tank vs. Roach & Benavidez vs. Hart In Mix For December 21st

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Lamont Roach and David Benavidez vs. Jesse Hart is slated for December 21st.

Staging this two-fight tandem on PBC on Amazon Prime Video PPV on this date will compete with the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2 rematch, which will also be sold on pay-per-view. It is not a good idea to have these two events on the same date. Tank Davis is a big star, but Roach is a household name with casual boxing fans, and has never beaten anyone notable to gain fame.

Tank-Roach and Benavidez-Hart are fights that very few fans will be interested in paying to watch. The organizers have to throw out the idea of ​​staging this event on December 21 unless they agree with low PPV numbers. Selling this card for the price could work because fans will be willing to buy it if it’s in the $15 range.

It would make sense for a Tank and Benavidez card to be staged on the same date as Fury-Usyk 2 if they were facing off against better opponents.

Earlier today, fans got some bad news that interim WBC lightweight champion Benavidez will not be facing David Morrell next. Benavidez said he was fighting 35-year-old Jesse Hart (31-3, 25 KOs) instead, which fans saw as a sign that the “Mexican Monster” had gotten cold feet.

Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) moved up from super-featherweight to challenge Gervonta (30-0, 28 KOs) for the WBA “regular” lightweight title.

“They tell me that they are thinking about the Gervonta-Roach fight for December 21, with Benavidez-Hart in the mix. The thing is that the Usyk vs. Fury 2 PPV is on that same day, and that could affect the date. The 14 December, Munguía-Gavril would be in TJ and Raúl Curiel vs. Alexis Rocha in LA,” said Salvador Rodriguez in X.

Tank Davis has a lot of great options at lightweight, and he could fight next to Lamont Roach. Raymond Muratalla, Andy Cruz, Floyd Schofield and Keyshawn Davis would be good.