Coach Stephen Edwards says he doesn’t agree that the Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach combat is a Cherry choose, as many individuals do about their conflict on December 14th on the Toyota Heart in Houston, Texas.
Whereas Edwards doesn’t assume Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) will win, he nonetheless disagrees with it being a Cherry-pick by WBA light-weight champion Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs).
The argument for Roach being a Cherry choose:
– Not ranked at 135
– No high quality wins
– In-house PBC combat: Roach & Tank with PBC
– Tank’s 11-year profession: Stuffed with weak opposition
Followers consider it is a full mismatch, they usually’ve grown uninterested in seeing Tank regularly choose underwhelming opposition throughout his 11-year profession.
If that they had matched him in opposition to occasional gifted opposition like Vasily Lomachenko, Edwin De Los Santos, and Shakur Stevenson, followers wouldn’t thoughts him taking a comfortable appetizer like Lamont Roach or Rolly Romero right here and there. They’ve not performed that. Tank’s total profession has seen him fed nothing however Hors d’oeuvres.
Many really feel that Tank’s profession relies on smoke & mirrors by which his administration has at all times chosen opposition the place he was the favourite and had no likelihood of shedding. They’ve gotten away with matching the Baltimore native in opposition to marginal opposition.
“I don’t really feel it’s a cherry choose as a result of I believed they have been going to combat of their hometowns as a result of they dwell in D.C. and Baltimore. I feel they assume it’s a cherry choose due to how extremely they consider Tank,” mentioned Stephen Edwards to MillCity Boxing in regards to the Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach combat on December 14th.
“They have a look at Tank like he must be combating Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney, and Shakur Stevenson. He hasn’t fought these guys but. So, they consider him so extremely that something lower than that’s going to appear to be a cherry-pick. I don’t assume he can beat Tank,” mentioned Stephen.
Edwards won’t assume that Davis vs. Roach is a cherry-pick, however the boxing world certain does, they usually’re fed up with it. They see Tank as purposefully being matched in opposition to weak opposition to lengthen his profession by having him take much less punishment and to make him look higher than he really is.
We’ve seen Tank give away rounds to lesser fighters like Rolly Romero, Frank Martin, and Isaac Cruz. These fights confirmed that Tank is a poor boxer and exists solely on his punching energy and the cautious matchmaking that’s performed on his behalf.
