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Claressa Shields Reveals Her Pick For Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach Rematch

Women's boxing champion Claressa Shields stated a clear case for why Gervonta "Tank" Davis will lose his rematch against Lamont Roach.
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Action between Gervonta 'Tank' Davis (30-0 28 KOs) and Lamont Roach (25-1-1 10 KOs) on March 1, 2025.
Action between Gervonta 'Tank' Davis (30-0 28 KOs) and Lamont Roach (25-1-1 10 KOs) on March 1, 2025. | IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

The boxing world is still buzzing about the March 1 fight between Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Lamont Roach Jr. for Davis' WBA lightweight title.

Since this title fight was controversial and the majority draw decision didn't produce a clear better fighter between these two, the boxing world is clamoring for a rematch. And all indications are that a Davis vs. Roach II fight will take place this summer, perhaps as early as June.

During a March 28 interview with Fight Hub TV, women's boxing pound-for-pound great Claressa Shields said, "I feel like Gervonta is a hell of a fighter, but I feel like he needs to get his mental together... I think he would be better, and even a better fighter, if he went and did therapy like ASAP. Because I can tell he's a little sad, little depressed."

Later on in that same interview, Shields conveyed why she believes Roach is destined to win this eventual rematch against Tank.

"I think Lamont Roach did a great job in that fight. I think if he would have been a little more aggressive we would've really won, like a unanimous decision. But he kept stepping off the gas," Shields said.

"Now that he knows we can take Tank's punch, I think Lamont will be even better in the rematch, because he's gonna take those punches, he's gonna give those punches back, and he's gonna step on the gas this fight.

"But right now, I think that Roach wins the rematch... only because I think Tank is so frustrated with other parts of his life that it's hard for him to use all of it inside the ring," Shields continued. She later added, "I guess I favor Lamont Roach in the rematch."

It sounds like Shields will be tuned in like the rest of the boxing world when this rematch occurs.

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Grant Young is a Staff Writer for On SI’s Boxing, New York Mets, Indiana Fever, and Women’s Fastbreak sites. Before joining SI in 2024, he wrote for various boxing and sports verticals such as FanBuzz and NY Fights. Young has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in creative writing with an emphasis on sports nonfiction from the University of San Francisco, where he played five seasons of Division 1 baseball. He fought Muay Thai professionally in Thailand in 2023, loves a good essay, and is driven crazy trying to handle a pitpull puppy named Aura. Young lives in San Diego and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.