Who even needs to know where Scotland is? All Ellerbe is saying is, to the business side of things (casual Davis fans), Taylor is nonentity. Davis can fight a plumber next and that crowd will be there. Even to me (a hardcore), Taylor is nothing, a C+ at best. I don't see anything. Davis doesn't need his belts.
This is why promoters are comfortable with there being so many belts. And this is why they want a boxing fan base that isn't knowledgeable.
They can make money by selling "championship" fights against lower risk opponents and the fans won't know any better.
If there was only one world championship belt and everybody knew it then it would be a lot harder to pass of one of their boxers as being "the best.". Not without him having to actually take a risk.
Ellerbe isn't the only one who wants to operate like this, though. Bob Arum has been using that model for decades. He basically has propped up the WBO into being a major sanctioning body just so that he can pull it off.
Mikey Garcia?
I'd rather Davis stick to 135 and fight Russell or Cruz Gonzalez next.
There are definitely other good options.
Be very surprised to see Mikey back at 135 again, man. He ain't a young man anymore and that cut was hard for him even at 30. 140 might be more plausible. Guess everything's got a price tag though so it depends what it was worth to him I guess.
Be very surprised to see Mikey back at 135 again, man. He ain't a young man anymore and that cut was hard for him even at 30. 140 might be more plausible. Guess everything's got a price tag though so it depends what it was worth to him I guess.
I meant Mikey at 140 is a way better name and boxer than Taylor. The other two at 135.
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