Gervonta Davis-Lamont Roach Hits A Snag, Puts PBC In Tough Spot

It looks like the planned December 14 bout between Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Lamont Roach may be in trouble or, at the very least, headed to a later date.

Let’s pause now and regain our bearings, grab a tissue to dab at the tears welling up in our eyes.

We can get through this, boxing fans, I promise. Somehow, our hearts will go on.

OK, but seriously. Davis-Roach sucks and, not only should it be killed, it should have its legs bound with rope, tied to a couple of cinder blocks, and tossed into the deepest body of water available.

Dan Rafael is reporting via Twitter/X that the Davis-Roach fight is having venue issues in Davis’ preferred host city of Houston and may not be able to take place on the originally scheduled December 14 date.

Per Rafael:

“Been told by 3 sources involved in the event there’s good chance Tank-Roach won’t happen Dec. 14 as announced on PBC social platforms & by the fighters. Venue issue may be reason I’m told. Might happen as planned but unclear. 1 deemed it ‘50-50.’ Could get pushed to early ‘25.

There’s a reason no formal press release or press conference has been made yet. Everything is on hold at the moment until everything is done, apparently with the venue. No issue in terms of the fighter deals, I’m told.”

It would be bad news that the rumored Brandon Figueroa-Stephen Fulton rematch, reportedly slated for the Davis-Roach undercard, may also be pushed off the board until next year.

But, the REALLY bad news here is that Team Davis and the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) people seem dead set on actually making this pay-per-view happen, attaching a premium price tag to a main event where the favored Davis would be a -1800 betting favorite.

If the card does get pushed back to 2025, this could mean the end of a mightily underwhelming first year in PBC’s multiyear rights agreement with Amazon Prime Video. As of this moment, the boxing company has nothing listed on its schedule for the remainder of this year.

Widely reported to have targeted 12-14 events for 2024, PBC would be closing out 2024 with just five shows under its belt, four of them pay-per-views and none delivering a true elite-level main event.

They’ll also be headed into the coming year with the same kind of dead air and lack of presence that sapped a good degree of their life blood between the end of their run on Showtime in late 2023 and their Amazon Prime debut at the end of March, 2024.

There IS promise, however, when it comes to the quality of first-half, 2025 offerings.

David Benavidez vs. David Morrell is a great fight. Figueroa-Fulton 2 is excellent. The rumored and reported Errol Spence vs. Sebastian Fundora is intriguing. The return of Jermall Charlo is…something. All of these fights– along with the rescheduled Davis-Roach bout– are supposedly being targeted for January or February, something which should tell us that some of them may not actually happen after all, at least not on the proposed dates.

Meanwhile, in May, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez may or may not be fighting under the PBC banner for his usual Cinco de Mayo weekend date. If he does stay “Team PBC,” don’t expect the only big Canelo fight that actually matters (Benavidez).

As things look now, 2025 may be slightly less unsteady for PBC than 2024. That’s not exactly a clanging church bell of positivity for the Al Haymon-founded company.

One thing is for certain, though, Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach– on pay-per-view– is not the fight to rally a PBC comeback.

Davis-Roach being postponed may present the perfect opportunity to lay it to rest permanently and build to something more worthy of Davis’ growing star power.