Boxer Lamont Roach says his January bout against Gervonta Davis will be the fight of the year ... telling TMZ Sports he's gunning to shock the world and hand Tank the first L of his career!
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00:00And what are you predicting for this fight?
00:03Are you gonna go, is it gonna go the full 12 rounds
00:05or are you done it for a knockout?
00:06First round knockout.
00:08Really?
00:08Nah, I'm bullshitting.
00:10I anticipated it to be a fight of the year, honestly.
00:15I think it's gonna be fight of the year
00:18because like I said, for all those who don't know,
00:20I could boogie.
00:21I'm in there, I'm in my zone.
00:23I'm in my jam when I'm in the ring, man.
00:25So it is what it is.
00:27Like it's gonna be, I'm gonna be surprised a lot of people
00:30and I'm damn sure gonna shock a lot of people when I win.
00:33And are you gonna win though by knockout?
00:36I hope so.
00:39Who don't wanna win by knockout?
00:40I hope so.
00:43I'm gonna be training for it.
00:44I'm gonna be training for it no matter how it go.
00:46If it go 12, if it go 10, if it go eight, if it go one,
00:51I'm gonna be training to make sure I'm able
00:55to knock him out in any round.
00:58Is there anyone else in the lightweight division
01:00that you want to face?
01:02I know you moved up in weight to get this fight.
01:04So is there anyone else in this division
01:06that you wanna see?
01:08Yeah, there's some good fighters in this division.
01:09You got Shaquille Stevenson, he's a champ.
01:12He's a very good fighter.
01:14After I beat Tank, I would love to fight him unified.
01:17That's my goal.
01:19I just wanna fight the best to prove that I'm the best.
01:22And obviously if I fight the guys of the likes
01:25of those guys, obviously I'm gonna get paid too.
01:28It's called prize fighting for a reason.
01:29I'm officially a prize fighter.
01:33I'm officially a prize fighter.
01:34You know what I'm saying?
01:35A lot of people don't make it to this stage.
01:36So you know what I'm saying?
01:38I gotta capitalize.
01:39And so if I, after the fight with Tank,
01:42I would love to fight the other champions
01:44like Shaquille, the other champion.
01:47The guy Dennis Baranchik, he not too known,
01:49but still beating him would be an accomplishment
01:52because he's a champion.
01:54And Loma Chinga, very popular.
01:58For the haters, man, the haters is crazy.
02:05For the haters, get a life.
02:07Please get a life.
02:09Do you know how they clock,
02:11you would have thought they be with me 24 seven.
02:14They clock me, they say I'm not in the gym.
02:17They say I don't got a chance in hell to win this fight.
02:20They say that I'm, man, look, they say some crazy stuff.
02:25Get a life, bro.
02:26You all grown coming to my page, talking this and that.
02:30I actually do this.
02:31I'm on this level for a reason.
02:33I am not here just because I got handpicked
02:37and cherry picked and whatever the case might be.
02:41I am a world champion.
02:43I am an accomplished boxer.
02:45I've been accomplished on every level of boxing
02:48there can be accomplishments on.
02:52So what in the hell make y'all think
02:56that I'm just gonna go out here and just straight,
02:59just go get flatlined.
03:00Nah, that ain't.
03:02So for the haters, just tune in.
03:04Just tune in so I can say I told you so.