Statements of the New York Athletic Commission statements about the controversial call in Tank Davis against Lamont Roach Fight

The New York Athletic Commission takes a deeper look at the film material from the struggle between Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Lamont Roach, after a controversial call in the ninth round ultimately influenced the result.

The moment in question occurred when Davis voluntarily took a knee, which could have achieved a knockdown. Referee Steve Willis actually started an obligatory 10-point when the WBA Lightweight Champion went into his corner to take his face from his coaches. Finally, Willis decided not to punish Davis for the Knockdown, which would have led to a point deduction on the scorecards.

Davis later explained that “fat” dripped from his hair into his eyes and that he did not want to risk damage in battle so that he effectively took a break to tackle the problem. The decision not to punish Davis cost Roach to win when the fight ended with a majority after two judges had achieved the fight 114-114. With the deduction of points, Roach would have received a majority decision victory.

On Monday, the Commission made an explanation of MMA fights about the controversial moment.

“At this point, the New York State Athletic Commission checks the matter that the match includes on Saturday between Lamont Roach and Gervonta Davis,” said the Commission officials in the statement. “After the Commission’s request, there was a technical problem after the Commission’s request to receive the commission from receiving it for the review within the assigned time. Therefore, the referee’s decision was based on and the fight continued.

“The Commission endeavors to maintain the integrity of the combative sport and undertakes to work with all advertising campaigns and production teams -on behalf of the athletes, civil servants and fans -to ensure that technical problems do not occur in the future that prevent the provision of Ring -Ssofr -Rimnung regulations to the Commission officers if necessary.”

It seems that a technical problem prevented the Commission official from checking the film material in real time and making a decision that Davis may be punished to take a knee. Since the Commission checks the situation, there is no word if an outstanding decision could change the result of the struggle retrospectively.

While it was a disappointing result for Roach, he is already firmly about a reservations at Davis after he had entered the fight as a massive outsider and almost broke off a massive surprise.

Davis has already said that he was open to the removal, with the unbeaten fighter published a message on Twitter and no longer says. I am pushing for the removal … the remaining reserve can also be as soon as at the end of May. “