Gervonta Davis has hit out at the judges of his fight with Lamont Roach after the fight ended in a majority draw.
Boxing superstar Davis was a big favourite to beat American rival Roach in Brooklyn, but the fight was plunged into huge controversy.
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‘Tank’ took a knee in the ninth round but it wasn’t scored a knockdown by the referee, in a hugely controversial moment.
Had the point been added to Roach’s scores, he would have been given the decision as it ended in a majority draw.
But punch stats actually show that Davis himself may have been unfortunate not to have his hand raised given the knockdown wasn’t counted.
And he has hit out at the official’s decision when making his first post on social media since the contentious draw.
“They took the fight from me and made it a draw because I did that bull***t knee,” Davis said on social media.
“But I landed the most punches in the fight. He didn’t even hit me with a punch when I took the knee.
“I get it though, I shouldn’t have done that but that hair grease was burning my eyes!”
Davis suggested he dropped to a knee after his vision was compromised by grease from his hair.
But it was actually detrimental to Roach who would have gained, had it been scored as a knockdown.
Roach himself was also angry with the decision after the final bell, believing he had done enough to score an upset win.
Terence Crawford led more backlash suggesting Roach had won from the boxing fraternity.
Despite the close nature of the fight, Davis played down the possibility of an immediate rematch taking place.
Roach pleaded for a sequel, but he will likely need the assistance of the WBA to make a mandatory enforcement of a sequel.
WBA president Gilberto Mendoza suggested that they could well look to do so in the coming weeks.
And Roach believes he was unlucky not to be crowned a shock world champion.
He said: “Honestly, I thought I should have won without that being counted a knockdown.
“Look, I ain’t the ref. I ain’t and really if [Tank Davis] had to wipe sweat out of his eye, he had to wipe sweat out of his eye.
“But the rules do state if you voluntarily take a knee, then that’s an automatic eight-count.
“But, it is what it is. I wasn’t relying on that. I was relying on what I was doing in there.
“I was taking control. I think I was landing more shots, more power shots, and I thought I was doing my thing.
“So, I’m not really that frustrated but if that was counted as a knockdown — I’d have won a majority decision.”
