WBA light-weight champion Gervonta Davis’ title protection in opposition to Lamont Roach is being moved to a brand new date in January.
Dan Rafael experiences that Tank Davis instructed him that it’s now not occurring on December 14th, saying, “January, I’m listening to” for when the conflict will occur.
Benavidez-Morrell Card Potential for Transfer
Tank didn’t say on what date in January his rescheduled combat with Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) will occur, nevertheless it’s doable that it could possibly be packaged with the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell mild heavyweight contest on January twenty fifth.
Followers are trying ahead to seeing that combat. If the Tank-Roach combat is moved to that card, putting it within the co-feature spot can be clever as a result of it’s not fascinating sufficient to be the principle occasion.
PBC made an enormous mistake selecting to match Tank Davis in opposition to tremendous featherweight Lamont Roach reasonably than selecting one of many highly-ranked light-weight contenders. There have been too many poor opponents for Tank through the years, and followers don’t wish to pay $70+ for mismatches that lack any drama.
Transferring the Tank-Roach combat is principally kicking the issue down the highway, nevertheless it stays a combat that followers outdoors of the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. space have any curiosity in watching on PBC on Prime Video PPV. Even when it had been on common non-pay-per-view, it’s not a match that individuals outdoors of that small area would have an curiosity in watching.
Roach lacks the credentials for use as an opponent for Tank Davis or any in style light-weight fighter. He misplaced to Jamel Herring and barely beat Hector Garcia, and the remainder of his profession resume is stuffed with obscure opposition.
PBC can be doing Tank Davis an enormous favor in the event that they canceled the Roach combat, and began from scratch by choosing a high quality fighter from this record:
– Edwin De Los Santos
– Raymond Muratalla
– Teofimo Lopez
– William Zepeda
– Shakur Stevenson
– Floyd Schofield
– Devin Haney: At 140