Overview

• Gervonta Davis has not yet signed the contract for the August 16 rematch in Las Vegas, leaving the bout’s status uncertain.
• Lamont Roach Jr. has publicly urged Davis to skip using hair grease, blaming it for controversy in their March draw.
• Roach Jr. claims Davis is too scared of embarrassment to face him again, intensifying pre-fight psychological warfare.
• Roach Jr. has said that after defeating Davis he plans to take on the winner of the Devin Haney vs. Brian Norman Jr. bout.
• Their first fight in March ended in a majority draw after a knee incident was not ruled a knockdown, preserving Davis’s unbeaten record.