Tank vs Roach is a joke of a fight. Minimize the damage, increase the pay. Honestly, Floyd changed the texture of boxing for the worse

[The D3vil]

At 140 and above Floyd fought DeMarcus Corley, Arturo Gatti, Sharmba Mitchell, Zab Judah, Carlos Baldomir, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley, Victor Ortiz, Miguel Cotto, Robert Guerrero, Canelo Alvarez, Marcos Maidana twice, Manny Pacquiao, and Andre Berto.

What are you talking about?

He's talking about risk/reward type fighting.

Floyd fought most of those dudes when they were in the perfect position to be beaten by him or were vunerable, either by being past their primes, before their primes, or after having been knocked out by somebody else.
Tank doesn't have any name fighters that he could fight who are either past their primes, before their primes, or are vulnerable, who have big names.

All the name fighters around him are in their primes like Shakur, Teo, & Devin.

He already fought Ryan Garcia, who's never had a championship fight

And he just tried to fight Loma at 36 years old, but Loma wasn't having it.

[DeryckAtlanta]

I'm not saying it's a great match up but Shakur Schofield is way worse. He is fighting a prospect with 0 experience fighting at world level.

Roach might be champ at 130 but still a world champ with experience with opponents who were at world level.

You have to consider that fact that Schofield is the highest ranked for the WBA. He was either going to fight another champ or try his mandatory at the WBA. I do think his experience level is low, but he is not an unranked fighter. He is officially contender status. The only way to get experience at world level is to fight a world level fighter. 135 is stacked with them and this is probably his best option (less stain in a loss). Lamont is 130 and he lost to Herring and got a SD vs the guy Tank dominated and ko'ed. As a boxing fan, I know all fights are different, but on paper this fight looks really bad to me. I have no expectation of Roach even being competitive. I don't think Schofield will be either, but at least there is some unknown, considering we haven't seen him on this stage.

[joseph5620]

That was Floyd's path to his "legacy". Now fighters don't want to take risks. Ruined the mentality of future fighters and the sport as a whole.

You can't compare Tank's opposition to Mayweather's. That's just ignorant. Mayweather fought and beat opponents on the pound for pound list. Tank never has. Mayweather fought and beat the number one fighters in their division including Corrales, Castillo, Pacquiao, and Canelo. Tank has never done that. It's ridiculous to use Mayweather as an example.

Canelo is the one that should be used as an example of this.

[joseph5620]

I dont think he's arguing the career from 135 and below

You can't argue it at 140 and above either. Who has Tank faced at the level of Mosley, Pacquiao, or Canelo? The comparison is inaccurate and ignorant. Tank hasn't even beaten anybody better than Judah.

[djtmal]

He's talking about risk/reward type fighting.

Floyd fought most of those dudes when they were in the perfect position to be beaten by him or were vunerable, either by being past their primes, before their primes, or after having been knocked out by somebody else.
Tank doesn't have any name fighters that he could fight who are either past their primes, before their primes, or are vulnerable, who have big names.

All the name fighters around him are in their primes like Shakur, Teo, & Devin.

He already fought Ryan Garcia, who's never had a championship fight

And he just tried to fight Loma at 36 years old, but Loma wasn't having it.

Good post