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Claressa Shields Drops Truth Bomb on Gervonta Davis!

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Claressa Shields Drops Truth Bomb on Gervonta Davis!

Claressa Shields has made her stance on Gervonta Davis clear following his draw with Lamont Roach Jr.

Davis was defending his WBA lightweight title against Roach at the Barclays Center in New York, with ‘Tank’ a huge favourite heading into the bout.

Roach surprised many boxing fans with an impressive performance, giving as good as he got and pushing Davis all the way throughout 12 hard-fought rounds.

Controversy arose in the ninth round when out of nowhere ‘Tank’ voluntarily took a knee, but the referee decided not to give him a count. Davis later revealed it was due to hair grease being in his eyes.

At the end of the fight the scorecards read 115-113 Davis and 114-114 twice, meaning that if a 10-8 round for Roach had been scored in the ninth, it would have been enough to see him crowned the new WBA champion.

Some of boxing’s biggest names have already weighed in on the matter, with multi-weight world champion Claressa Shields now offering her thoughts.

Shields is often regarded as being the best female fighter to ever lace up a pair of gloves, and the ‘GWOAT’ revealed on social media that she disagrees with those claiming that ‘Tank’ is overrated after his performance.

“Not y’all saying Tank is overrated…. We not gonna do that. I believe he had an off night vs a great fighter in Roach. And the arguing with corner and grease in his hair didn’t help. Draw or not, Tank still a bad man. Be smooth though.”

The drama surrounding the Davis and Roach fight may not be over yet, after it was announced that the New York State Athletic Commission is investigating how the ninth round unfolded, with a potential change of result not ruled out but an immediate rematch more likely.

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Davis Sends a Clear Message: The Rematch Is Coming!

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Davis Sends a Clear Message: The Rematch Is Coming!

There were plenty of talking points following Saturday’s mega fight between Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach – in particular, a key incident during the fight and the outcome.

Davis was held to a majority draw (115-113, 114-114, 114-114) by Roach (25-1-2, 10 KOs), who had stepped up from a lower weight class especially for this bout.

Roach jab causes Tank to hit the canvas

The controversial moment occurred in the ninth round when Roach struck Davis just above his right eye with a jab. It caused Tank to voluntarily take a knee and referee Steve Willis to start a mandatory 10-count. Willis got to three before Davis went to his corner to get his face wiped by his coaches.

Technically, it was a knockdown although could be interpreted as “a slip” and Davis was not penalized with a point deduction on the scorecards. As he explained afterwards, Roach’s jab had caused a mixture of sweat and hair grease to trickle down from his forehead, stinging his right eye and affecting his sight.

But Roach was having none of it. “He’s [Davis] saying grease got in his eye, but if he takes a knee and the ref starts counting, it should be a knockdown.”

Davis knockdown to be reviewed

The New York Athletic Commission has announced that it will investigate the case. “At this time, the New York State Athletic Commission is reviewing the matter involving Saturday’s match up between Lamont Roach and Gervonta Davis,” the commission said in a statement issued to to MMA Fighting. “During the round in question, following the commission’s request for the replay video, there was a technical issue preventing the commission from receiving it within the allotted time for review. Therefore, the referee’s in-ring decision was relied upon and the fight continued.

“The commission is dedicated to preserving the integrity of combative sports and is committed to working with all promotions and production teams — on behalf of the athletes, officials, and fans – to ensure technical issues do not occur in the future that prevent the delivery of ringside instant replay feeds to the commission’s officials when needed.”

Davis meanwhile has stated that he is up for a rematch, posting on X: “And say no more. I’m pushing for the rematch… the rematch can be soon too, like end of May.”

But realistically, it probably won’t be happening any time soon, as Tank conceded when taking questions from the media once his post-fight Adrenalin levels had subsided: “[The rematch] probably won’t be this year,” Davis said. “It’s definitely the fight I want next, but it’s not going to be next”.

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Gervonta Davis Scandal Takes a Shocking Turn!

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Gervonta Davis Scandal Takes a Shocking Turn!

The new boxing novel generated by the controversial result with which Gervonta Davis was saved from losing the WBA lightweight title to Lamont Roach Jr. gave an episode of the plot for last Saturday’s fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with an analysis by Jeff Mayweather, who without launching an accurate attack against Tank, bluntly assures that if a boxer kneels, according to the rules that should be counted as a knockdown.

Floyd Mayweather‘s uncle gave his opinion during his participation in The Mayweather Channel, where he reflected on the controversy that could have tipped the scales in favor of Lamont Roach Jr, after the majority draw that the judges saw and that already caused the New York State Athletic Commission to open an investigation.

“If we go by the rules of boxing, it was a knockdown. That’s what they’re doing. They’re boxing, so yes, it’s supposed to be counted as a knockdown,” said Jeff Mayweather.

Lamont Roach has already demanded that he be given the victory, after the close scores of 115-113 and 114-114 on two occasions, so with the point that should have been deducted as a knockdown to Tank Davis for kneeling in the ninth round, it could have tilted the decision in his favor, instead of the majority draw.

During the ninth round, Roach appeared to land a jab to Davis‘ eye, who reacted and took his gloves to his face, then knelt on the canvas and approached his corner for help, where he was wiped with a towel around his eye. Gervonta explained that grease got in his eye.

Lamont Roach’s punch was not meant to knock out Gervonta Davis

Floyd Mayweather’s uncle continued with his reflection, and although it is clear that the blow that Lamont Roach was not to knock down Gervonta Davis, Tank made a mistake that had to be sanctioned by the referee, so that the judges reflected it on the scorecards, ie, the ninth round should have been marked 10-8., which would have changed the result of majority draw.

“One thing in boxing is that there are punches that hit people and then there is a delayed reaction. I wouldn’t say that because I don’t think the punch was that hard. It wasn’t a knockout punch or anything like that,” the 60-year-old former boxer said, adding: “But still, when you consider doing that on your own, you’re supposed to be penalized for it.”

 

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