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The boxing world can finally witness the showdown between two fierce rivals who have been going at each other for a long time. Former WBA interim lightweight champion Rolando Romero will take on Gervonta Davis for his WBA (regular) lightweight title.

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Although this is the first time ‘Rolly’ and ‘Tank’ will be squaring off against each other, the two fighters have already had a clash of hands previously.

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Rolando Romero reveals what really happened between him and Gervonta Davis

During an interview with EsNEWS, Rolando Romero shed some light on the prior altercation with Davis. He explained Tank shoved him out of nowhere and he retaliated. Rolly stated, “I was saying hi to f**k**g Floyd and Leonard and Tank just comes up and f****** pushes me I don’t know and I go to swing at him and he gets behind one of Floyd’s bodyguards.”

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Romero added that Mayweather broke the guys apart and revealed that the boxing legend brutally called Tank a disgrace. According to Rolly, Floyd said, “Floyd called saying what the f*** are you guys doing you f****** dumbass you’re a disgrace to this fucking company.”

Tank didn’t take this well.

READ MORE: Gervonta Davis Says His Power Is Incomparable With Jake Paul

Additionally, Romero revealed that Tank, who was Mayweather’s protégé, couldn’t bear what he had just heard.

“Tank was about to start crying his eyes started watering. I swear on everything he was gonna start crying because he knows he f***** up and did the f****** dumbest s*** ever.”

Romero finally gets his hands on Davis

Following a long-standing beef, the two lightweight fighters will finally go toe to toe on Saturday,  May 28, 2022 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Davis will be defending his WBA (regular) lightweight championship.

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Both fighters come into this bout undefeated with a perfect record. Rolly is coming off an impressive stoppage win against Anthony Yigit. Whereas, Davis displayed a masterclass in his win against Issac Cruz.

WATCH THIS STORY: “I Turned Around And Pushed Him” – Gervonta Davis Details An Altercation He Had With Rival Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero

What do you think about Romero’s revelation about what Floyd Mayweather told Gervonta Davis? Let us know in the comments below.

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Darsh Karkera is a Boxing author at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his masters in Clinical Psychology at CHRIST University, Bangalore. According to Darsh himself, the one and only one thing that fuels him, is sports. His boxing journey began watching Mike Tyson fights as a toddler with his dad and later on following the rise of Manny Pacquiao. Aside from work, Darsh is also a massive Sherlock Holmes fan, and given a chance, you might find him lurking around 221B Baker Street as part of his vivid imagination.

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