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Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach punch stats show just how close fight really was
Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach were separated by just 9 punches as they boxed to a majority draw on Saturday night. Davis retains his WBA lightweight title as a result but he will likely have to run it back with Roach after the judges were unable to separate the pair. Davis and Roach duked it out in a close and competitive fightGETTY Looking at the CompuBox punch stats it is easy to see why. There were three or fewer landed punches between them in nine of the twelve rounds even though Roach threw 121 more punches over the distance. Roach won the battle of the jab with 25 to Davis’ 10 but ‘Tank’ landed more power punches at 93 to 87. Overall, Roach was the busier fighter with 112 total punches landed to Davis’ 103. Roach landed more total punches in six of the rounds, while three were equal and the other three saw Davis find a home for more blows. There was a controversial moment in the ninth round when Davis took a voluntary knee after a jab grazed his face. Referee Steve Willis did not score a knockdown. However, if he did it would have swung the fight in Roach’s favour. Two judges scored the bout even at 114-114 while a third had it 115-113 for Davis. A 10-8 round in the ninth stanza would have turned the result upside down. CompuBoxHere are the Davis vs Roach punch stats from CompuBox[/caption] Both fighters thought they had done enough to win in the immediate aftermath. Roach said post-fight: “I’m a little disappointed in the decision. “I thought I pulled it out. That’s what two skilled fighters do, go in there and show off their craft. I definitely thought I won but we can run it back. “Gervonta is a great fighter. I thank him for the opportunity to show all the people that were doubting me, all the fake boxing media and fans talking s***. “That s*** got flipped upside down. Even though I didn’t win tonight, I thought I did, but it’s 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.” 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 and Lamont Roach were separated by just 9 punches as they boxed to a majority draw on Saturday night.
Davis retains his WBA lightweight title as a result but he will likely have to run it back with Roach after the judges were unable to separate the pair.
Looking at the CompuBox punch stats it is easy to see why.
There were three or fewer landed punches between them in nine of the twelve rounds even though Roach threw 121 more punches over the distance.
Roach won the battle of the jab with 25 to Davis’ 10 but ‘Tank’ landed more power punches at 93 to 87.
Overall, Roach was the busier fighter with 112 total punches landed to Davis’ 103.
Roach landed more total punches in six of the rounds, while three were equal and the other three saw Davis find a home for more blows.
There was a controversial moment in the ninth round when Davis took a voluntary knee after a jab grazed his face.
Referee Steve Willis did not score a knockdown.
However, if he did it would have swung the fight in Roach’s favour.
Two judges scored the bout even at 114-114 while a third had it 115-113 for Davis.
A 10-8 round in the ninth stanza would have turned the result upside down.
Both fighters thought they had done enough to win in the immediate aftermath.
Roach said post-fight: “I’m a little disappointed in the decision.
“I thought I pulled it out. That’s what two skilled fighters do, go in there and show off their craft. I definitely thought I won but we can run it back.
“Gervonta is a great fighter. I thank him for the opportunity to show all the people that were doubting me, all the fake boxing media and fans talking s***.
“That s*** got flipped upside down. Even though I didn’t win tonight, I thought I did, but it’s 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.”
