Comments Thread For: Ellerbe: Josh Taylor's An Excellent Fighter; Probably 70 People At Tank's Fight Even Heard Of Him

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

And this is why tank’s win was meaningful. He jumped two weight classes to take on an undefeated world champion who had never been off his feet. There is a segment of fans on this forum who are just triggered by his win. In fact every fight he has they say the same thing.

u left out undefeated b-level VACANT paper interim champ…who had zero notable wins on his record and arguably lost to the short Russian guy with 7 fights. Barrios never off his feet bc had never faced a fighter with above average power. And Davis had already fought at 135…so “jumping 2 weight classes” is all hype. 5-1 odds = meaningful win?

[MC Hammer]

That’s what I was about to say. He’s trying to make it sound as if it’s a good thing.

Isn't it? It means he attracts new fans. Tank is helping the sport grow if what they say is true

[Mikedadon]

If 70 people only know who josh taylor is then only 25 people knew who mario was, its obvious that al haymon and leonard ellebre are just picking fighters of Spanish descent that are between 130 and 140 on pbc of course and just feeding them to gervonta davis. Its low key boring.

[Rodtang]

sounds like some 140lb promoting going on. i'd rather see Tank fight at 135 and take the two chickens T. Lopez and Cryan Garcia

Would love to see Davis vs Garcia. Nice little best of the the rest match up. Davis wins easily.

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

He’s a fanboy. You’re wasting your time with him. They swear everyone Loma faces is great. They’re trying to make it seem like Nakatani was a P4P fighter.

Davis would b on p4p list IF he would man up and fight at least one legit prime top fighter in any division. Loma still on p4p list for a reason - skills and level of competition. Loma been in several 50/50 fights ..GRJ, N.Walters, Teo, Rigo was close. Even Floyd had one around 25 fights in - Corrales. Just ONE fight where Davis is not the heavy favorite would b nice.

[SteelFist01]

So, is Ellerbe implying that Barrios is a household name that helped sell his fight with Tank?

[Rodtang]

Ellerbe dropping the sad, but true, FACTS! However, I know opponents Tank's fans definitely know...Gary Russell Jr., Mikey Garcia, and Devin Haney! MAN UP!

GRJ most likely outta that 3. Decent fight on paper. In reality Davis walks through him though imo.

[Smash]

The YAnks here seem obsessed with the Brits , why ?? its weird ?Brits could care less about competing with America , its Australia, Germany and France in sport who are their natural enemies. India and Pakistan would be higher up than America.

Yes i mean in football the germany rivalry is huge, aussie stuff is far bigger than any american thing etc, and cricket india etc is huge too, there is barely any mention of anything american, same with euro countries, local stuff is always more important, the big sports in america, i mean noone else really plays a lot of them, people might watch the superbowl thats about it

[Marvlus Marv]

Mr Ellerbe, we have a saying... it's because they DKSAB. Listen up: Taylor is The King and it's time you dealt wid dat shti, holmes.

[L90]

This is the reason why taylor is a lb for lb fighter and will go on to be an alltime great ! davis is not because taylor is chasing legacy and davis is just chasing money fact !