1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:04,599 Speaker 1: Well, it's my pleasure to be joined on our podcast 2 00:00:04,639 --> 00:00:07,559 this week by the WBA Junior Lightweight Champion of the World, 3 00:00:07,599 --> 00:00:10,039 Lamont Roach Junior. B Lamont, you have a big fight 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:11,880 coming up. You're not gonna be fighting in the junior 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,199 lightweight division. You are moving up to lightweight to challenge 6 00:00:14,199 --> 00:00:19,000 the wo WBA champion in the lightweight division, Jervanta Tank Davis, 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,480 in a pay per view fight from PBC on Prime 8 00:00:21,559 --> 00:00:24,399 Video also PPV dot Com, will take place on March 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,399 first at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York. And 10 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,079 welcome you to the show. And I'm good to talk 11 00:00:29,079 --> 00:00:31,039 to you. What I'd like to know I from your 12 00:00:31,039 --> 00:00:32,799 first Laman is you know, this fight's sort of been 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,479 there was a lot of rumors maybe what happened, maybe 14 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:35,920 it wouldn't. You were a named that was always sort 15 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,880 of like at the top of the Tank list of 16 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:39,960 what might be coming up for him. So could you 17 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,240 just recount to me what your initial thoughts were when 18 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,640 you actually got offered the fighting you this was a possibility. 19 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: So when we actually as soon as we got the call, 20 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:55,520 it was like, hell, yeah, honestly, that's about it. 21 00:00:55,679 --> 00:00:57,479 Speaker 3: Like Rouge is in the car, I think, what's on me? 22 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:58,799 Speaker 2: And my dad's in the car on the way to 23 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:04,400 the airport to go back home, and it was like 24 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:09,359 he was just like you know, tangs changes called and 25 00:01:09,359 --> 00:01:12,879 he was like, we wanted to fight, of course. 26 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, well you've never been a guy that's been turning 27 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,680 down fight. So, uh, that's something I know from having 28 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,280 covered your whole career. If you go back to twenty nineteen, aount, 29 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,840 you had a chance to fight Jamelle Herring back then 30 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:26,879 for the WBO Junior light White title, your first opportunity 31 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,519 or you know, a big prospect. You were undefeated. I 32 00:01:29,519 --> 00:01:31,640 believe you were the mandatory challenger at that time for 33 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,040 his title, and you know, you gave a good fight, 34 00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:35,319 but you know it came up a little bit short, 35 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,439 loss the decision, and I just wondered, you know, it 36 00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:38,719 took you a little while to get back to the 37 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:40,879 position to fight for another world title. What do you 38 00:01:40,879 --> 00:01:42,719 feel like you learned from that first loss? You know, 39 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,799 despite it being competitive, Uh, the. 40 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: Fact that they aren't going to give me anything like 41 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,359 like you said, it was it was a good fight. 42 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,480 It was a good effort, but it just wasn't enough. 43 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,680 I know, going into things especially as an underdog. Things 44 00:01:57,719 --> 00:01:59,599 I'm gonna you know what I'm saying, going to be, 45 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,359 They're probably going to be stacked against me. So I 46 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,159 just have to I just had to take matters into 47 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:08,960 my own hands and make sure that I give no 48 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,680 doubt that I should win. You know, the rest of 49 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,520 my bouts going on throughout my career. 50 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,159 Speaker 1: Well you have done that because you have won six 51 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:20,280 fights in a row since that particular fight, and in 52 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:22,879 twenty twenty three, November of twenty twenty three, you got 53 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:24,599 the chance to fight for a title again against Hector 54 00:02:24,719 --> 00:02:27,400 Luis s Garcia in Las Vegas, and you outpointed him 55 00:02:27,439 --> 00:02:29,759 in a close fight. You won the WBA title, And 56 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,879 I wondered, Actually, I was thinking, you know, guys who 57 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,840 you know, they they don't get anything, Like you said, 58 00:02:33,879 --> 00:02:37,400 nothing handed to Lamont. Roach, took your time prospect, you know, 59 00:02:37,439 --> 00:02:41,120 into main event fights eventually, you know, really worked your 60 00:02:41,159 --> 00:02:44,199 way to get that opportunity. Nearly ten years as a professional, 61 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,000 from the time you started tell wing you won the title. 62 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:47,879 What did it feel like to finally get it and 63 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,039 know that all that hard work, all that you know, 64 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,039 that decade of preparing for that moment, What did that 65 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:53,479 mean to you. 66 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 3: I mean everything to me. 67 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:56,879 Speaker 2: Just like you said, it was a whole bunch of 68 00:02:56,879 --> 00:03:01,280 hard work, a lot of sacrifice, a lot of faith, 69 00:03:02,439 --> 00:03:06,080 and just trusting myself, trusting my team and knowing. 70 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 3: That we'll be will be exactly where we were supposed 71 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:08,560 to be. 72 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,439 Speaker 1: You got a chance in June of last year, June 73 00:03:12,439 --> 00:03:14,479 of twenty twenty four, to defend the title for the 74 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,759 first time. I know you had spoke about what it 75 00:03:16,759 --> 00:03:18,840 would mean to you to have a homecoming fight, to 76 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,439 have a world championship fight in Washington, d C. Where 77 00:03:21,439 --> 00:03:23,879 you're you know where you're from originally, and you made 78 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:26,000 that dream come true. You had a very good performance, 79 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,719 a knockout victory against the undefeated Fergla McCrory in front 80 00:03:29,719 --> 00:03:31,680 of your fans in the district, had a good crowd there. 81 00:03:32,159 --> 00:03:34,840 Knockedhi out in the eighth round, pretty dominating victory. And 82 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:36,360 I wonder you know, I hear from people they talk 83 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,520 about making the dream come true. I talked recently with 84 00:03:38,639 --> 00:03:41,400 Keishawn Davis about him and his brothers wanting to have 85 00:03:41,439 --> 00:03:43,759 a homecoming fight and that was a dream for them. 86 00:03:43,759 --> 00:03:45,680 They finally got to accomplish that. And I asked him 87 00:03:45,719 --> 00:03:48,199 this question. I'm curious your response to it as well. 88 00:03:48,599 --> 00:03:50,800 How did the reality of having the title fight at 89 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,120 home compared to the dream for all those years you had. 90 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,159 Speaker 3: I think it matched up to me, It matched up. 91 00:03:56,199 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: It was something that I wanted to do, not only 92 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,199 for myself, but for everyone has been following me since 93 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:05,400 I started, my family, stretching my close family that that 94 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,039 aren't able to make it out to La Vegas, you 95 00:04:09,039 --> 00:04:10,680 know what I'm saying, all. 96 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 3: The other states that I fought in Puerto Rico, Mexico, 97 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,560 like out of the country and stuff like that. 98 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,639 Speaker 2: So it was it was very satisfying for me. 99 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 3: It was honestly just a dream come true. 100 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 2: And you know, getting a dance in front of my 101 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,519 home crowd is it is just it was just fun. 102 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: It was a crazy atmosphere, I mean, that's for sure. 103 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,040 But the fight with you and Gervante was discussed for 104 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,079 maybe being you know, at the end of last year, 105 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,959 that fight you just mentioned that you defended the title 106 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,040 was in June. It didn't happen. There was you know, 107 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,519 I didn't really there was issues over the venue it 108 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,120 was gonna be in Houston. A lot of conversations. Ultimately 109 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,000 it did not happen, rescheduled, and now it's taking place 110 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,120 on March first. As I mentioned, was there any kind 111 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,399 of frustration of only having the one fight last year 112 00:04:50,399 --> 00:04:52,800 and kind of having to put this off and waiting 113 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,399 and waiting and waiting to get it all locked in? 114 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 3: Uh, just just a. 115 00:04:58,319 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 2: Little bit, yeah, honestly, because it's not like I'm signing 116 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:07,600 the PBC or obviously not signed the GTD either, So 117 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:09,319 you know what I'm saying, Like, it's not like I'm 118 00:05:09,519 --> 00:05:12,800 I'm in the loop as soon as every decision is made. 119 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,720 So it is a little frustrating, but at the end. 120 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 3: Of the day, it is what it is. It's boxing, man. 121 00:05:18,879 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 2: You never know what you're going to get, and you know, 122 00:05:21,519 --> 00:05:24,480 it's just you just stay on board for the ride 123 00:05:24,519 --> 00:05:28,680 for real, for real. I was always ready, no matter 124 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,680 the case, no matter whatever was going on with the venue. 125 00:05:32,519 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 3: Honestly, I just think he wasn't ready. I think they, 126 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,560 you know, scheduled it for when they. 127 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 2: Think he'll be prepared for the match, and you know, 128 00:05:41,439 --> 00:05:43,560 so we was just fine tuning that all the way 129 00:05:43,639 --> 00:05:45,439 up until it was Tyn of Rock and Road. 130 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: One of the things a lot of folks have talked 131 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,879 about that is a certainly part of the storyline, if 132 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,040 you will, of the fight between yourself and Tank, is 133 00:05:53,079 --> 00:05:55,279 that you fought as amateurs. You knew each other from 134 00:05:55,319 --> 00:05:58,160 those days. You're about the same age, you know, separated, 135 00:05:58,160 --> 00:05:59,920 but you're you're actually younger than him. You're twenty nine, 136 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,319 he is thirty. Can you give me your side of 137 00:06:03,319 --> 00:06:05,759 the story, so to say, about the memories of what 138 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,759 occurred in the amateurs? How many times did you fight? 139 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,800 What happened and how do you remember those times? 140 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,439 Speaker 2: We thought twice they were very close competitive fights. And 141 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,240 you know, the storyline that attests to how close they 142 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,639 were is the fact that we fought in the same 143 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,560 tournament before twice in the same tournament. 144 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 3: You know, that doesn't happen. We fought in the regional 145 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,439 championship and. 146 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 2: I lost in Baltimore, and we sent the tape to 147 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,439 USA Boxing, and they sent me an at large bid 148 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,000 because they was like, it was a little this this 149 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,120 this outcome is a little iffy, so to say. 150 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:45,319 Speaker 3: So, they sent me to the nationals. 151 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,319 Speaker 2: As well with an at large bid and I was 152 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:49,639 on the other side of the bracket. 153 00:06:49,639 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 3: He was on the other side of the bracket. 154 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 2: We met up in the championship and he beat me 155 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:55,920 in a close fight, So you know, it is. 156 00:06:55,879 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 3: What it is. 157 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: I think I want a second fight. I think the 158 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,920 second fight I did better than the first fight. Of uh, 159 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:02,600 it is what it is. And we do got the 160 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,680 tape too. I think we're probably the only we're probably 161 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,600 the only people who do have a tape only put 162 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:09,160 it on YouTube. 163 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:10,759 Speaker 1: Some I got a while. I'd love to watch that. 164 00:07:10,839 --> 00:07:12,639 If you did. What year was that, Alamont? What year 165 00:07:12,639 --> 00:07:15,920 do you remember? So do you think I mean, like 166 00:07:15,959 --> 00:07:18,399 you said, if they whatever, whether you lost or not, 167 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,800 you you believe that they were close and competitive. I 168 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,240 guess to the extent that even USA boxing, you know, 169 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,920 basically puts you in to uh be on the road 170 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,639 to a possible rematch. And I've asked this the fighters 171 00:07:28,639 --> 00:07:30,519 when they fought in amateur fights and then they meet 172 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,360 up as professionals. Some say it does, some say it doesn't. 173 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,319 Do you think there's any bearing at all because you 174 00:07:35,399 --> 00:07:37,759 have at least a cursory knowledge of having been in 175 00:07:37,759 --> 00:07:39,839 the ring with him. Yes, you've evolved, Yes it's a 176 00:07:39,879 --> 00:07:42,399 while ago, but you know you've been face to face 177 00:07:42,439 --> 00:07:44,360 with them inside the boxing ring. That does it mean 178 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,319 anything is to go into the professional fight. 179 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: Honestly. 180 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 2: Hmmm. Maybe not honestly if we honestly speaking, because I'm 181 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,240 a totally different fighter. 182 00:07:55,639 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 3: Uh, I think he might be. 183 00:08:00,399 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: Mm hmm. 184 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,199 Speaker 2: But when it comes down to like, because it's personal, 185 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,600 Like the fight itself is not personal. When I'm talking 186 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:12,839 about the familiar the familiarity with him, it is personal. 187 00:08:12,879 --> 00:08:17,199 Like I know him fairly better than a lot of 188 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,079 I mean, damn there everybody he probably fought, so, uh, 189 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,199 you know, we actually have history, like outside of our fights, 190 00:08:26,439 --> 00:08:29,920 you know, we sparred a few times. I know, I 191 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,720 just know how he operates from from what I know 192 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,639 from from the encounters we have. You know, we've been 193 00:08:37,639 --> 00:08:40,559 in We've been in the same spaces since we were 194 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,240 about ten, you know what I'm saying. 195 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 3: So that's a long time. And my dad coached him 196 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,799 on the on the National Golden Gloves team to a. 197 00:08:48,919 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 2: To a national title, uh, to win the National Golden Gloves. 198 00:08:52,519 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 3: So it's just it's it's it's a lot of factors there, said, I. 199 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: Do get to feel out, do you think the feeling 200 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,639 there's a lot you know, you guys may not be best friends, 201 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:01,840 but like you that you're familiar that there's definitely a 202 00:09:01,879 --> 00:09:03,200 healthy respect be peing you guys. 203 00:09:03,639 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, for sure, it's definitely healthy respect. 204 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 2: Cool, like you know what I'm saying outside of the 205 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,399 outside of the boxing, Like you know what I'm saying 206 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,200 outside of the boxing and there ek me, I'm cool. 207 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,600 I mean like, if you ask him, he'll be He'll 208 00:09:15,639 --> 00:09:17,200 tell you that we folks like people. 209 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,159 Speaker 3: So it's cool, all right. 210 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:20,919 Speaker 1: I got to ask this though. You know you are 211 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,320 from Washington, d C. You had a great crowd at 212 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,279 your fight in June. He's from Baltimore. That's you know, 213 00:09:27,399 --> 00:09:29,080 just up the road I'm in. I live in that area, 214 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,639 so I know the rivalry. Uh you know that. So 215 00:09:32,919 --> 00:09:36,399 it felt like this is a DMV fight Capitol One Arena. 216 00:09:36,799 --> 00:09:38,559 He had a huge gate there when he fought the 217 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,639 guy you beat for the title in Hector Luis Garcia. 218 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,360 You had a great crowd for years. DC would be 219 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:46,679 absolutely going crazy Baltimore for this fight. So nothing against 220 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,679 brooklynw York. Wonderful venue, great fight city. Obviously, Barclay Center, 221 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,799 first class all the way, covered many many fights there. 222 00:09:52,879 --> 00:09:54,279 How in the world is this fight not in the 223 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,360 DMV Washington d C? 224 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 2: Tell me about it, I think, so, you know, here's 225 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:05,159 a superstar, so I'm pretty sure, like I'm thinking they're 226 00:10:05,279 --> 00:10:09,440 thinking about how the crowd is normally for you know, 227 00:10:09,639 --> 00:10:14,639 pro Jamonte and the crowd in DC would definitely be 228 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,679 at least fifty to fifty and that's just at least, 229 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,480 so that might be a thing. Probably didn't want me 230 00:10:22,519 --> 00:10:26,799 to have a home field advantage or what application may be. 231 00:10:26,799 --> 00:10:29,399 Speaker 3: But we could have did it anywhere in the area. Honestly, 232 00:10:29,759 --> 00:10:31,600 you know what I'm saying, Like, did you want it 233 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,440 in the area? I would have preferred it, Yeah, But 234 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,240 to me, it don't. Man. We could fight in Africa 235 00:10:39,279 --> 00:10:39,919 for all I can. 236 00:10:40,639 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: All right, so when you go into the ring, I mean, 237 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,080 we all know Gervonte Davis is a tremendous puncher. Doesn't 238 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,039 throw a lot of punches, but he's knocked out virtually 239 00:10:48,039 --> 00:10:51,279 everybody and he's just been a dominating figure. You are 240 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,879 obviously more of a supreme boxer. You didn get a 241 00:10:53,919 --> 00:10:55,879 knockout of your last fight, though, so I wonder how 242 00:10:55,879 --> 00:10:57,799 do you plan to deal with that punching power? 243 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,919 Speaker 2: Best spawn bigger guys and uh we respawn guys that 244 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,480 are considered punchers. Uh, you know, it's a totally different 245 00:11:07,519 --> 00:11:08,759 story once you get in there than. 246 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 3: Ay ounces and know, but I've been punching him. I've 247 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:13,120 been pushing the face. 248 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 2: When I was Now you though, man, like you know 249 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,440 what I'm saying, Like if his better think a. 250 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 3: Little more, you know what I'm saying, they might sting 251 00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:20,639 a little more. 252 00:11:20,639 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 2: They're gonna sting a little more. But trust me, I 253 00:11:23,639 --> 00:11:25,600 like to think I got a chin. Never been down, 254 00:11:25,799 --> 00:11:30,919 amateur or professional, never been hurt, like to like to 255 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,399 the chin or whatever the case may be. 256 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,639 Speaker 3: So it is what it is. Like we ready. Then 257 00:11:35,879 --> 00:11:39,279 the thing is, we're gonna see how he reacts when 258 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,159 he gets hit by my my punches. 259 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:42,919 Speaker 1: Anyway, Well, if you've been getting hits into or not, 260 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,000 I'll just say, better at you than me from that standpoint. 261 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,360 And I looked over his record just as I was 262 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,240 getting ready to talk to you, and I was sort 263 00:11:49,279 --> 00:11:52,000 of thinking to myself, Okay, he fought an older, sort 264 00:11:52,039 --> 00:11:54,919 of not near his best gamboa who was obviously a 265 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,960 great boxer, electrifying talent and a gold medal winner in 266 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,360 the Olympics, but he wasn't at his best. Come out 267 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,039 of the equation, I was looking and like you're still 268 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,759 a top fresh prime guy world champ. Uh. I feel 269 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:08,120 like looking at that record that Lamar Roach Jr. Is 270 00:12:08,159 --> 00:12:11,159 probably the best pure boxer he'll ever have faced so 271 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,080 far in his professional career. What is your what is 272 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,120 your take on that that maybe you've got the skills 273 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,159 to really cause him some trouble with the boxing ability 274 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:19,759 that you possess. 275 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,799 Speaker 2: That's a fact that everything you just said is definitely 276 00:12:23,879 --> 00:12:24,279 a fact. 277 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 3: It's a fact for sure. 278 00:12:25,799 --> 00:12:29,159 Speaker 2: And they know that though I think they're going to 279 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,799 prepare they I think I know they're going to prepare 280 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:34,600 for you know, what I have to. 281 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 3: Bring to the table. Like they know that one hundred 282 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,960 for a fact that I'm the best all around like 283 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,080 boxer that he's going to be in a ring with. 284 00:12:42,879 --> 00:12:45,919 Speaker 1: When they talk about who they want to see Tank fight, 285 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,600 I'll wrap up with this. Uh. They talk about wanting 286 00:12:48,639 --> 00:12:51,200 to see a Tank against of course Stevenson a unification. 287 00:12:51,639 --> 00:12:54,200 They talk about it ta Fimo Lopez fight. There's been 288 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,240 a lot of conversation. They tried to make recently a 289 00:12:56,279 --> 00:12:59,639 Lomachenko fight. He elected to take some time off. Uh 290 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,039 mentioned Lama Roach. I've heard people like kind of poo 291 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,440 pooh the fight, say you know Mutch he's you know, 292 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,840 they're upset about the fight. I'm like, why this is 293 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,559 a really good boxer against a really good puncher. They 294 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,840 got that rivalry from the home, you know, from the 295 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,799 home region, And so when they don't mention your name 296 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,600 and they kind of overlook you and I'm not just 297 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,600 kissing your your ad because we're doing the interview, I 298 00:13:22,639 --> 00:13:24,679 kind of think it's unfair. But why do you think 299 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,840 that that is that they look at those other names 300 00:13:27,159 --> 00:13:30,000 but they don't include a Lamont Roach Junior in that 301 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,159 conversation about like a worthy opponent for Tank Davis. 302 00:13:33,759 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 2: Uh. Mainly probably because I'm not known to a lot 303 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:43,840 of casual fans and people who don't really know or 304 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:48,679 are in tune with boxing and it's boxing it in 305 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,159 its entirety, you know what I'm saying, Like, some people 306 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:55,159 really just don't know, so that might be a factor. 307 00:13:56,879 --> 00:13:59,600 And like I said, he's a megas, he's a megastars, 308 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:05,440 a super star, and he has been knocking everybody out, 309 00:14:05,639 --> 00:14:07,159 so you know what I'm saying, Like, so you know 310 00:14:07,159 --> 00:14:10,600 what I'm saying, Like there's pieces that go together that 311 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,559 would make people say what they say about the fight 312 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,960 or whatever the case may be. I'm not a worthy opponent, 313 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,639 but for real, real, I got a lot of profanity 314 00:14:20,679 --> 00:14:20,960 for them. 315 00:14:21,039 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 3: That's about it, all right. 316 00:14:22,399 --> 00:14:25,559 Speaker 1: So then to the final question that what would the 317 00:14:25,639 --> 00:14:27,960 victory mean to you, not only a world title, but 318 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:29,600 knocking off you know, like you said one of the 319 00:14:29,639 --> 00:14:30,960 biggest stars in boxing. 320 00:14:31,679 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 3: That it's gonna it's gonna mean so much to me. 321 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:38,039 Speaker 2: But it's definitely gonna Uh, it's definitely just gonna be this, 322 00:14:38,399 --> 00:14:41,559 that's gonna this is gonna be the start of my 323 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:44,759 my legacy, brun you know, like you know how some 324 00:14:44,799 --> 00:14:47,440 people have a run like Ory Jones was champion and 325 00:14:48,159 --> 00:14:51,080 so many weight becus for teen years, pak yall Wood 326 00:14:51,159 --> 00:14:55,440 up from one twelve all the way to fifty four 327 00:14:55,519 --> 00:14:56,519 to knock everybody. 328 00:14:56,679 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 3: Like you know what I'm saying, a staple in it. 329 00:14:58,799 --> 00:15:01,799 Speaker 2: This is my staple, right cause, trust me, after this, 330 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,559 I'm gonna go Vinands trust me. 331 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,759 Speaker 1: Alright. Well, that's big words. I look forward to seeing 332 00:15:07,759 --> 00:15:09,519 if you can back them up on March first at 333 00:15:09,519 --> 00:15:11,879 Barclay cent and Brooklyn Lmont. Thank you very much for 334 00:15:11,919 --> 00:15:13,080 the time. I wish you're the best of luck in 335 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:13,360 to fight 336 00:15:13,799 --> 00:15:15,279 Speaker 3: Alright, no doubt, man I appreciate you.