Gervonta Davis says next fight is ‘cancelled’ but Lamont Roach releases conflicting statement
Gervonta Davis claims his upcoming clash with Lamont Roach is ‘cancelled’. Davis was set to defend his WBA lightweight title against Roach on March 1 at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn. Davis thinks his next fight is off but Roach is suggesting otherwiseEsther Lin/ PBC Roach is the reigning WBA super featherweight champion and was recently granted ‘special permission’ by the major sanctioning body to move up in weight and challenge for a world title in a second weight class while retaining his 130lbs strap. However, the fight now looks to be off judging from Davis’ most recent Instagram post. Taking to his story on Monday night, ‘Tank’ wrote: “The fight is f***ing cancelled.” At the same time Davis was announcing the cancellation of their bout, Roach released a video of him shadow boxing in the gym after sparring with welterweight boxer Mykal Fox. He then followed up by posting a statement that suggested he had no idea the contest had been canned. “The f*** ya keep asking me for?” he wrote on his Instagram story a couple of hours after Davis’ initial post. “He said that s*** not me. I’m locked in ain’t s*** changed. “March 1st Brooklyn #Andthenew.” It remains to be seen whether the fight will go ahead. At the time of writing, you can still buy tickets for Davis vs Roach online while the promoter of the event PBC hasn’t released a statement on the matter. Davis hasn’t fought since his KO win over Martin in JuneGETTY Davis and Roach were initially slated to square off on December 14 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. But the fight was pushed back by three months due to a scheduling conflict. Roach picked up the WBA super-featherweight strap by beating Hector Luis Garcia via split decision in November 2023 and defended it against Feargal McCrory in June. Davis, who previously held the IBF and WBA super featherweight straps, was elevated from ‘regular’ to full WBA world champion in November 2023 when Devin Haney vacated the belt. The Baltimore boxer defended the full world title for the first time in June with an eighth-round knockout win over Frank Martin. Boxing fans had hoped to see Davis duke it out with Vasyl Lomachenko next in a WBA and IBF unification bout, although negotiations fell through in June when the Ukrainian opted to take some time away from the sport. Boxing WhatsApp channel Get the latest fight news, reaction and the best opinion from talkSPORT pundits in our Boxing WhatsApp channel. Follow our Boxing channel HERE.
Gervonta Davis claims his upcoming clash with Lamont Roach is ‘cancelled’.
Davis was set to defend his WBA lightweight title against Roach on March 1 at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn.
Roach is the reigning WBA super featherweight champion and was recently granted ‘special permission’ by the major sanctioning body to move up in weight and challenge for a world title in a second weight class while retaining his 130lbs strap.
However, the fight now looks to be off judging from Davis’ most recent Instagram post.
Taking to his story on Monday night, ‘Tank’ wrote: “The fight is f***ing cancelled.”
At the same time Davis was announcing the cancellation of their bout, Roach released a video of him shadow boxing in the gym after sparring with welterweight boxer Mykal Fox.
He then followed up by posting a statement that suggested he had no idea the contest had been canned.
“The f*** ya keep asking me for?” he wrote on his Instagram story a couple of hours after Davis’ initial post.
“He said that s*** not me. I’m locked in ain’t s*** changed.
“March 1st Brooklyn #Andthenew.”
It remains to be seen whether the fight will go ahead.
At the time of writing, you can still buy tickets for Davis vs Roach online while the promoter of the event PBC hasn’t released a statement on the matter.
Davis and Roach were initially slated to square off on December 14 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
But the fight was pushed back by three months due to a scheduling conflict.
Roach picked up the WBA super-featherweight strap by beating Hector Luis Garcia via split decision in November 2023 and defended it against Feargal McCrory in June.
Davis, who previously held the IBF and WBA super featherweight straps, was elevated from ‘regular’ to full WBA world champion in November 2023 when Devin Haney vacated the belt.
The Baltimore boxer defended the full world title for the first time in June with an eighth-round knockout win over Frank Martin.
Boxing fans had hoped to see Davis duke it out with Vasyl Lomachenko next in a WBA and IBF unification bout, although negotiations fell through in June when the Ukrainian opted to take some time away from the sport.
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