Premier Boxing Champions has released the first two episodes of its “Gloves Off” series for the March 1 fight between Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Lamont Roach Jnr.

The writers and producers for “Gloves Off” had their work cut out for them – though a fine fighter, Roach Jnr being a career-long 130-pounder means he was few people’s idea of an attractive opponent for Tank at 135. Their first press conference, to which Davis showed up hours late, lacked many thrills or even energy from Davis.

As it turns out, heavily produced videos replete with music and sound effects have a way of making a product seem more compelling, dubious lines notwithstanding (narrator: “Tank is looking to use this next chapter to further his legend”).

The first episode featured Davis, naturally, as the main attraction for the fight. “Ever since I’ve known him, since he was a kid, his biggest fear was losing,” said Barry Hunter, listed in the episode as Davis’ trainer. Hunter is best known for his work with two D.C. fighters, Lamont and Anthony Peterson.

Hunter recalled Davis crying at an Adrien Broner fight because he wanted Broner’s big fight environment so badly. Clearly quite a few years have passed since this event. But that moment told Hunter that Davis would work tirelessly in pursuit of that desire.

And for all the knocks on Tank’s matchmaking – critics will say he is ruled by his fear of losing, given how loath he is to take fights with close odds – his preparation has always shone in the ring, hence his record of 30-0 (28 KOs).

Though creating an impressive training montage is not especially difficult – as everybody duped into thinking Mike Tyson would beat Jake Paul should now know – much of “I Hate Losing” is dedicated to Davis’ training footage.

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