Davis vs Roach

Gervonta "Tank" Davis is still unbeaten, thanks in large part to a controversial decision made by referee Steve Willis in Saturday's WBA lightweight championship bout against Lamont Roach at the Barclays Center in New York.

Davis took a knee in the opening minute of the ninth round so he could go back to his corner and wipe his eye after complaining that grease from his braids was bothering him. The lightweight champion didn't give Willis any prior warning that he was going to do it, yet still no knockdown was counted. There are no breaks in boxing, and Davis' kneel-down should've been counted as a knockdown, but it was not — and that decision by Willis ultimately saved Davis from losing what would've been a mammoth upset to Roach.

Davis ultimately retained his WBA lightweight title with a majority decision draw. Two judges scored the fight 114-114, six rounds apiece, and one judge gave Davis the nod by two rounds, scoring the contest 115-113. Had Willis properly called Davis' peculiar moment in Round 9 a knockdown, Roach would've been declared the winner.

Davis rival Terence Crawford took to social media to voice his disagreement with the call.

Despite giving up the opening round, Davis started the fight well, winning the majority of the first half of the contest. Davis focused on the midsection of Roach in the early stages, attempting to bring Roach's guard down so he could land his southpaw left hand, which he did effectively in the fifth round.

After the first half, Roach's confidence grew and the WBA super featherweight champ began exchanging punches with the hard-hitting champion in the center of the ring.

"Tank" entered Saturday's fight with a 93% KO rate, but Roach was never really hurt by him at any point. In fact, it was Roach who landed the hardest punch of the fight in Round 8, countering Davis' left hand with a punch that pushed Davis back and off-balance.

Roach closed out the contest strong, taking the action to Davis and outworking him with combinations in the final round.

Roach outlanded Davis over the 12 rounds. The super featherweight champion connected with 112 of his 400 attempts, while Davis landed 103 of 279 punches thrown.

"I just got my hair done two days ago, and she put grease in my s***," Davis explained in his post-fight interview. "When you are sweating and s*** like that, the grease came into my face and it burnt my eyes."

"I'm a little disappointed in the decision, I thought I pulled it off," Roach said after the fight. "But that is what happens sometimes when two skilled fighters get in there and do what they do.

"I definitely thought I won, hopefully we can run it back, but Gervonta is a great fighter."

Catch up on all of Saturday's action with full Davis vs. Roach results and highlights below, as well as Uncrowned's play-by-play of the pay-per-view main card.

Main Card

WBA lightweight title: Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach ends in majority draw (115-113, 114-114, 114-114)

WBA super lightweight title: Gary Antuanne Russell def. Jose Valenzuela by unanimous decision (119-109, 119-109, 120-108)

WBC super lightweight title: Alberto Puello def. Sandor Martin via split decision (113-115, 115-113, 116-112)

WBA interim super welterweight title: Yoenis Tellez def. Julian Williams via unanimous decision (117-111, 118-110, 119-109)

Prelims (Re-watch on Uncrowned)

Middleweight: Jarrett Hurd def. Johan Gonzalez via split decision (96-94, 94-96, 98-92)

Welterweight: David Whitmire def. Angel Munoz via unanimous decision (60-54, 60-54, 60-54)