Gervonta Davis’ return to action against Lamont Roach Jr. has been highly criticized, with ‘Tank’ believed to be comfortably better than his naturally smaller opponent. However, if the main event has left you wanting more, then luckily it appears as though an exciting rematch will also take place on the bill.
The WBA lightweight champion had been linked to unification bouts against either Shakur Stevenson (WBC) and Vasyl Lomachenko (IBF) but both men were recently ruled out, forcing the self-proclaimed ‘face of boxing’ to search for a suitable challenger for his title.
As far as lightweight options were concerned, WBA #2 Floyd Schofield and WBA #3 Edwin De Los Santos (16-2) were each calling for the opportunity to challenge for world honours, yet Davis instead opted to face WBA super-featherweight champion, Roach.
News of the selection underwhelmed many, but whispers that David Benavidez could fight on the undercard raised hopes for the December event, until it was confirmed that ‘The Mexican Monster’ will take part in a mammoth main event of his own in January – ruling him out of the December show.
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Although it does not feature Benavidez, the co-main of the card does seem to be an intriguing one, ESPN have reported that Stephen Fulton will fight for a second time as a featherweight as he collides with fellow former super-bantamweight champion Brandon Figueroa once again – over three years since Fulton scored a controversial split-decision win over the Texan.
“Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa will meet in a featherweight rematch on the Dec. 14 Gervonta Davis-Lamont Roach undercard in Houston, sources told ESPN.”
Fulton debuted at 126lbs last month with yet another eyebrow-raising split-decision win, being knocked down by Carlos Castro but just doing enough to get the nod on the scorecards in a first outing since his brutal knockout defeat to Naoya Inoue.
Meanwhile, Figueroa has fought thrice since moving up from 122lbs and also faced Castro on his first featherweight appearance – scoring a sixth-round stoppage win.
Since then, ‘The Heartbreaker’ has defeated Mark Magsayo for the WBC interim title and then defended the belt against Jessie Magdaleno, leaving the victor of his rematch with Fulton well poised for a shot at Rey Vargas’ WBC world title.
Tank-Roach will take place on December 14th in Houston, Texas, as a PBC event that will be available to purchase on Amazon Prime Video PPV, with further details expected to be announced imminently.
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