After providing an extremely humorous first duel, public demand is at the highest level, because fighting fans want to see the continuation of the WBA Lightweight World Gervonta “Tank” Davis Davis and the world champion of Super Feather WBA Lamont Roach Jr.
On the night of March 1, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Fresh York, the fight of Davis vs Roach began slowly, but when both warriors came to the rhythm, the action took place. It was a close tactical match, but at the end of the 12-round competition, three judges won it as a draw.
When the fight was first announced, hardcore boxing fans were not impressed by the duel, because they thought that Roach was a cherry choice. Accidental fans accepted the fight primarily because of the Baltimore-Washington DC competition. Master Gervonta Davis comes from Baltimore, and Challenger, Lamont Roach, comes from Washington
Usually, a typical Gervont Davis fight takes place like this favorite movie you watch over and over again. You know what will happen, but you still like to watch it. Davis usually starts slowly because he devotes his time to downloading data in the early rounds.
The opponent passes when he exerts intensive pressure in the middle rounds, and then stops opponents in later rounds. On the night of March 1, Lamont Roach refused to follow the script. Roach imitated a boxer from the 90s, who also left the script.
In November 1996, Mike Tyson defended his title WBA WBA Wain Wain World against Underdog Challenger Evander Holyfield. Everyone expected the artist Mike Tyson to stop Holyfield, but unfortunately his opponent did not get a note for Tyson.
On the night of the fight Evander Holyfield was ready and confident. Every time Tyson landed a significant shot, Holyfield provided an immediate answer. Holyfield fought in his pocket, deserved Tyson’s respect and detained Tyson in the eleventh round.
In the rematch Tyson was unable to intimidate Holyfield and bite Holyfield’s ear in the third round. After warning and punishing two points, Tyson was disqualified for the second time to bite Holyfield’s ear.
Twenty -eight years later, when Lamont Roach entered the square circle to face the knockout of Gervont “Tank” Davis, most fans of the fight assumed that Roach would manage early, but would stop in later rounds.
During the fight, Roach was prepared, focused and confident. When the fifth round was over, Davis spoke garbage, throwing three more left hands. Roach replied, talking and then landing many shots on the body.
A few seconds later, while the two boxers were involved in the clinch, Davis raised his right arm up and hit the chin. Roach replied, hitting Davis with a brief right hand. In the middle of round 6, it seemed that Davis tried to bite Roach’s ear.
Intimidation was not a factor, because Roach routinely stood in his pocket and traded with Davis. Critical not calling took place in the 9th place when Davis kneeling, but the judge did not rule it as knocking down. As he summed up the fight, one judge scored a fight (115-113) for Davis, and the other two judges won the fight (114-114).
Like Evander Holyfield, Lamont Roach was not surprised, being weaker who fought against the intimidating knockout artists. The only difference was the victory of Holyfield, and Roach had to settle with a draw.
However, because he achieved well and exceeded his expectations, Lamont Roach should be set to the revenge versus Gervont Davis in the near future. At this point, the question is, can Lamont Roach follow in the footsteps of Evander Holyfield and get a characteristic victory over the world -famous knockout artist?
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