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Lamont Roach's Father Gives Honest Gervonta 'Tank' Davis Opinion

Lamont Roach Sr. got honest about how he views Gervonta "Tank" Davis.
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GERVONTA DAVIS having fun and full of energy during the press conference on May 5, 2024.
GERVONTA DAVIS having fun and full of energy during the press conference on May 5, 2024. | ZUMA Press Wire

While there has always seemed to be a healthy amount of mutual respect between Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Lamont Roach, it's also clear that these two are not fond of each other outside of the ring. This has been intensified ever since their March 1 fight ended in a majority draw result.

Davis' performance in this fight, combined with the controversial decision that he made in the ninth round to take a knee out of nowhere and then have his face wiped off by his corner — all of which went unpenalized by the referee Steve Willis — has turned many fans against him.

Some fans are even convinced that Tank is overrated after facing Roach, and believe his knockout-centric style is going to cost him in an eventual rematch.

However, most boxing heads understand that Davis is still a world-class fighter. This is the opinion that Lamont Roach Sr. (who is his son's head trainer) shared during an April 8 interview with YSM Sports Media.

"He's a bad ************, earned everything he got," Roach Sr. said of Tank Davis. He later added, "Gervonta is a great champion and he earned everything he got. He's still a great fighter. What Lamont did in there can't dictate what nobody else is doing, that's what people got mistaken."

"Gervonta is still a great champion. He [was] just in there with another great fighter, and that's Lamont," Roach Sr. concluded.

It's cool to hear Roach Sr. still giving Tank his flowers and respect, which will only add intrigue for when his son goes toe to toe with Tank in the rematch.

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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.