Tim Bradley has cleared WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis for his choice for his next title defense, choosing super featherweight Lamont Roach to defend on December 14 in Houston, Texas.
Bradley says that he does not know what Gervonta’s management is trying to cover up with the pairing against such weak opponents, but he thinks that it is a “Total Fraud”, being confronted against soft boys to make that He looks better than he actually is.
Instead of fighting Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs), commentator Bradley says Tank Davis should face the No. 1 contender. 3 WBA Edwin De Los Santos, who gave Shakur Stevenson all kinds of problems last November in his fight for the vacant WBC title. at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Bradley claims that De Los Santos is in the same size as Tank Davis, and it would have been an easy fight to make. The fact that Tank’s management did not make the fight with De Los Santos makes Bradley wonder why.
“Lamont Roach was number one then (two weeks ago), and now he’s moving from 130 lbs. This is another fight that Tank pulls from 130. He did this already with Hector Luis Garcia (and Leo Santa Cruz). Now, the he does with Lamont Roach,” said Mike Coppinger XTalking about Gervonta Davis, picking up the super featherweight Lamont Roach Jr. to defend his WBA lightweight title against December 14.
“This is a very disappointing fight. It’s hard to get excited about it. We know what’s going to happen. It will be another Tank Davis KO victim, like Frank Martin in June. Tank was willing to fight someone tougher here (Vasily Lomachenko ).I don’t want to criticize him too much, but that’s not a good consolation prize,” said Coppinger.
“Man, that’s matchmaking. Listen, matchmaking can cover up any fighter’s imperfections,” said commentator Tim Bradley, talking about Roach’s choice of Gervonta Davis. “I just want to let you know that. It’s like the makeup you’re wearing right now. You both look beautiful, but actually, you and Bernado (Osuna) are ugly as hell. I’m going to keep it 100 with you.
“Look, this is Tank’s protection program. This has been going on for a long time, folks. They brought guys from the lower weight classes to enter Tank, and Tank looks spectacular. It’s a coverup. I’m telling you now . I think Tank is a good fighter. I don’t know how great he is, but from the looks and the matches he’s had, the guy looks like a total fraud.
“Put him in the ring with someone who can punch back, someone with a great IQ like him. They say they don’t have an opponent for him. Yes, you do. You have an opponent in your stable. His name is (Edwin ) De Los Santos. We don’t care and the fans don’t care to pay for a De Los Santos fight, but they (Tank’s management) are covering something up, and I don’t know what it is.
“Is it the power of De Los Santos that they are worried about? The fact that he is a lefty because Tank talked a lot when Shakur Stevenson put everyone to sleep with De Los Santos, but he will not get behind the ring and face De Los Santos is the fight everyone wants to see.
“No one is going to pay for this PPV. I have to let you know now. People show up because it’s Tank Davis, but those PPV numbers you’re chasing. It’s just wishful thinking, man. Like a lot of the PPVs we see today, a well of wishful thinking. We want them to do big numbers. If you make big fights, there will be big numbers, period,” Bradley said.
