In an article on the WBA website, it is suggested that the decision not to award Lamont Roach a knockdown of Gervonta Davis when he took a knee in round nine was “not unreasonable or unjustifiable”.
“From our perspective, [Referee Steve Willis’] decision was not unreasonable or unjustifiable. He ruled in real-time that Davis had not been struck by a punch before going down, and therefore, no knockdown should be recorded.”