Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach for March 1 in Doubt After Cryptic Post

Gervonta Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) and Lamont Roach Jr. (25-1-1, 10 KOs) was recently confirmed by Premier Boxing Champions with “Tank” set to defend his WBA lightweight title against Roach, the WBA super featherweight champion, who will move up a division to take on the big-punching Baltimore native in a GTD Promotions and TGB Promotions event. The world title fight is set for March 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn as the main event of a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video. It was also confirmed that fight fans could catch the action through traditional cable and satellite outlets as well as PPV.com. Following a cryptic post from Davis, it now appears the fight could be off.

Gervonta Davis Lamont Roach: Fight in Doubt After Instagram Post

Gervonta Davis Lamont Roach: What Post Means for March 1 Bout

Davis is scheduled to defend his WBA title against Roach with both fighters recently trading bold predictions at a press conference. This is due to be the sixth title defence for Davis and despite some criticism towards the making of this fight, there is intrigue with both having big followings from their native Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

This fight has encountered issues from the beginning with the original fight date of December 14 not happening with no reason given. On December 23, the fight was seemingly off the table with Davis posting via his Instagram stories: “The fight is fucking cancel”

Gervonta Davis Lamont Roach: What Happens Next?

Roach posted his response after seemingly being asked plenty of questions: “The fuck ya keep asking me for? He said that shit not me. I’m locked in ain’t shit changed. March 1st Brooklyn.”

With no comment from PBC and tickets still available for the fight, it appears the world title match-up is still on. Dan Rafael reported in his Fight Freaks Unite Substack that people involved in the fight told FFU they were unsure why Davis made the post.