Davis Vs Roach: The Fight Is Off AGAIN, New date set for March 1st

WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Lamont Roach now airs March 1 on PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view.

Indoor boxing Keith Idec reports that the new “target date” for the Tank-Roach clash is 3/1. Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) wants this fight to go ahead at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, but there is a basketball game scheduled for that night. They will have to look for another place to go in this game, which keeps moving.

The PBC will decide whether to find a venue in Texas or move it to a more reasonable location on the East Coast in Baltimore or Washington, DC The fanbase of Tank Davis and Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) is located there. with this regional level war.

Possible Reasons for the Tank-Roach Move

• Zero fan interest in this fight: People don’t want to see Tank cherry pick yet another enemy after doing that for 11 solid years. Fans want to see 50-50 battles involving Tank, and they haven’t seen any in his collection during his career.
• A strong supporting cast is required: It takes time to find an undercard strong enough to get fans to ignore the main event between Tank and the slow-hitting Roach.
• More time is needed to promote: Picking the lesser-known Roach means it will require more promotional time to get fans interested enough to want to pay $75.99 to order the card on Prime Video PPV. Roach is not a good interview, and neither is Tank Davis. Neither of these guys has any charisma, which will make it nearly impossible to generate enough interest for fans to order it. Ideally, PBC should cancel the whole concept of this fight and start over by picking someone who can possibly defeat Tank.

The fans don’t want to see this fight because Roach has NEVER defeated top level opponents, he is a weak striker, and he is campaigning at 130, where he is considered the paperweight.

Tank Davis vs. Lamont Roach was originally scheduled for December 14 but was moved to January. Now, it’s scheduled for February 1. What a mess!

Not interested in this fight

It’s not a fight that the entire United States is interested in paying to watch on PPV. They want to see Tank fighter quality fighters that at least a 40% chance of winning, not a weak puncher with only 1% shot. to annoy Tank.

Jamel Herring beat the 29-year-old Roach in 2019, and he’s not winning against talented opponents. Roach captured his WBA super featherweight title last year, defeating former Tank knockout victim Hector Garcia via a 12-round split decision on November 25, 2023.

David Benavidez vs. David Morrell light heavyweight will NOT be placed on the undercard of the Tank-Roach card. That makes sense because that is too big a fight to be placed on the undercard of that albatross.