Comments Thread For: Gervonta Davis Shuts Down Talk of Fighting Naoya Inoue: 'He's [Nowhere] Near My Weight'

[Bronx2245]

The difference between Tank and Canelo, is that Inoue is not asking to fight Tank, but Crawford is asking to fight Canelo! I don't think Canelo should fight at a catchweight, but if Bud is willing to fight @ 168, then Canelo should fight him!

[Oldskoolg]

Ain't it funny how soon as you mention Tank's name these lil teenage groupies get their panties soaking wet when someone mentions their favorite heartthrob's name. These bythes are soooo jealous of the Tankster's position in boxing. You notice Canelo is in the same position where he can pick and choose who, when and where he fights (as he should) and they have nothing to say about that. HAHA Do yo thang TankTank keep these bytcthes off balance!

What I find most interesting is how the militant British fan base obsesses with black American fans, attacks them through proxy’s like Inoue, brings him up as much as possible, and when black American fans support their own fighters, those same fans then get mad about it. I understand the mindset of the militant fans because it goes back to the “empire” mindset, it goes back to that same mindset of how horrendously Hagler was treated when he fought Minter…for some in my country there is a proper hanging racial obsession with black Americans for some reason. Most Brits will never meet a black American, won’t go to America ever, it’s just weird to me. I honestly think it was reignited by the whole Hearn wanting to take over America fiasco and the pbc fan base resisting supporting him. The Hearn fans really took that personally….which goes back to what my age group in Britain calls the empire mentality. This belief that we as Brits are entitled to be in charge everywhere. It’s why so many of us insist on being called “ex pats” rather than immigrants. And the use of Inoue just falls into what social psychologists call the “model minority” classification. Asians, who have always been more socially acceptable to white racists than you black folks are, are literally weaponised against black people. We saw that and continue to see that a lot in the usa during the pandemic where black (often homeless and mentally ill and many were carribbean and African immigrants themselves) Americans became the media face of attacks on Asians even though the actual fbi crime stats and other statistics showed otherwise. And even after the rhetoric of the sitting president at the time instigated those attacks. I’m a career military man, retired and then became a career law enforcement officer and now retired from that. I have bachelor and masters degrees in history, history is one thing I know. This mindset goes back to the policing of the Rhineland by French colonial troops after WWI, the Germans didn’t object to Vietnamese troops being brought in to police the Rhineland, they objected to the Senegalese. Look it up, no lies told. With these racists, there is literally nothing new under the sun.

[paulf]

Inoue just moved up to 122 and probably ends his career there - there are no fights for him at 126 and no way does he even go up to 130.

Chris Mannix's dumb ass started all this by calling for the fight on his podcast a few weeks ago. He's an idiot.

[SteveM]

What I find most interesting is how the militant British fan base obsesses with black American fans, attacks them through proxy’s like Inoue, brings him up as much as possible, and when black American fans support their own fighters, those same fans then get mad about it. I understand the mindset of the militant fans because it goes back to the “empire” mindset, it goes back to that same mindset of how horrendously Hagler was treated when he fought Minter…for some in my country there is a proper hanging racial obsession with black Americans for some reason. Most Brits will never meet a black American, won’t go to America ever, it’s just weird to me. I honestly think it was reignited by the whole Hearn wanting to take over America fiasco and the pbc fan base resisting supporting him. The Hearn fans really took that personally….which goes back to what my age group in Britain calls the empire mentality. This belief that we as Brits are entitled to be in charge everywhere. It’s why so many of us insist on being called “ex pats” rather than immigrants. And the use of Inoue just falls into what social psychologists call the “model minority” classification. Asians, who have always been more socially acceptable to white racists than you black folks are, are literally weaponised against black people. We saw that and continue to see that a lot in the usa during the pandemic where black (often homeless and mentally ill and many were carribbean and African immigrants themselves) Americans became the media face of attacks on Asians even though the actual fbi crime stats and other statistics showed otherwise. And even after the rhetoric of the sitting president at the time instigated those attacks. I’m a career military man, retired and then became a career law enforcement officer and now retired from that. I have bachelor and masters degrees in history, history is one thing I know. This mindset goes back to the policing of the Rhineland by French colonial troops after WWI, the Germans didn’t object to Vietnamese troops being brought in to police the Rhineland, they objected to the Senegalese. Look it up, no lies told. With these racists, there is literally nothing new under the sun.

This is called stirring the pot. There are racists in the UK, as everywhere - but conflating them with Hearn supporters, using Inoue as a proxy etcetera is just drivel - and incites hatred.

[OldTerry]

hes only 13 ibs away, haney can rehydrate that in 30 mins flat

13 lbs is more than 10% of his body weight. While it doesn't sound like a lot of weight, it really is in the lower weight classifications.

[HandsofIron]

And in the modern era, with up to a 20lb swing or more from weigh-in to fight night, this parroted saying doesn't have half the clout it once did.

Inoue ain't ballooning up 20 lbs, he's a small guy, hes right where he needs to be.

But on your point on 20 lbs swings, Canelo made it okay for everyone to cheat, he does it, so everyone does it now. Ths sport is corrupt, what else is new.

[ShoulderRoll]

Because the bigger earners don’t do that.

Imagine asking Canelo to lose weight for a CW fight with Crawford .

Come on man.

Crawford isn’t a draw.

Inoue is huge in Japan.

But Tank wants to put others at a disadvantage, not himself. I get it.

So I’ll settle for Gervonta fighting the best guys at his weight…but that isn’t going to happen either, is it?

[ShoulderRoll]

Inoue just moved up to 122 and probably ends his career there - there are no fights for him at 126 and no way does he even go up to 130.

Chris Mannix's dumb ass started all this by calling for the fight on his podcast a few weeks ago. He's an idiot.

Don’t forget racist 78sportstv.

He said if Inoue wants his respect then he needs to move up and fight Tank Davis.

[IronDanHamza]

Crawford isn’t a draw.

Inoue is huge in Japan.

But Tank wants to put others at a disadvantage, not himself. I get it.

So I’ll settle for Gervonta fighting the best guys at his weight…but that isn’t going to happen either, is it?

Wouldn't Tank beating Inoue at 135 prove who the best fighter at 122 is though?

[Knuckle sandwich]

What I find most interesting is how the militant British fan base obsesses with black American fans, attacks them through proxy’s like Inoue, brings him up as much as possible, and when black American fans support their own fighters, those same fans then get mad about it. I understand the mindset of the militant fans because it goes back to the “empire” mindset, it goes back to that same mindset of how horrendously Hagler was treated when he fought Minter…for some in my country there is a proper hanging racial obsession with black Americans for some reason. Most Brits will never meet a black American, won’t go to America ever, it’s just weird to me. I honestly think it was reignited by the whole Hearn wanting to take over America fiasco and the pbc fan base resisting supporting him. The Hearn fans really took that personally….which goes back to what my age group in Britain calls the empire mentality. This belief that we as Brits are entitled to be in charge everywhere. It’s why so many of us insist on being called “ex pats” rather than immigrants. And the use of Inoue just falls into what social psychologists call the “model minority” classification. Asians, who have always been more socially acceptable to white racists than you black folks are, are literally weaponised against black people. We saw that and continue to see that a lot in the usa during the pandemic where black (often homeless and mentally ill and many were carribbean and African immigrants themselves) Americans became the media face of attacks on Asians even though the actual fbi crime stats and other statistics showed otherwise. And even after the rhetoric of the sitting president at the time instigated those attacks. I’m a career military man, retired and then became a career law enforcement officer and now retired from that. I have bachelor and masters degrees in history, history is one thing I know. This mindset goes back to the policing of the Rhineland by French colonial troops after WWI, the Germans didn’t object to Vietnamese troops being brought in to police the Rhineland, they objected to the Senegalese. Look it up, no lies told. With these racists, there is literally nothing new under the sun.

Unfortunately you will never lose that chip on your shoulder.