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Lamont Roach Drops Telling 6-Word Update About Gervonta 'Tank' Davis Rematch

Lamont Roach only needed six words to convey where he's at with Gervonta "Tank" Davis rematch negotiations.
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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

With each passing day, the boxing community becomes more and more eager to get definitive news on a rematch between Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Lamont Roach.

The highly disputed majority draw outcome of their March 1 fight, combined with the controversy that came in the fight's ninth round when Davis took a knee in the middle of the ring and wasn't penalized for it, has made a rematch between these two champion boxers one of the most anticipated fights for the rest of 2025.

All indications are that a rematch is on the way. However, the question is more about when this fight will occur. Several reporters have asserted that June 21 seems to be the most discussed date at this point, and that Las Vegas is the most likely city where it will take place. However, with nothing set in stone, there are still just reports.

What's for sure is that Lamont Roach has been extremely active on social media ever since the March 1 fight ended, and he has done multiple interviews where he's sharing his side of the fight and campaigning for the rematch to come sooner rather than later.

And at one point during his April 8 interview with boxing icon Andre Ward on the All The Smoke Fight podcast, Roach gave a positive update about his rematch with Tank.

“We trending in the right direction," Roach said of rematch negotiations. "We trending in the right direction.

"I hope we can make an announcement soon. I hope we have a decision soon, that's all I'mma say. But we trending in the right way," he added.

The boxing community has got to love hearing this sentiment from Roach.

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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.