Gervonta Davis motivated not to become a 'meme' in Lamont Roach Jnr fight, Part 3

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February 18, 2025

The second episode opens with Davis speaking to the rapper Lil Yachty about therapy. Asked what he wants to get out of counseling, Davis responded simply: “Healing myself.” The answer brings to mind Derek Chisora’s line from before his fight with Otto Wallin: “I was born damaged, bro… if I was not damaged, you think I’d be doing boxing?”

Roach generally seemed more at ease than Davis, happily playing cards in one scene and talking via phone to his son and mother in other scenes. Davis, meanwhile, was more reserved. A portion of the episode is even devoted to Roach being at peace with his lone loss, which came at the hands of Jamel Herring in 2019. Those skeptical of Roach’s chances will surely fixate on that defeat, given that Davis is more heralded than Herring ever was.

“He was the better man that night,” Roach said, “And honestly, that one fucked me up. I was depressed. It’s my first loss.” But after the initial grieving period, Roach returned to the gym, motivated to define himself with better performances.

“It wasn’t a loss; it was a lesson,” Lamont Roach Snr said.

Roach put the demons from the defeat to bed for good with an upset split decision win over Hector Luis Garcia to win his first world title. (Garcia is one of only two shared opponents both Roach and Davis have fought; Davis knocked him out in the ninth round. As prospects, they also each took on and beat Mario Macias.)

On March 1 Roach intends to cause a significantly more seismic upset.

Roach grinned and pointed at the camera. “I’m gonna spoil whatever y’all think gonna happen March 1,” he said.

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