WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis is scheduled to fight WBA super featherweight titleholder Lamont Roach as part of a special Prime Video pay-per-view (PPV) ctheir lightweight Prime Video pay-per-view card on Sat., March 1, 2025 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Then “Tank” went and posted this:
Davis later deleted the post, leaving Roach just as confused as fans.
“The f*ck ya keep asking me for? He said that sh*t not me,” Roach responded on social media. “I’m locked in, ain’t sh*t changed.”
Promoters have yet to comment on the cancellation drama.
“Gervonta give me a call if you need a fight,” Golden Boy head cheese Oscar De La Hoya wrote on Twitter. “I have the perfect guy for you.”
eighth-round knockout victory over Frank Martin earlier this year in Las Vegas. Prior to that, “Tank” flattened Ryan Garcia with a vicious body blow back in April 2023 (watch the finish here).
As for Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) he’s bumping up from 130 pounds in hopes of knocking “Tank” off his tracks. The once-beaten brawler has not competed since wiping the floor with Feargal McCrory last June in Washington.
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