Coach Stephen Edwards says he doesn’t agree that the Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach combat is a Cherry decide, as many individuals do about their conflict on December 14th on the Toyota Heart in Houston, Texas.
Whereas Edwards doesn’t assume Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) will win, he nonetheless disagrees with it being a Cherry-pick by WBA light-weight champion Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs).
The argument for Roach being a Cherry decide:
– Not ranked at 135
– No high quality wins
– In-house PBC combat: Roach & Tank with PBC
– Tank’s 11-year profession: Crammed with weak opposition
Followers consider this can be a full mismatch, they usually’ve grown bored with seeing Tank regularly choose underwhelming opposition throughout his 11-year profession.
If they’d matched him towards occasional gifted opposition like Vasily Lomachenko, Edwin De Los Santos, and Shakur Stevenson, followers wouldn’t thoughts him taking a comfortable appetizer like Lamont Roach or Rolly Romero right here and there. They’ve not accomplished that. Tank’s total profession has seen him fed nothing however Hors d’oeuvres.
Many really feel that Tank’s profession is predicated on smoke & mirrors by which his administration has at all times chosen opposition the place he was the favourite and had no likelihood of shedding. They’ve gotten away with matching the Baltimore native towards marginal opposition.
“I don’t really feel it’s a cherry decide as a result of I believed they have been going to combat of their hometowns as a result of they stay in D.C. and Baltimore. I believe they assume it’s a cherry decide due to how extremely they consider Tank,” mentioned Stephen Edwards to MillCity Boxing in regards to the Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach combat on December 14th.
“They take a look at Tank like he needs to be preventing Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney, and Shakur Stevenson. He hasn’t fought these guys but. So, they consider him so extremely that something lower than that’s going to appear like a cherry-pick. I don’t assume he can beat Tank,” mentioned Stephen.
Edwards won’t assume that Davis vs. Roach is a cherry-pick, however the boxing world positive does, they usually’re fed up with it. They see Tank as purposefully being matched towards weak opposition to lengthen his profession by having him take much less punishment and to make him look higher than he truly is.
We’ve seen Tank give away rounds to lesser fighters like Rolly Romero, Frank Martin, and Isaac Cruz. These fights confirmed that Tank is a poor boxer and exists solely on his punching energy and the cautious matchmaking that’s accomplished on his behalf.
