Undefeated WBA light-weight champion Gervonta Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) has been regarded by many as essentially the most thrilling American fighter for years, and his highlight-reel knockouts are a major issue. Davis seems to be to have one other spectacular efficiency on March 1, 2025, at Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, N.Y., when he defends his title towards WBA tremendous featherweight champion Lamont Roach Jr., (25-1-1, 10 KOs) in a 12-round bout.
The 2 fighters have historical past, as Davis, a Baltimore native, defeated Roach, a Washington, D.C. native, twice within the amateurs. The pair confronted off at two press conferences, one in New York Metropolis and one in Washington, D.C., and mentioned the combat.
“Lamont’s acquired expertise,” mentioned Davis, who’s also called Tank. “Even at a smaller weight class. He’s one of many guys who I got here up with within the sport of boxing, and he’s nonetheless doing effectively. He’s undoubtedly a high opponent and everybody will see that on March 1.”
Davis, who handed Frank Martin his first loss again in June with an eighth-round knockout, believes it’ll take somewhat longer to complete Roach.
“I’m going to finish it within the ninth spherical,” he predicted. “Come March 1, that is going to be an important occasion. It’s going to be an thrilling present, with the identical outcomes as all the time. You simply have to attend and see.”
Gervonta Davis loves New York ‘vitality’
Davis, who first entered the Barclays Middle ring in 2017 and will probably be combating there for the fourth time, mentioned why he’s enthusiastic about returning to Brooklyn.
“The individuals’s vitality right here is superb,” he mentioned. “I gained my first championship right here, and I’ve extra followers from New York than virtually wherever. New Yorkers include nice vitality.”
A assured Roach believes he’ll avenge his newbie losses to Davis regardless of daring to maneuver up 5 kilos to face the champion and being the underdog.
“It’s a giant distinction combating one another within the amateurs and combating now,” Roach mentioned, acknowledging that it’s a nice alternative. “We’ve each advanced and gotten higher and do various things within the ring. There is likely to be some tendencies that we already know, however I don’t count on these issues to matter on the massive stage.”