Comments Thread For: Ellerbe on Davis-Barrios Criticism: Are You Kidding Me? This Is A Dangerous Fight For Tank

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

By “dangerous” Ellerbe means the danger in Davis breaking one of his hands on the wide-open jaw of No defense B-level Barrios!! Thats the only “danger” in this cherry-pick ppv mismatch!

[famicommander]

Stop going after fake ass Regular belts, Tank.

[Walexhris]

lol! U conveniently left out defense, speed, footwork, boxing skill, chin....all in Davis favor...hence Davis being the clear FAVORITE! Go figure...NOBODY is picking B-level Barrios just like NOBODY picked LSC or GAMBOA! Davis wont risk the 0 anytime soon!

A quick question, mentions reasonable fight for tank, a fight in which he won't be the favourite?

[Eff Pandas]

What's dangerous about Barrios? He's tall. That's the biggest advantage Barrios has over Tank. What else is there to contend with? I think Tank is gonna destroy this dude's body & KO him. Might even get one of those sexy body shot KO highlights.

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

A quick question, mentions reasonable fight for tank, a fight in which he won't be the favourite?

Lopez, Loma, Haney...even GRJ...risky, dangerous fights ...50/50 ..60/40 intriguing fights that fans actually want to see. Really dont matter who is favorite, fight could go either way bc skill level is about even..unlike the mismatches Davis has been fighting. Gotta be willing to risk that 0 at some point.

[DaNeutral.]

This is the big one, this is the one we all been hoping and waiting for. We were all worried that he may face one of the top dogs at 135 like he threatened to, but who would want that when you can have Tank v Maresh bushish or what ever his name is.

Nobody is listening to your bollocks Mr Ellerbe. It’s a crap fight.

[-DSG-]

What's dangerous about Barrios? He's tall. That's the biggest advantage Barrios has over Tank. What else is there to contend with? I think Tank is gonna destroy this dude's body & KO him. Might even get one of those sexy body shot KO highlights.

Lmao it's going to look like Spence-Ocampo or Canelo-Fielding

[LA_2_Vegas]

There some risk sure - but to mitigate that, they have clearly chosen someone who will play into Tank's style. That's why people are complaining - aside from the fact nobody called for the fight - there are fights that get made that I wasn't asking for that I can find intriguing....I don't mind surprises....but here I think people are looking at Barrios, his style, stature and controversial win he got and wondering if this was lined up the whole time. Hard to put the blinders on for this fight. Barrios gets to leaning and lurching over, he's not going to be tall.

Tank is exciting though - I don't have an issue trying to make him a face on PPV, he's going for the KO, he's hittable, there's a trainwreck element...it's usually a good watch. I'll probably be buying Tank PPVs in the future but not this one

[Saborconclave]

Ellerbe knows better than that. There are way more dangerous fights for him at 135. This victory (If and when he wins) looks good on a resume, Like Mayweather he's manufacturing a career.

[asgarth]

Its wild to see how many people can knock a fighter they dont like no matter what he does. Gamboa was old and washed up and Leo was a 118 pounder that swelled in weight just for Tank to fight him according some of these so called boxing fans. The madness of it is Tank takes on a reasonable threat at a higher weight and somehow he's still cherry picking. You cant make this stuff up. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FIGHT AT A HIGHER WEIGHT CLASS PEOPLE! Get over it the little dude is taking risks plain and simple.

I think it's a decent fight to take as his first fight at 140. Barrios is a solid operator.
But honestly, Gamboa is old and washed and Leo is small at 130 and was a tailor made opponent with a name for davis.

It doesnt always have to be about taking sides. His opposition just wasnt really good since Pedraza, but the Barrios fight is decent, not great, but decent.