There was clearly a good deal of mutual respect between Gervonta 'Tank' Davis and Lamont Roach heading into their March 1 fight for Davis' WBA lightweight belt.

Many quickly interpreted this as confirmation he accepted step-aside money to let the Davis-Paul bout happen. Roach wasted little time shutting that down, taking to X to clear the air: ‘All you stupid mfs know if I received some step aside money I woulda told you and showed you… kill that narrative rn.’