Lamont Roach Jr. aims to test the chin and durability of Gervonta Davis: “We will see how he reacts to my power”

Lamont Roach wants to see how the WBA champion Lightweight Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis reacts when he starts to land his power shots this Saturday evening in their headliners at the Brooklyn Barclays Center, New York.

Roach (25-1-1, 10 ko) feels that he has enough power to work his tank chin and cause him trouble. But even if he does not hurt it, he believes that he has the technical capacity to make twelve rounds to win a decision.

Roach plan

Davis-Roach will be broadcast live on PBC on Video PPV Prime this Saturday, March 1. Boxing fans groaned the price of the $ 79.95 event after being spoiled by Riyadic seasonal cards, but it’s a good card with many interesting fights for fans.

Tank (30-0, 28 ko) did not say who he planned to fight next, but it could be Shakur Stevenson or another big name. He has to face a popular fighter to preserve his status as a “boxing face”.

“We are going to see how he reacts when he is struck with this punch, in particular one clean,” said Lamont Roach to Sean Zittel YouTube Channel, speaking of her fight against the WBA champion Lightweight Gervonta Davis this Saturday evening in Brooklyn.

“Yeah, that’s for sure. We will discover it, “said Roach when he asked him if he had a chin to take the power of Gervonta for 12 laps. “From the outside, you can say this (the tank being the more explosive punch). I am a boxer and he can hit.

Roach will have to box as if he had never done before to avoid being eliminated and win a decision against Tank Davis on Saturday evening. He has eliminated his last four opponents since 2022, and no one has exceeded the ninth round against him.

The last guy to follow the distance against Davis was Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz in 2021, and he took huge shots in this fight. Tank injured himself in the left hand in the fight and fought with just his right in the second half.

Roach is a lower pointer than everyone that Davis fought, and he will have nothing to keep it. He will not respect his jab if that’s all he has.

Davis’s power

“He can strike, has beautiful reflexes, and he has a nice IQ boxer. There is nothing that you can deny on this subject, but that’s just what I know I got, “said Roach. “I know I have everything to correspond to what he has or neutralize what he has. I would love him to do this, “said Lamont when he was asked if he would like Tank to manifest behind his high guard as he did against Frank Martin and Mario Barrios.

“I don’t think it will happen, but if that’s the case, it will certainly be ready for” fight of the year “. King of. I’ve already been here, ”said Roach when asked if being a big outsider is motivation for him. “I am not known under the spotlight. So, that’s probably one thing, and because I lost to Jamel (Herring). So that probably tainted it a little.

It doesn’t matter if Tank Davis comes with a high guard all night. He will end up connecting with something big, and it will be up to taking his power.