Boxing superstar Gervonta “Tank” Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) is scheduled to make his return to the ring as he defends his WBA world lightweight title against WBA world super-featherweight champion Lamont Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night, March 1, 2025.
This PBC champion vs. champion event will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime pay-per-view. Davis plans to have another successful title defense and remain undefeated, while his opponent, Lamont Roach, will try to make it a big fight.
Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach have a bit of history as they met twice in the lovers. Both bouts were competitive, but in the end, Davis won on both occasions. The Davis vs. Roach rivalry would continue at the professional level, but the matchup was not well received by all boxing fans.
At one end of the spectrum, you have the randoms who are completely sold on this matchup. They saw the trash-talking in the press conference, and now they want to see the fight. Besides the Gervonta “Tank” Davis brand name, another driving force that makes this fight marketable to casuals is geography.
Separated by about 40 miles, Baltimore and Washington DC are rivals, but the rivalry between the two cities is not based on sports. The rivalry is about the two individual cities disagreements, and cultural differences. However, when sports come into play, both cities support their respective teams.
That being said, it just so happens that Gervonta Davis is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and Lamont Roach was born in Washington D.C. Casual fans are looking forward to this March 1st matchup, while the other group of fans are not excited. with the Tank vs. Roach clash.
On the other side of the spectrum, we have the hardcore fans. The hardcore fans are more knowledgeable about the intricacies of the sport of boxing, and they always want to see the best possible matchups.
In the 1980s, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns were given the nickname “The Four Kings”. All four boxers had individual success, and they all faced each other in the squared circle.
In 2021, the media marked Gervonta Davis, Ryan Garcia, Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney as the new version of The Four Kings. All four boxers had individual success, but did not face each other in the ring. Ryan Garcia is the only boxer to face multiple rivals, as he has fought both Davis and Haney.
In addition to his fellow Kings, undefeated WBC world lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson is another high-profile fighter that hardcore fans want Davis to fight in the ring. Lamont Roach is a good fighter, but most hardcore fans don’t care about this fight because they know what’s going on.
On March 1st, Roach will go out and win the first few rounds until Davis unloads the data. Once Davis got the timing right, he would move forward and overwhelm his opponent with hard, accurate shots. Once the punishment piled up, Davis got the stoppage between rounds 6-10.
The previous scenario is what most hardcore fans expect to happen in this fight. What they want is for Davis to go on a run and fight the best opponents available. When they look at Lamont Roach, they see a boxer who is good, but they feel he is not the best option available.
Despite the fact that they are not satisfied, hardcore fans will still watch the fight Tank vs Roach. On March 1, 2025, it’s Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach, it’s Baltimore vs. DC This fight will be an epic event that is more suitable for casual fans, but I hope that during the course of the year 2025, Gervonta Davis will give to hardcore fans. the high profile fights they have been waiting for.
