New York – The former boxing axiom which indicates that there is no dead time in this ruthless game generally applies to the fighters themselves.
Gervonta Davis definitely violated the boxing rules at the start of the ninth round of his light title fight WBA on Saturday evening, when he turned away from Lamont Roach, took a knee, stuck his head between the ropes and allowed the co-treatment Calvin Ford to wipe a obstructive substance of his eyes which should never have been applied to his hair in the days before a fight. Referee Steve Willis, as the world of boxing knows now, should have taken a davis point, which would have lost a shared decision against Roach.
This should serve as an invaluable lesson for Davis (30-0-1, 28 ko), which got used to doing what he wants, when he wants, despite the best efforts of professional adults who worked tirelessly to behave like the superstar, his previous victories have done so.
These are professional fights at the elite level. It is his responsibility to know what is authorized and, more importantly, driving violates the rules of sport.
Regarding yourself with something other than the dangerous task at hand – put product in your hair, choreographed and developed entries in the ring, whatever it can be – can become more problematic than these distractions are not worth. Simply ask Paulie Malignaggi, including the Cutman Danny Milano turned into an amateur hairdresser between the rounds From the victory of the junior decision of Welter and Welters weights, the victory of the decision shared against Lovemore N’Dou in May 2008.
Milano’s mastery in his corner allowed Malignaggi to see N’Dou and lead the South African competitor on the cards in their fight in 12 laps for the Welter IBF junior weight title of Malignaggi in Manchester, England.
The corner of Davis also helped him. The difference, unfortunately for all those involved, is that the illegal Ford assistance should have disqualified Davis in accordance with the directives of the New York State Sports Commission (NYSAC).
Davis de Baltimore did what he did because, once again, he became comfortable working as he wanted, when he wanted, without anyone saying no. Davis accepted the blame after the fight not to know that his actions were not in the rules and for having lost track of the rounds, his justification for not having accelerated after having predictable rounds at the start of their main event on the à la carte.
However, the first half of the ninth tower will be an anchored in the minds of people perplexed by the way in which it was authorized to take place as it did. Enter Willis, a part -time Standup actor who, rather comical, seemed more concerned about Davis’s optics who lack respect for the rules of his sport rather than penalizing it for that.
That said, the referees make mistakes in real time, in particular in pressure environments, in lively lights. No one suggests that something harmful has happened between Willis and Davis.
Perhaps a disqualification may have seemed unnecessary for a veteran referee who was offering a completely competitive championship fight.
It is however the undeniable duty of the NYSAC, which assigned Willis to officer this title fight of 125 pounds of 135 pounds, to help correct the flagrant errors made by his referees. Its executive director, Matt Delaglio, was sitting at the edge of the ring for this first boxing champion card.
Delaglio should have been disturbed by this absurd event, just like the rest of us. He is indeed in his right as a chief of the NYSAC to initiate an instantaneous rereading review after a tour.
In my previous point, although there are certainly no waiting times in boxing for the combatants themselves, there are undoubtedly waiting times available for employees who are responsible for the maintenance of the integrity of an event.
Delaglio should have educated the manager of the replay assigned to sit near a television instructor and ordered a examination of Davis behavior before the start of the 10th round. If Delaglio had exercised this right, Davis would obviously have lost a point and a shared decision in a fight where the unbeaten champion WBA Lightweight was a 16-1 favorite to win.
Instead, Roach was struggling with another draw on his file (25-1-2, 10 KB) and the frustration of wondering what could have been-or what should were frankly – for the rest of his life.
The blame for the official result is not squarely with Delaglio.
Roach managers should have questioned the Commission at the end of the ninth round, if for any other reason than to inform Delaglio that they knew that the rereading mechanism was at their disposal and should have been used because it could have taken into account the result. And, Wow, never did.
If Delaglio or Garry Jonas de Probox, the promotional representative of Roach, had done their job, Roach would have more leverage in the future negotiations that this questionable draw does not offer. A victory over Davis would be much more precious in talks as delicate as a draw.
Because Davis was not punished for his blatant offenses, Davis and Roach attracted the cards of judges Glenn Feldman and Steve Weisfeld, who both marked their fight, 114-114 each. Judge Eric Marlinski marked a winner of 115-113 in Davis.
Anyway, it is a moment of learning for promoters as much as civil servants and commissioners, in particular those on the “B” side in high -level fights like Davis against Roach. If you are seated in the Corral – the area between the ring and the first row of fans – publicize your presence, even if it is simply in the most professional and delicate way.
If you are there to protect the interests of your fighter, do it in fact. Roach told an ENCENWED that he was a promotional free agent, but that he had a commercial partnership with Jonas, who also owns Boxingscene.com, a point of sale that used this part -time writer and then full of 2006 to last year, when Jonas bought it in Paramount Global in February 2024.
Roach won his previous fight on a map that Jonas’s company has promoted. The Maryland resident beaten Ireland Feargal McCRORY by the eighth in the eighth round on June 28 in Washington, DC, where Roach was born.
Fortunately for Roach, Davis will almost certainly exercise his immediate revenge clause, which has been placed in their contracts by Tom Brown TGB promotions in the event that Davis lost or fought Roach to a draw. Being satisfied with a draw, when he should have won, nevertheless cost Roach millions of dollars, because becoming the first fighter to defeat “tank” is completely different from the addition of a draw with the previously perfect record of Davis.
Roach interpreted exactly how he and his father / coach, Lamont Roach Sr., predicted that he would do it.
The WBA Super Featherweight champion has taken Davis’ praised power throughout their fight. And, perhaps the most important, he never displayed the type of fear or uncertainty that many previous adversaries of Davis allowed “tank” to use as psychological advantages on his way to produce almost all the Knockouts.
Roach resolutely rejected the idea of Davis, as well as his strongest supporters and his hardest criticisms, that Roach was above his head. It was not only that he is technically larger than Davis, more than he knew Davis better than anyone Davis had fought.
They were rival as a child. Roach lost its two amateur games on points in 2011 and they clashed several times before Davis became pro in 2013, the Roach year won a national Golden Gloves title, and Roach made its professional debut in 2014.
The skills, the chin, the confidence and the grain of Roach, 29, served it extremely well when it was most in the greatest fight of his career.
Win or shoot, he would have been forced to grant a revenge match to Davis. A second test of strength this summer in an outdoor stadium somewhere in Baltimore, Washington, DC, or elsewhere in the DMV region will attract a huge crowd and do big business.
They are not the light reigning fighting fans and the experts hoped that Davis would then take. It is not only a question of receiving an opportunity to prove that it is better that it was not on Saturday evening – something he promised after the fight he would show after his return to the gymnasium soon to work on himself.
It is also the chance of the Roach Roach to have it put into account fans who will want to see their second fight much more than their initial meeting.
Wherever they fight again, we can only hope that if it is necessary to take a second glance at a strange event – as obvious as what happened on Saturday evening or otherwise – that rereading criticisms made easily available will not be ignored. There are millions of reasons why.
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