a fight as a judge, I would be like a baseball judge, ‘You don’t have.“I would disqualify the tank so quickly, his head would spin. Knees after hitting, and then going to the corner immediately after DQ. You can’t do this rubbish, but he did it and ran away.

They took a fight from me and did it because I did this nonsense knee … But I landed the most blows in battle. He didn’t even hit me when I took my knees. I understand that I shouldn’t have done it, but this hair grease burned my eyes!

– Gervo Davis (@gervonta) March 2, 2025

It is difficult to believe that the judge, Steve Willis, bought it because he had to know that the fans would be reaction. For them he looked either incompetent, or showed a favorable to the “box of boxing” in the USA

A commission in Ringside should tell something that has attributed to Roach for what should be knocking down in ninth place because it had a huge impact on the result. In the event of inaction of judges, the fight ended in a draw of a majority of 12 rounds instead of victory for Roach (25-1-2, 10 KO).

Tank did not seem very guilty that he was recipient after the fight. He said that he did not intend to give Roach a rematch and suggested that he could fight YouTuber Jake Paul. I don’t know how such a fight can happen because of their size differences. Do not be surprised if it is so and if it is sanctioned as counting for the records of these two.

“He is a great opponent and a very high boxing IQ,” said Chris Algeri WarriorSpeaking of Roach Lamont after his 12 -rund majority against Gervont Davis last Saturday evening.

“He [Roach] I have always “hit more than people think more. I hit more than my record says. He stunned the tank several times. The tank looked like a guy with heavier hands, but Lamont had a better chin. So, if the tank hits him really difficult and the guy can take it, it doesn’t matter. “