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

[TinAgeOfBoxing]

Ramirez/Taylor was viewed by probably 7 times more people and that unification fight got more coverage than the meaningless stay busy fight vs an unknown bum.

[Oldskoolg]

To say there is no rivalry in US is nonsense. In boxing there are fan rivalries between African Americans and Latinos and there are sub divisions in Latino rivalries. Brits do take rivalry serious but that's because their fighters are constantly written off and any time they do have the genuine article they are then dismissed as average. As where Americans fighters of quality are given their due praise and respect by brits generally speaking.

I didn’t say there were no rivalries on the USA…..thats not what I said.

[Rodtang]

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.

He may not need his belts but to the hard-core boxing fan and you just said you are one, he badly needs his name. Cos as of right now his resume is sadly lacking .

[Bronx2245]

I would like to think it would be at 130. Makes for a decent fight. Has GRJ not got Rey Vargas to deal with. If so I guess that's his yearly fight.

At 33, I think GRJ accepts a PPV fight, even @ 135! Tank vs. GRJ in the DMV would be a very big deal!

[Oldskoolg]

It's racist posts like this that bring this website down.

You people should be ashamed of yourselves.

This is why I have a huge block list. There’s no interacting with low life high school drop out prison trash like the losers who posted those racist comments

[BoxingIsGreat]

At 33, I think GRJ accepts a PPV fight, even @ 135! Tank vs. GRJ in the DMV would be a very big deal!

That's where it has to be. I don't think Gervonta will go back down to 130, unless it comes with a bag full of money. Russell doesn't provide that.

[Oldskoolg]

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.

And THAT’S what I am talking about…..why do fans in the USA NEED to know where Scotland is? Why does that even matter? And this is coming from a man who had an actual Scottish grandparent who’s English ancestry comes from in and around Carlisle and border reivers of long ago. I’ll say it again, it’s an inferiority complex.

[Rodtang]

I didn’t say there were no rivalries on the USA…..thats not what I said.

" this sense of rivalry while very important to the British sports fan is non-existent with the American sports fans ". Clearly not though

[Oldskoolg]

" this sense of rivalry while very important to the British sports fan is non-existent with the American sports fans ". Clearly not though

So you’re telling me the average sports fan in the USA walks around thinking about sticking it to the U.K……you’re doing too much.

[Rodtang]

At 33, I think GRJ accepts a PPV fight, even @ 135! Tank vs. GRJ in the DMV would be a very big deal!

I'm sure he does , particularly as he only gets one pay check a year and that would be top dollar for him. I believe there is some rivalry there