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Jake Paul Details 'Holes' Lamont Roach Exposed In Gervonta Davis

Jake Paul explained the ways Lamont Roach "exposed" Gervonta Davis in their March 1 fight, which could impact the rematch.
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Jake Paul watching Jutta Leerdam watching the race WC Single Distances on March 15, 2025.
Jake Paul watching Jutta Leerdam watching the race WC Single Distances on March 15, 2025. | IMAGO / Pro Shots

The March 1 fight between Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Lamont Roach was eye-opening for countless boxing fans. Davis entered this fight as a massive -1400 favorite, and those who weren't familiar with Roach's game assumed Tank would cruise to an easy stoppage victory.

However, those who've seen and trained with Roach understood that Tank had a tougher task ahead of him than the general public believed. And this was proven once Roach and Tank fought to a controversial majority draw that many thought Roach deserved to win outright.

But this controversy should finally be settled once and for all when Davis and Roach rematch on August 16 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

One person who was not happy about that March 1 fight outcome (and ensuing rematch) was Jake Paul, as he already had an exhibition fight in place against Tank that was going to take place so long as Tank defeated Roach.

Those fight plans have now been put on hold so that Davis can settle his score with Roach. However, when speaking on a May 19 episode of The Ariel Helwani Show, Paul asserted that Roach might have exposed Davis in ways that could show up again during their second bout.

"I never really thought Tank was that good. It would just take the right fighter to pick him apart, to be honest. Someone who had high activity, and wasn't afraid of his power. So I always saw so many holes in his game. To me it wasn't that surprising that someone finally gave [Tank] some good work."
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It's hard to imagine Paul would be scared of Tank's power if they fight, given how Paul will have a massive weight advantage.

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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.