{"id":34768,"date":"2025-03-02T03:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T03:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/gervonta-davis-v-lamont-roach-jr-wba-lightweight-championship-live-buildup\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T03:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T03:06:10","slug":"gervonta-davis-v-lamont-roach-jr-wba-lightweight-championship-live-buildup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/gervonta-davis-v-lamont-roach-jr-wba-lightweight-championship-live-buildup\/","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis v Lamont Roach Jr: WBA lightweight championship \u2013 live buildup"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Davis (30-0, 28 KO) defends lightweight title in Brooklyn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/feb\/28\/gervonta-davis-lamont-roach-boxing-preview\">Will the face of American boxing ever put it on the line?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bluesky Bryan at<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/bryanagraham.bsky.social\"> @BryanAGraham<\/a> or email him<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Some undercard bouts of note as Barclays Center continues to fill up.<\/strong> Cuban rising star Yoenis Tellez improved to 10-0 with seven knockouts after dominating former unified champ Julian Williams in 12-round unanimous decision by scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111. Tellez, 24, pressed forward relentlessly, wearing down Williams with sharp right hands and uppercuts. Williams, a Philadelphian now 2-4 since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2019\/may\/11\/julian-williams-jarrett-hurd-upset-fight\">his 2019 upset of Jarrett Hurd<\/a>, struggled to keep up but showed remarkable courage in making it to the final bell. With the win, Tellez claimed the WBA\u2019s interim super welterweight title, solidifying his place as a serious contender in the 154lb division. Meanwhile, Williams\u2019 future in the sport remains uncertain after another tough loss.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, Hurd\u2019s career ended in brutal fashion as Johan Gonzalez battered him with overhand rights en route to a split-decision victory by scores of 98-92, 96-94, and 94-96. Hurd, struggling to evade punches, showed heart but couldn\u2019t turn the tide. The 34-year-old made a final push in the ninth but faded late and was nearly stopped in the 10th. Afterward, Hurd announced his retirement, closing a 12-year career that saw him unify junior middleweight titles with wins over Tony Harrison and Erislandy Lara. For Gonzalez, it was a career-best victory, bouncing back from a stoppage loss last October.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2025\/mar\/01\/gervonta-tank-davis-v-lamont-roach-jr-wba-lightweight-championship-live-buildup\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davis (30-0, 28 KO) defends lightweight title in Brooklyn Will the face of American boxing ever put it on the line? Bluesky Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email him Some undercard bouts of note as Barclays Center continues to fill up. Cuban rising star Yoenis Tellez improved to 10-0 with seven knockouts after dominating former unified &#8230; <a title=\"Gervonta Davis v Lamont Roach Jr: WBA lightweight championship \u2013 live buildup\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/gervonta-davis-v-lamont-roach-jr-wba-lightweight-championship-live-buildup\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gervonta Davis v Lamont Roach Jr: WBA lightweight championship \u2013 live buildup\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}