Gervonta Davis doesn’t have a squeaky clean record anymore as he registered his first boxing match draw against Lamont Roach Jr. While the fight was deemed to be a bit controversial due to the judges’ decision, another situation has garnered attention as WNBA star Angel Reese pointed out on social media. The question is, what did Davis put on his hair?
During the fight against Lamont Roach Jr., Davis took a ‘voluntary knee’, which many people thought was a knockdown. The reason, as ‘Tank’ later revealed, why he took the knee was because of a hair product, or grease, to be more exact, he used since he had his hair fixed a few days before his WBA lightweight title defense, which Angel Reese doesn’t seem to be a fan of.
Suggesting that Gervonta Davis should avoid putting such products on his hair, Angel Reese tweeted, “Whatever product they put in Gervonta braids, NEVER AGAIN! cause why it’s dripping down like that in his eyes.” In another tweet, she wrote, “I knew it. That grease gon do it everytimeeeee,” after finding out about the substance that was dripping from ‘Tank’s head.
When Gervonta Davis took the knee, the referee did not count it as a knockdown, which surprised Lamont Roach Jr., who revealed his thoughts on the fight later. “If you voluntarily take a knee and the ref’s not counting, that’s a knockdown,” said ‘Outlaw’.
i knew it that grease gon do it everytimeeeee https://t.co/Lz0jj9ikab
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) March 2, 2025
Guess what? Others agree with Roach as well, and that includes the undisputed welterweight champion, Terence Crawford. Let’s take a look at what he had to say.
Terence Crawford sides with Lamont Roach Jr against Gervonta Davis
Robbery! That term has taken shape once again as the controversial majority draw got the fans and the whole boxing community talking. Terence Crawford, like many others, believes the Lamont Roach Jr. decisively beat Gervonta Davis as the consensus of that fight is that the former controlled about 75 percent of the whole 12 rounds. Furthermore, Crawford also pointed out the voluntary knee taken by the defending champion, jibing at the referee that he may have forgotten about the rules surrounding certain instances in a boxing match.
January 7, 2023, Washington DC, Washington DC, USA: Action between Baltimores Gervonta à Tank Davis 28-0 26KOs black shorts and Hector Garcia 16-1 10KOs of the Dominican Republic, in a WBA lightweight world title bout from the Capital One Arena in Washington DC. Tank won the fight by TKO in the 9th round when Garcia was unable to continue and remained on his stool and retained his WBA lightweight title. Washington DC USA – ZUMAd151 20230107_znp_d151_136 Copyright: xAdamxDelGiudicex
“They robbed that boy and it’s crazy,” Crawford wrote on X. “I never seen someone take a knee and they don’t count it as a knock down. Must of forgot the rules for tonight.” Not only that, the undisputed welterweight champion also suggested people watch Floyd Mayweather’s fight against Genaro Hernandez to see how a voluntary knee was recorded as a knockdown during that boxing match. “Some of yall need to watch Mayweather vs Hernandez and see Mayweather take a knee because he hurt his hand and it was called a knock down and not from a punch either,” Terence Crawford added.
Well, what’s done is done and regardless of all the controversies, the Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach Jr. fight was a financial success. So could they run it back for a second time to rectify the draw? That remains to be seen.
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