Self-proclaimed ‘The Face of Boxing’, WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis demands attention regardless of who he is fighting.
Since, yesterday’s news that the fight is in jeopardy due to venue problems, there has been a fresh update on when the fight could take place.
Despite world title fights falling through against Vasyl Lomachenko (IBF) and Shakur Stevenson (WBC), it was confirmed that on December 14th he would be fighting the current WBA super featherweight champion Lamont Roach at the Toyota Centre in Houston, TX.
‘Tank’ is coming off another stellar knockout victory against Frank Martin – increasing his knockout per cent ratio to 93.
His opponent, the man known as ‘The Reaper’ is in red-hot form too, in his last performance he TKO’d previously unbeaten Feargal McMcrory in the eighth round.
Perhaps most notably though, he defeated former ‘Tank’ opponent, Hector Luis Garcia, last November to claim his WBA title.
Yesterday, the fight was cast into doubt after Dan Rafael reported on his Twitter/X account that, due to venue issues, the fight may need to be rescheduled.
There have now been further reports of when this fight will take place.
According to BoxingScene, PBC is considering placing Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach on the proposed billing of the light heavyweight bout between David Benavidez and David Morrell on January 25th in Las Vegas.
Whilst the fight would no longer be a main event, it would be on a much bigger card and it would remove any fears that their proposed December 14th fight may undersell.
It could be argued that the reason why this fight is not currently taking place is because of apathy from fans to want to see the fight.
Fans have been calling for ‘Tank’ to fight the likes of Shakur Stevenson, Vasyl Lomachenko and Edwin De Los Santos.
Moreover, whilst Gervonta Davis is a big money fight for Lamont Roach, he had his ‘0’ taken from him in 2019 by Jamel Herring.
Therefore, it is likely that fans would much rather him seek revenge by taking this rematch.
The highly anticipated clash between the two light heavyweights in their primes, Benavidez and Morrell, has yet to be announced.
We do not have a clear understanding of when the Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach fight will take place, if at all.
‘Tank’ will always bring eyeballs to the sport but fans are becoming increasingly frustrated that he is not facing other prominent names in the division.
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