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Gervonta Davis reveals strange reason he took a knee in controversial Lamont Roach fight
Gervonta Davis has blamed his hairdresser for him taking a knee during his controversial fight with Lamont Roach. Davis retained his WBA lightweight title after boxing to a majority draw against Roach in Brooklyn on Saturday night. Davis took a knee in the ninth roundGETTY Roach opened up a massive underdog but he proved the bookies wrong by pushing ‘Tank’ all the way up to the final bell. In the end, the judges couldn’t decide on a winner with two of them scoring it a 114-114 draw while a third official edged the fight in Davis‘ favour by a narrow margin of 115-113. Roach would have been declared the victor if referee Steve Willis had scored a knockdown in the ninth round when Davis took a knee. A grazing jab appeared to compromise Davis’ vision temporarily as he dropped to one knee before walking over to his corner to get a piece of debris wiped from his eye. Willis started a count but cancelled it upon realising that Davis wasn’t hurt – much to the dismay of observers. Explaining what caused him to touch down, Davis said post-fight: “I just got my hair done two days ago and she put grease in my s***. “When you are sweating and s*** like that, the grease came into my face and it burnt my eyes.” A cacophony of boos then began to ring around the packed out Barclays Center. “Yo why you all booing like I’m talking b*****?” ‘Tank’ shouted. “Look at my hair, I just got my s*** done.” View Tweet: https://t.co/BxfVADkFPn Davis had his face wiped after the grease in his braids dripped into his eyesGETTY The draw marks the first blemish on Davis’ otherwise perfect 30-0-1 record. Both men called for a rematch in the immediate aftermath and it seems almost certain they will get their wish given the controversy surrounding their bout. “I definitely thought I won, hopefully we can run it back, but Gervonta is a great fighter,” said Roach. “I thank him for the opportunity to show the world and all the people that were doubting me, all the people talking s***, all the fake boxing media. “That s*** got flipped upside down, even though I didn’t win tonight, it is a win for me in my book but we are not satisfied with that we need a real W.” Davis added: “I think I pulled it off in the last three rounds for sure… PBCRoach asked questions of Davis all night[/caption] “I was catching him with some clean shots and breaking him down as the rounds went on. “But he kept coming, and I didn’t want to make no mistakes, so I kept it cautious… “Shoutout to Lamont Roach and his whole team, man, hopefully we can run it back.” Follow talkBOXING on social media talkBOXING is now on Twitter and Facebook. Follow us on social media for big breaking boxing news, exclusive interviews and the best bits from our talkBOXING YouTube show. Like our Facebook page HERE Follow us on Twitter HERE Sign up for our WhatsApp channel HERE
Gervonta Davis has blamed his hairdresser for him taking a knee during his controversial fight with Lamont Roach.
Davis retained his WBA lightweight title after boxing to a majority draw against Roach in Brooklyn on Saturday night.
Roach opened up a massive underdog but he proved the bookies wrong by pushing ‘Tank’ all the way up to the final bell.
In the end, the judges couldn’t decide on a winner with two of them scoring it a 114-114 draw while a third official edged the fight in Davis‘ favour by a narrow margin of 115-113.
Roach would have been declared the victor if referee Steve Willis had scored a knockdown in the ninth round when Davis took a knee.
A grazing jab appeared to compromise Davis’ vision temporarily as he dropped to one knee before walking over to his corner to get a piece of debris wiped from his eye.
Willis started a count but cancelled it upon realising that Davis wasn’t hurt – much to the dismay of observers.
Explaining what caused him to touch down, Davis said post-fight: “I just got my hair done two days ago and she put grease in my s***.
“When you are sweating and s*** like that, the grease came into my face and it burnt my eyes.”
A cacophony of boos then began to ring around the packed out Barclays Center.
“Yo why you all booing like I’m talking b*****?” ‘Tank’ shouted.
“Look at my hair, I just got my s*** done.”
The draw marks the first blemish on Davis’ otherwise perfect 30-0-1 record.
Both men called for a rematch in the immediate aftermath and it seems almost certain they will get their wish given the controversy surrounding their bout.
“I definitely thought I won, hopefully we can run it back, but Gervonta is a great fighter,” said Roach.
“I thank him for the opportunity to show the world and all the people that were doubting me, all the people talking s***, all the fake boxing media.
“That s*** got flipped upside down, even though I didn’t win tonight, it is a win for me in my book but we are not satisfied with that we need a real W.”
Davis added: “I think I pulled it off in the last three rounds for sure…
“I was catching him with some clean shots and breaking him down as the rounds went on.
“But he kept coming, and I didn’t want to make no mistakes, so I kept it cautious…
“Shoutout to Lamont Roach and his whole team, man, hopefully we can run it back.”
