Boxing was hit with yet another controversy when Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis retained his WBA lightweight title on Saturday night over challenger Lamont Roach Jr. in New York.
The moment in question came in the ninth round of their 12-round affair when ‘Tank’ took a knee and hightailed it to his corner to wipe his face due to excess grease from his hair running down into his eye. Regardless of the reason, a fighter taking a deliberate knee is considered a knockdown which would have given Roach a 10-8 round on the scorecards.
