The combatants were separated by three or less landed punches in nine of the twelve rounds even though Lamont Roach threw 121 more punches than Gervonta Davis.

Davis landed 6 more power punches than Roach, while Roach landed 15 more jabs than Davis. There was a controversial moment early in round nine where Davis ate a jab and then voluntarily took a knee before going to his corner to have them wipe grease out of his eye.

Had that voluntary knee been ruled a knockdown, two of the judges’ scorecards would have swung Roach’s way. Nonetheless, Roach out-threw and slightly out-landed Davis, and closed the fight strong, out-landing Davis 16-9 in the final stanza.

One judge scored the fight 115-113 for Davis, while the other two judges turned in identical 114-114 scorecards.