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Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach Rematch Announcement Has Boxing Fans Divided

Recent announcements about a Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Lamont Roach Jr. rematch has the boxing community at odds.
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WBA Lightweight Champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis faces off WBA Super Featherweight Champion Lamont Roach on February 28, 2025.
WBA Lightweight Champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis faces off WBA Super Featherweight Champion Lamont Roach on February 28, 2025. | IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

After one of the more controversial boxing matches in recent memory took place between Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach Jr. on March 1, the entire boxing community was clamoring to see these two face off again so that the first fight's majority draw decision could be put in the rearview.

It quickly became clear that both sides were looking to get a rematch together. And an X post from Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix confirmed this by writing:

"A Tank-Roach rematch could happen as early as June 21st in Las Vegas, sources told @SINow. Both sides now committed to running it back."

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Now that a date and location for Davis vs. Roach 2 is seemingly being finalized, there has been social media debate from fans about which of these world-class boxers will emerge victorious in the second showdown.

Some fans are siding with Roach. One example of this is with X user @Moe_38ST, who posted two photos from the first fight and wrote, "Roach is beating dat *** again mane 😤🦾".

Another fan posted a gif of a cockroach wielding a lightsaber, an indication that they're favoring Roach.

Other fans are siding with Davis for the rematch. In one example, a fan who wrote, "I thought roach won the first 115-113, but I think tank will make adjustments and win the rematch."

"Tank, I think Roach will be very competitive but Tank will KO him in the later rounds," added another.

The hype for this fight is only going to build as the expected rematch date gets closer.

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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.