Claressa Shields Portends Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach Rematch: “He’ll Be Even Better”

Claressa Shields has weighed in on the Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach rematch.

Davis and Roach are expected to do battle again this summer following their controversial first meeting in March, which finished in a majority decision draw.

The biggest talking point from the fight came in the ninth round where ‘Tank’ voluntarily chose to take a knee, but no knockdown was scored.

If a 10-8 round had been scored in Roach’s favour, it would have been enough to earn him the win and see him become the new WBA lightweight champion, due to the final scorecards reading 115-113 Davis and 114-114 twice.

Multi-weight world champion Shields has now given her take on how a second fight between the two men would go, telling Fighthype that she believes Davis is capable of competing better.

“I think that Tank is a great fighter and Roach is a great fighter. They both had a good fight. I think Tank is going through things that we don’t know what he’s going through mentally…I wish him well and I think if he gets his mental together he’ll fight better.

“I think if Roach would have been more aggressive he would have won the fight clearly. I think he had some good counters, I’ve never seen somebody take punches from Tank and be able to still stand up. I don’t think I saw Roach get wobbled at all, I think I saw Tank get wobbled a couple times. I’ll be watching the rematch.”

In a separate interview with Fight Hub TV, Shields backed Roach to win when the pair run it back but says Davis can change that if he prepares mentally.

“I think Lamont will be even better in the rematch … Right now, I think Roach wins the rematch, only because I think Tank needs to get his fear out the way.

“Sometimes anger helps you in a fight, you don’t want to completely lose it, you have to know how to use it. He’s so frustrated with other parts of his life that it’s hard for him to use all of it inside the ring. So I think therapy would help.”

Shields isn’t the only big name to make a prediction for the rematch, with former two-weight world champion Tim Bradley also offering his thoughts.

Women’s boxing champion Claressa Shields stated a clear case for why Gervonta “Tank” Davis will lose his rematch against Lamont Roach.

The boxing world is still buzzing about the March 1 fight between Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Lamont Roach Jr. for Davis’ WBA lightweight title.

Since this title fight was controversial and the majority draw decision didn’t produce a clear better fighter between these two, the boxing world is clamoring for a rematch. And all indications are that a Davis vs. Roach II fight will take place this summer, perhaps as early as June.

During a March 28 interview with Fight Hub TV, women’s boxing pound-for-pound great Claressa Shields said, “I feel like Gervonta is a hell of a fighter, but I feel like he needs to get his mental together… I think he would be better, and even a better fighter, if he went and did therapy like ASAP. Because I can tell he’s a little sad, little depressed.”

Later on in that same interview, Shields conveyed why she believes Roach is destined to win this eventual rematch against Tank.

“I think Lamont Roach did a great job in that fight. I think if he would have been a little more aggressive we would’ve really won, like a unanimous decision. But he kept stepping off the gas,” Shields said.

“Now that he knows we can take Tank’s punch, I think Lamont will be even better in the rematch, because he’s gonna take those punches, he’s gonna give those punches back, and he’s gonna step on the gas this fight.

“But right now, I think that Roach wins the rematch… only because I think Tank is so frustrated with other parts of his life that it’s hard for him to use all of it inside the ring,” Shields continued. She later added, “I guess I favor Lamont Roach in the rematch.”

It sounds like Shields will be tuned in like the rest of the boxing world when this rematch occurs.