Floyd Mayweather’s uncle adds more spice to Gervonta Davis controversy
The new boxing novel generated by the controversial result with which Gervonta Davis was saved from losing the WBA lightweight title to Lamont Roach Jr. gave an episode of the plot for last Saturday’s fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with an analysis by Jeff Mayweather, who without launching an accurate attack against Tank, bluntly assures that if a boxer kneels, according to the rules that should be counted as a knockdown.
Floyd Mayweather’s uncle gave his opinion during his participation in The Mayweather Channel, where he reflected on the controversy that could have tipped the scales in favor of Lamont Roach Jr, after the majority draw that the judges saw and that already caused the New York State Athletic Commission to open an investigation.
“If we go by the rules of boxing, it was a knockdown. That’s what they’re doing. They’re boxing, so yes, it’s supposed to be counted as a knockdown,” said Jeff Mayweather.
Lamont Roach has already demanded that he be given the victory, after the close scores of 115-113 and 114-114 on two occasions, so with the point that should have been deducted as a knockdown to Tank Davis for kneeling in the ninth round, it could have tilted the decision in his favor, instead of the majority draw.
During the ninth round, Roach appeared to land a jab to Davis’ eye, who reacted and took his gloves to his face, then knelt on the canvas and approached his corner for help, where he was wiped with a towel around his eye. Gervonta explained that grease got in his eye.
Lamont Roach’s punch was not meant to knock out Gervonta Davis
Floyd Mayweather’s uncle continued with his reflection, and although it is clear that the blow that Lamont Roach was not to knock down Gervonta Davis, Tank made a mistake that had to be sanctioned by the referee, so that the judges reflected it on the scorecards, ie, the ninth round should have been marked 10-8., which would have changed the result of majority draw.
“One thing in boxing is that there are punches that hit people and then there is a delayed reaction. I wouldn’t say that because I don’t think the punch was that hard. It wasn’t a knockout punch or anything like that,” the 60-year-old former boxer said, adding: “But still, when you consider doing that on your own, you’re supposed to be penalized for it.”
