It’s the big one this weekend with superstar Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis going back to work.
He takes on Lamont Roach who cannot be underestimated and is coming to upset Davis.
The fight takes place this Saturday March 1st 2025 — let us look at the Davis vs Roach fight time around the world.
For the USA East Coast (Eastern Time, ET), New York operates on Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) in early March, since daylight saving time doesn’t start until March 9, 2025.
The main card kicks off at 8:00 PM ET and ringwalks for Davis vs. Roach are approximately for 11:00 PM ET on Saturday, March 1.
On the USA West Coast (Pacific Time, PT), which is three hours behind at UTC-8, the main card starts at 5:00 PM PT, with the main event ringwalks around 8:00 PM PT. These times (at the moment) align with the official PBC broadcast schedule and are consistent with typical PPV pacing in boxing too, usually in our crazy sport where times are subject to change due to early knockouts — and where the headline fight follows several undercard bouts.
In the United Kingdom (Greenwich Mean Time, GMT), the time difference from ET is five hours ahead (UTC+0), as the UK switches to British Summer Time (BST) later in March.
The main card begins at 1:00 AM GMT on Sunday, March 2, and the Davis vs. Roach ringwalks are expected around 4:00 AM GMT.
Another late night for those in the UK and Europe as usual.
Finally, the major worldwide cities by time are as follows, approximately, remember times are subject to change due to networks and fight changes — check your local listings again on the night:
- Los Angeles, USA (PT, UTC-8): 8:00 PM PT, Saturday, March 1
- Toronto, Canada (ET, UTC-5): 11:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 1
- Mexico City, Mexico (CST, UTC-6): 10:00 PM CST, Saturday, March 1
- São Paulo, Brazil (BRT, UTC-3): 1:00 AM BRT, Sunday, March 2
- London, UK (GMT, UTC+0): 4:00 AM GMT, Sunday, March 2
- Paris, France (CET, UTC+1): 5:00 AM CET, Sunday, March 2
- Berlin, Germany (CET, UTC+1): 5:00 AM CET, Sunday, March 2
- Moscow, Russia (MSK, UTC+3): 7:00 AM MSK, Sunday, March 2
- Dubai, UAE (GST, UTC+4): 8:00 AM GST, Sunday, March 2
- Mumbai, India (IST, UTC+5:30): 9:30 AM IST, Sunday, March 2
- Beijing, China (CST, UTC+8): 12:00 PM CST, Sunday, March 2
- Tokyo, Japan (JST, UTC+9): 1:00 PM JST, Sunday, March 2
- Sydney, Australia (AEDT, UTC+11): 3:00 PM AEDT, Sunday, March 2
- Auckland, New Zealand (NZDT, UTC+13): 5:00 PM NZDT, Sunday
These times assume the ringwalks occur at 11:00 PM ET local time in New York.
A reasonable estimate based on PPV norms and the current schedule — where main events often start 3-4 hours into the broadcast in boxing.
Once again though, however, boxing’s fluid nature means earlier fights sometimes end quickly (knockouts) or run long (more decisions than the organizers expected) — sometimes shifting the main event by 30-60 minutes.
With ‘Tank’ knockouts often do happen so hold on and don’t blink when his fight comes on, obviously.
