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Paulie Malignaggi wasn’t stunned to see Gervonta Davis have issues in opposition to Lamont Roach final Saturday night time of their light-weight world title combat in Brooklyn, New York.
“Cherry Pick” Gone Incorrect
The competition was dominated as a 12 spherical majority draw, however followers noticed it as a loss for Tank. Malignaggi views the combat as a cherry choose gone mistaken for Tank. Regardless of the light-weight division being loaded with expertise, Davis picked out Roach from the tremendous featherweight division, believing he can be a straightforward mark.
He agrees with the followers that the referee’s blown name on the knockdown prevented Roach from profitable the combat. Malignaggi factors out Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) is 30, and hasn’t fought any of the highest fighters within the 135-lb weight class. He’s been being profitable all these years on PPV, combating beatable fighters.
Roach took benefit of Tank combating in spurts, and will management massive parts of every spherical as a result of he wasn’t throwing. Davis obtained annoyed and started utilizing completely different fouling strategies, hoping to intimidate Roach nevertheless it didn’t work.
Tank captured a belt in 2017 off of tremendous featherweight world champion Jose Pedraza, and he’s been taking sure-thing opposition ever since, primarily with Mayweather Promotions. He was with them till 2022. Malignaggi notes that Tank acted like he wasn’t even bothered when he the combat was dominated as a 12 spherical majority draw.
Over the previous eight years, Gervonta fought restricted opposition. His finest win got here in opposition to Ryan Garcia, however that was one with a double whammy of a catchweight and rehydration clause. Ryan was silly to comply with both of these issues.
“Steve Willis was supposed to count that as a knockdown, and if he counts that as a knockdown, Lamont Roach wins by one point on two scorecards,” stated Paulie Malignaggi on his YouTube channel concerning the Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach combat final Saturday.
Prime Light-weight Debate
“There are at least six or seven lightweights better than Lamont Roach. It’s not like he went out of a weak division to go and pick Lamont Roach for this fight. He went and got Lamont Roach as a cherry pick. It makes you wonder, ‘Is he [Gervonta] that guy?’” stated Malignaggi.
There are not less than six good fighters that Davis might have chosen however didn’t. He might have had his choose of one of the best fighters at 135, and so they’d have all stated sure.
“He has no resume to talk of. This can be a man that’s 30-years-old and speaks like he’s achieved what Muhammad Ali has achieved, speaking about how he’s going to retire as a result of he’s executed all the pieces. He’s really executed nothing.
“This guy has never chased a top guy in his weight class,” stated Paulie about Gervonta. “Has he ever had a combat the place you stated, ‘That’s one of the best man within the weight class and Gervonta Davis went and chased him and made it.’
“Shakur Stevenson, even with injured hands, probably would have beat him tonight. Keyshawn Davis would have beat him for sure. Edwin De Los Santos would have beat him tonight.”
