Lamont Roach = The Greatest Gervonta Davis Might Get

WBA light-weight champion Gervonta Davis will defend in opposition to Lamont Roach Jr. on December 14th. Followers have been letting Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) and PBC know they’re not pleased with this selection, however Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) is the perfect they might get.

Davis wanted an opponent, and Roach was excellent for the job. The occasion will probably be proven on PBC on Amazon Prime Video PPV staged on the Toyota Middle in Houston, Texas. Roach, 29, is a world champion at featherweight and among the best within the division.

Whereas followers could also be livid, there’s no another worthwhile for Gervonta to battle than Roach. If PBC selected Andy Cruz or Floyd Schofield as his opponent for December 14th, the criticism can be simply as extreme as it’s for his or her selection of Roach.

The highest Lightweights Have been Not Out there:

• Shakur Stevenson: The #1 selection, WBC champion Shakur, is out with a hand damage, and his new promoters at Matchroom plan to carry him again in opposition to William Zepeda subsequent February. This could be the simplest battle to make for Tank if not for Shakur struggling a hand damage whereas coaching for a battle in opposition to Joe Cordina.
• William Zepeda: The Golden Boy fighter Zepeda will battle “Latino Night time” subsequent month in opposition to Tevin Farmer on November sixteenth in Riyadh.
• Denys Berincyk: The WBO champion had deliberate to defend in opposition to Mark Chamberlain, however he was upset final month on September 21.
• Vasily Lomachenko: The IBF light-weight champion selected to take the rest of 2024 off, and it’s unknown if he’ll ever battle once more. If he does, it’s nonetheless questionable whether or not he’ll conform to battle Tank.

The alternatives for Tank got here all the way down to him both sitting on the shelf for the rest of 2024 or staying busy by selecting Roach. Would followers have been glad if Tank hadn’t fought in any respect? He wasn’t about to let a whole yr go by with out preventing as a result of he’d been out of motion for over a yr after his battle in opposition to Ryan Garcia in 2023. Tank didn’t battle for 14 months till coming again in opposition to Frank Martin final June.

Roach is an effective fighter and can give Tank Davis a tricky battle on December 14th. He’s extra proficient than Frank Martin and Ryan Garcia. These guys have Tank a run for his cash of their fights in opposition to him earlier than getting knocked out. This isn’t a tender throwaway battle like some boxing followers mistakenly imagine.

Roach has received his final six fights since struggling his sole profession defeat in opposition to Jamel Herring in 2019 in a 12-round unanimous determination.