Claressa Shields has made her stance on Gervonta Davis clear following his draw with Lamont Roach Jr.
Davis was defending his WBA lightweight title against Roach at the Barclays Center in New York, with ‘Tank’ a huge favourite heading into the bout.
Roach surprised many boxing fans with an impressive performance, giving as good as he got and pushing Davis all the way throughout 12 hard-fought rounds.
Controversy arose in the ninth round when out of nowhere ‘Tank’ voluntarily took a knee, but the referee decided not to give him a count. Davis later revealed it was due to hair grease being in his eyes.
At the end of the fight the scorecards read 115-113 Davis and 114-114 twice, meaning that if a 10-8 round for Roach had been scored in the ninth, it would have been enough to see him crowned the new WBA champion.
Some of boxing’s biggest names have already weighed in on the matter, with multi-weight world champion Claressa Shields now offering her thoughts.
Shields is often regarded as being the best female fighter to ever lace up a pair of gloves, and the ‘GWOAT’ revealed on social media that she disagrees with those claiming that ‘Tank’ is overrated after his performance.
“Not y’all saying Tank is overrated…. We not gonna do that. I believe he had an off night vs a great fighter in Roach. And the arguing with corner and grease in his hair didn’t help. Draw or not, Tank still a bad man. Be smooth though.”
The drama surrounding the Davis and Roach fight may not be over yet, after it was announced that the New York State Athletic Commission is investigating how the ninth round unfolded, with a potential change of result not ruled out but an immediate rematch more likely.
