‘He was heated’: Lamont Roach reflects on the controversial fans with Gervonta Davis who saw the boxing commission intervene

Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach will meet for the first time as professionals on Saturday night, however, it will be their third meeting in general.

The couple locked themselves twice as fans in 2011, when both were teenagers.

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Davis He won his inaugural meeting in the Regional Championship through a divided decision to deny Roach a place in the National Championship in August.

However, USA Boxing gave Roach a free pass to the national finals by reviewing the images of his controversial first fight.

“My memories are close and competitive fights,” Roach told Talksport.com.

“One was so close that US boxing. Uu.

“We struggled in the same tournament, in the regional tournament. And he won me in the regional championship.

“We sent the tape to USA Boxing. They sent me a general offer to the nationals.

“So we were also in the national championship. And he won me in a closed fight.”

Explaining why Usa Boxing gave him a general offer, Roach added: “He took a point for something, I think it was the wrestling.

“It was a very heated fight and a point was removed and it was unfair.

“A point was removed, but it also took away a point and won by decision divided into Baltimore.”

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Davis would win his sequel at points in a varnburner at the Mobile Civic Center in Alabama, which has climbed into its entirety.

It would be 12 years until a fight between the couple was spoken again.

In 2023, he approached Roach to face Davis in the ranks, but ‘Tank’ chose to lock Héctor Luis García.

“It didn’t happen because he ended up fighting Héctor (Luis Garica),” Roach added.

“He was a world champion at that time and was actually his mandatory, so he was waiting for what they were doing.

“But he had received the call for that fight. (The conversations) were basically ‘Would you fight in Gervonta with 135 pounds for his championship?’

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“And I was as ‘safe’, but the conversations never promoted, we received a call and that was all.

“I was waiting to see if the AMB was going to get a bag offer for me and Hector, but they ended up announcing Gervonta vs Héctor, so we had to wait.”

Davis eliminated the Dominican in January before Roach snatched his Super weight title of the CMA Far from him in November.

A year later, Roach and Davis spoke again to, this time, reach an agreement successfully.

The AMB was awarded a special Roach permit to ascend and challenge Davis for its light weight title of the AMB, while retaining its super featherweight strap.

The Washington coach opens as a massive helpless, but believes that it has what you need to alter the Applecart.

“I mentally have a chip on my shoulder,” Roach continued. “It’s like Hector’s fight, everyone has done me wrong.

“Count with me if you want. You are all going to see …

“I see a victory. I see that my life changes dramatically.

“With luck, when I hit it, there will be some pound conversations for Libra.”

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