Gervonta Davis against Lamont Roach Jr. Fight forecasts, chances of winning, sub -card, start time, preview, expert tips

Gervonta Davis opened in 2025 and said it was his last year as a boxer. When this is true – and boxers often speak of retirement that are never realized – one of the biggest stars starts his last campaign with a fascinating Matchup on Saturday when he defended his WBA Lightweight championship against Lamont Roach Jr.

Davis is a status to be one of the faces of sport as a whole and to connect with a large fan base when he pushed a 30: 0 professional record. Only two opponents made it into the last bell. Apart from questions outside the ring, which range from allegations of domestic violence to a conviction and a subsequent violation of the conditions of his house arrest, Davis enjoyed the fruits to maximize his talents throughout his career.

If there has been a knock on Davis over the years, he has not confronted with the best available names at a time when light and the surrounding weight classes are filled with fascinating challenges. When Davis was confronted with other big names, he delivered how his destroyer Knockout from Ryan Garcia in 2023.

Davis fought since the Garcia win and exposed Frank Martin in eight rounds last June.

“I'm getting older. … I had seen one [social-media] Post from [former NFL receiver] Antonio Brown wrote about how he gave everything to sport, but then he lost his mind when he gave it: “Davis said at the press conference on Thursday. And never about 'are you fine? How are you?'

“Yes, it's good to be in sports, but sometimes we have to learn ourselves. I gave the sport so much that I don't take the time to learn and learn [myself]. Even if it is not sport, I distributed myself to other people. I only need time for myself – to grow. And then hopefully I can return to sport for six months or a year and fight against these boys. “

Roach is not unknown with what Davis brings into the ring. The couple came close to each other and came through the amateur ranks, although Davis made it better from Roach when they competed in Maryland as a high-ranking young fighter.

“I find [the amateur experience] will play an important role “,” Roach told CBS Sports' Brian Campbell. “Outside of us who share the ring together, there are things that I know I would use it, I can use it and I will use it for our advantage.”

As a professional, Roach is not perfect after he has lost a junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring in his first attempt to win a world championship title. While the first loss of a fighter can cause them to crumble, rebuilt Roach, took the lessons out of the defeat and later became five fights, getting a shared decision victory against Hector García to claim WBA Junior Lightweight Belt.

After a successful defense of this title, Roach is now increasing to face the biggest challenge of his career. It is a tough struggle for Roach who sits as an important outsider, but he says he is ready to meet head -on.

“The persistence I have with it will be something that it is definitely not used to,” said Roach. “It will be the overall package. It will be one of the best fights of the year, I promise you.”

The sub -card has a strong selection of current and former champions. Jose Valenzuela in the world weight in the world weight in the world weight is again in action when he comes against another Maryland in Gary Antuanne Russell. Valenzuela achieved the greatest victory of his young career when he awarded Isaac Cruz by shared decision to claim the title in August. That came after achieving a knockout over Chris Colbert Revenge in December 2023. Russell has now had the first defeat of his professional career in June when he lost to Alberto Puello by shared decision for the preliminary WBC title.

Speaking of Puello, he is also in action on the map when he wants to defend his WBC Junior Welterweight title against the experienced Teteran Sandor Martin. The experienced junior middle weights also open the PPV part of the night when Yoenis Tellez competes against Julian Williams.

Let's take a closer look at the rest of the undercard and the latest opportunities before we meet for a forecast and expert selection for the main event.

Davis against Roach Fight Card, opportunities

• GERVONTA DAVIS (C) -1800 against Lamont Roach +975, WBA Lightweight Title
• Gary Antuanne Russell -120 against Jose Valenzuela (C) +100, WBA Junior Welterweight Title
• Alberto Puello (C) -125 against Sandor Martin +105, WBC Junior Welterweight Title
• Yoenis Tellez -1400 against Julian Williams +840, Junior Middlegewicht

Where can you watch Davis against Roach

• Date: March 1st | Location: Barclays Center – Brooklyn
• Start time: 8 p.m. et
• As you can see: Prime Video PPV or PPV.com | Price: $ 79.95

forecast

Roach is a good fighter and his self -confidence should only be viewed as a positive transition into battle. Nevertheless, Roach is also a very similar level as many of the fighters who did Davis with relatively simple actions throughout his career. There is nothing to Roach that jumps out that Davis has never seen and cannot handle it.

While Roach is right that the amateur fights between the two of them convey direct knowledge of being in the ring with the champion, he too overlooked that Davis was also the better fighter as a teenager. That has not changed over the years. Davis is too smart, too disciplined and too powerful for Roach. The challenger can win one or two early rounds because Davis' tendency to start slowly while he pulls out his opponent and finds out where the openings are supposed to hurt. But as soon as Davis is rolling, it will probably be a matter of time until he ends up some great shots to end things. Selection: Gervonta Davis about Ko7

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