‘They robbed that boy’ – Terence Crawford vents angry reaction to Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach
Terence Crawford led furious reaction as Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach drew up controversy. Davis was a big favourite to defeat former amateur rival Lamont Roach in their lightweight world title clash in Brooklyn. Davis controversially escaped a knockdown after taking a kneeGETTY But the boxing superstar was left stunned, having dropped to a knee in the ninth round of the clash, a moment which was incredibly not scored a knockdown by the referee. And given the margins on the scorecards were so fine, a draw was awarded by the judges sparing Davis’ blushes after a tough night. The boxing world whipped up a storm as to how the knockdown wasn’t awarded, which could have handed Roach the point he needed in a 10-8 round to claim unlikely victory. Pound-for-pound warrior Crawford led those reactions, stirring the narrative with an angry rant on social media. He first wrote: “Roach won and that should have been called a knock down. Let’s see what happens.” When the verdict was announced, he continued: “They robbed that boy and it’s crazy. “I never seen someone take a knee and they don’t count it as a knock down. Must of forgot the rules for tonight.” In his final say on the subject, Crawford even added: “Some of you all need to watch Floyd Mayweather vs Genaro Hernandez, and see Mayweather took a knee because he hurt his hand. “And it was called a knockdown and not from a punch either.” Crawford was not the only one to vent his frustrations at the outcome of the night, which saw Davis keep his undefeated record and WBA lightweight world title. Crawford led unhappy reaction to the decisionEd Mulholland/Matchroom He remains yet to be beaten despite his fortunes, and it appears a sequel is not on the table according to Davis. The knockdown was a huge point of contention in the fight, with a knee touching the canvas to be scored a knockdown according to the rules. But it wasn’t awarded, and Roach was left furious insisting he should it have been called despite it being appear to be led by Davis. ‘Tank’ claimed that he had grease in his eyes, which was what ultimately forced him to take the knee. Roach was left bemused and insisted he was unfortunate to not have handed his rival his first career defeat. He said: “Honestly, I thought I should have won without that being counted a knockdown. Davis’ undefeated record lived to fight another dayPremier Boxing Champions “Look, I ain’t the ref. I ain’t and really if [Tank Davis] had to wipe sweat out of his eye, he had to wipe sweat out of his eye. “But the rules do state if you voluntarily take a knee, then that’s an automatic eight-count. “But, it is what it is. I wasn’t relying on that. I was relying on what I was doing in there. “I was taking control. I think I was landing more shots, more power shots, and I thought I was doing my thing. “So, I’m not really that frustrated but if that was counted as a knockdown — I’d have won a majority decision.” 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
Terence Crawford led furious reaction as Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach drew up controversy.
Davis was a big favourite to defeat former amateur rival Lamont Roach in their lightweight world title clash in Brooklyn.
But the boxing superstar was left stunned, having dropped to a knee in the ninth round of the clash, a moment which was incredibly not scored a knockdown by the referee.
And given the margins on the scorecards were so fine, a draw was awarded by the judges sparing Davis’ blushes after a tough night.
The boxing world whipped up a storm as to how the knockdown wasn’t awarded, which could have handed Roach the point he needed in a 10-8 round to claim unlikely victory.
Pound-for-pound warrior Crawford led those reactions, stirring the narrative with an angry rant on social media.
He first wrote: “Roach won and that should have been called a knock down. Let’s see what happens.”
When the verdict was announced, he continued: “They robbed that boy and it’s crazy.
“I never seen someone take a knee and they don’t count it as a knock down. Must of forgot the rules for tonight.”
In his final say on the subject, Crawford even added: “Some of you all need to watch Floyd Mayweather vs Genaro Hernandez, and see Mayweather took a knee because he hurt his hand.
“And it was called a knockdown and not from a punch either.”
Crawford was not the only one to vent his frustrations at the outcome of the night, which saw Davis keep his undefeated record and WBA lightweight world title.
He remains yet to be beaten despite his fortunes, and it appears a sequel is not on the table according to Davis.
The knockdown was a huge point of contention in the fight, with a knee touching the canvas to be scored a knockdown according to the rules.
But it wasn’t awarded, and Roach was left furious insisting he should it have been called despite it being appear to be led by Davis.
‘Tank’ claimed that he had grease in his eyes, which was what ultimately forced him to take the knee.
Roach was left bemused and insisted he was unfortunate to not have handed his rival his first career defeat.
He said: “Honestly, I thought I should have won without that being counted a knockdown.
“Look, I ain’t the ref. I ain’t and really if [Tank Davis] had to wipe sweat out of his eye, he had to wipe sweat out of his eye.
“But the rules do state if you voluntarily take a knee, then that’s an automatic eight-count.
“But, it is what it is. I wasn’t relying on that. I was relying on what I was doing in there.
“I was taking control. I think I was landing more shots, more power shots, and I thought I was doing my thing.
“So, I’m not really that frustrated but if that was counted as a knockdown — I’d have won a majority decision.”
