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HISTORY: On March 1, 2025 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York lightweights Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach, Jr. met in the featured bout with Davis' WBA world lightweight title at stake. The fight ended in a 12 round majority decision draw.
"Gervonta "Tank" Davis' history of slow starts nearly caught up to him Saturday night.
Davis' defense of his WBA lightweight championship against Lamont Roach Jr. ended in a majority draw in front of a stunned soldout crowd of 19,250 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Davis retained his title in a fight he would like to soon forget.
Two judges scored the fight 114-114 while a third judge scored it 115-113 in Davis' favor. ESPN scored the fight 114-114.
"Lamont is a great fighter," Davis said after the fight. "He got the skills, like I said before, he got punching power. It was a lesson. Hopefully, we can run it back."
In a strange scene that could have turn the tide of the fight, Davis inexplicably took a knee in the ninth round after getting touched by a jab, but referee Steve Wilkes decided not to score a knockdown for Roach. Davis suggested the reason he went to a knee was because grease from his hair had gotten into his eye. The fight resumed with no penalty, but the knockdown could have swung the pendulum in favor of Roach.
Had the knockdown been called, Roach could have won the ninth round by a 10-8 score. Instead, two of the judges scored the round 10-9 for Davis." (Andreas Hale)
Offered here is an original, official program for this event.
FULL DESCRIPTION: This is an original, official program which names and pictures both fighters on the cover. 24 pages complete including covers plus one page bout sheet. Not scored or written on. Clean inside and out. Not creased or torn. Tight binding. 9" x 12."
A fine example.
