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‘Sheesh Tank’: LeBron James Left Stunned After Violent Gervonta Davis Knockout

Published 05/30/2022, 8:25 AM EDT

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Gervonta Davis’s TKO victory over former WBA interim lightweight titleholder Rolando Romero has attracted praise from a wide range of athletes both from inside and outside boxing. Although Davis fell short because of his height and reach disadvantages against an opponent as tall as Romero, he managed to find that one shot and won the fight.

With a little over thirty seconds left in the sixth round, Davis caught Rolly with a sweet and accurate left hand. Observing which, Romero collided against the ropes and miserably went down. After the clip went viral, LeBron James took to social media and shared his thoughts about the shot with millions of his fans.

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LeBron James picks an angle from Gervonta Davis knocking out Rolando Romero

Like many, LeBron James could not help but appreciate the genius of Gervonta Davis. After ‘Tank’ overwhelmed the entire boxing community with his violent TKO over Romero, James shared a brief clip of the incident in one of his Instagram stories.

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Pouring in his appreciation, LeBron James wrote, “This angle of Tank’s KO.” With an image of Tank beneath, he then added, “SHEESH TANK!!!!!!”

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Indeed, Tank’s delivery of that left hand was worthy of all the praises he received.

Which angle of the KO is LeBron James talking about?

The official account of Bleacher Report on Instagram shared the angle LeBron James is talking about. The caption to the post reads, “@gervontaa knocked out Rolly Romero in the sixth round last night. Sheesh 😨.”

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Rolando Romero found Gervonta Davis near a corner at the edge of the ring. He then pushed him with a straight right hand and saw him back against the ropes. At this, Rolly got excited and thought it an excellent strategy to attack Davis with a jab to the head, followed by a straight hand, a little down his chin. However, Tank maintained his high guard and saw the opening to Romero’s face as the latter lowered his right arm.

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Following this discovery, Davis countered Romero with an accurate left hand and immediately angled out of harm’s way. This saw Rolly dangle on the ropes and fall devastatingly onto the canvas. One punch can change the night, one punch can end the fight. It definitely did both for Romero on Saturday in Brooklyn.

Well, what do you think about Davis’ knockout over Romero? Let us know in the comments below.

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Samrat Sardar

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
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Vibhanshu Kumar