WBA light-weight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) dominated out giving Lamont Roach (25-1-2, 10 KOs) a rematch subsequent to clear up the controversy from their weird twelve-round majority draw final evening on the Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, New York.
Paul Subsequent?
Davis, 30, already had his subsequent combat deliberate earlier than his match towards Roach. Ultimately evening’s post-fight press convention, Gervonta mentioned followers would “see in a minute” who his subsequent opponent could be. When requested who that fighter is perhaps, Tank hinted, saying the individual had visited him within the dressing room earlier than the combat.
Jake Paul visited him earlier than the combat in his locker room, which explains why the cameras panned to him within the viewers through the Tank-Roach combat. There was imagined to be an announcement final evening after the combat, however the draw briefly tousled issues. It nonetheless seems that Tank can be combating Jake subsequent.
“It in all probability received’t be subsequent,” mentioned Gervonta Davis to the media on whether or not he’ll combat Lamont Roach in a rematch in his subsequent combat. “Yeah, that’s undoubtedly one I would like subsequent, however it’s NOT going to be subsequent. You may see in a minute,” mentioned Davis when requested ‘What IS’ subsequent for him.
Ideally, the WBA ought to evaluation the missed knockdown name by the referee within the ninth spherical, and order a rematch between Tank and Roach. If he needs to disregard the sanctioning our bodies’ order, he can at all times vacate his 135-lb title. On this case, Davis seemingly would hand over the belt or let the WBA strip it quite than dealing with Roach once more in an instantaneous rematch.
Tank is simply targeted on cash at this stage of his profession. Subsequent, he’ll seemingly head towards his greatest payday towards cruiserweight YouTuber Jake Paul.
Dimension Disparity
Given the large weight distinction, how would this even be a good combat? Jake weighed 227 lbs for his final combat towards Mike Tyson on November fifteenth. Paul weighed 199 to 200 in his three earlier fights. If Tank Davis goes to combat Paul, it could be an enormous distinction in dimension. Even when Jake drains right down to 185, there’s nonetheless going to be at the very least a 45-lb distinction in weight if Gervonta goes as much as 140.
