If Gervonta "Tank" Davis fought against Mikey Garcia & Vasily Lomachenko in his mid twenties (2017-2021?), how successful would he be?

[famicommander]

You’ve been around long enough and are smart enough to know that isn’t a valid argument.

Also, can we stop with the he fought fighter X or Y so that is why he will win. The fight would be at 135 so I am not sure who wins.

This is the logic people used against Floyd once he got to the ODH fight. Not saying Tank is Floyd. Saying that logic and reasoning isn’t sound.

The Floyd comparison is nonsense because Floyd had faced excellent competition before he fought De La Hoya.

Tank has fought trash competition his entire career. Mikey fought very good competition his entire career. Mikey was a battle tested legitimate champion, Davis is a trinket-collecting cherrypicker. He lost to Roach and I had the Cruz fight even. Mikey is an entirely different level of fighter from those two. Davis' best wins remain guys like Pedraza and Barrios. C'mon.

[MulaKO]

Actually your point above is exactly what is destroying the future for so many fighters coming up

You got that fughin right
The same way idiots on this site tend to laugh at Beterbiev and insult him for getting knockdown twice in his career making him a bum to many
So I mention that Ali himself was knocked down 4 times in his career
Guess what their response is : mum is the word , quiet as a mouse never to be heard from again
Because in hind sight they would have to call Ali a bum

[billeau2]

The Floyd comparison is nonsense because Floyd had faced excellent competition before he fought De La Hoya.

Tank has fought trash competition his entire career. Mikey fought very good competition his entire career. Mikey was a battle tested legitimate champion, Davis is a trinket-collecting cherrypicker. He lost to Roach and I had the Cruz fight even. Mikey is an entirely different level of fighter from those two. Davis' best wins remain guys like Pedraza and Barrios. C'mon.

Dude... He literally qualified his entire post in the last sentence stating explicitly: "I am not saying Tank is Floyd." Just sayin.

[billeau2]

You got that fughin right
The same way idiots on this site tend to laugh at Beterbiev and insult him for getting knockdown twice in his career making him a bum to many
So I mention that Ali himself was knocked down 4 times in his career
Guess what their response is : mum is the word , quiet as a mouse never to be heard from again
Because in hind sight they would have to call Ali a bum

My favorite example to demonstrate how destructive this thinking is, involves Ricky Hatton. After he beat Zoo as a huge underdog, his father allegedly came on his team and convinced his son to adapt a no risk style of fighting... He wanted Hatton not to lose any fights, it escapes me if hatton had lost a fight at that time, or not yet. Hatton preceded to look like crap and to become a dry h u m p i n g Meme. He fought this ****** way and went to face Floyd and was embarrased. Could he have beat Floyd? i doubt it but he could have done better.

In adapting the dry h u m p bugaloo he lost his quick feet, his inside game (he now clinched), and just went down in skill so much... All because his father and his coaches decided it would be the end of the world if he lost a fight after wining such an incredible match with KostaZoo.

[famicommander]

Dude... He literally qualified his entire post in the last sentence stating explicitly: "I am not saying Tank is Floyd." Just sayin.

That's a meaningless qualifier when he then used a direct comparison to Floyd's pre-DLH career. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

[MulaKO]

My favorite example to demonstrate how destructive this thinking is, involves Ricky Hatton. After he beat Zoo as a huge underdog, his father allegedly came on his team and convinced his son to adapt a no risk style of fighting... He wanted Hatton not to lose any fights, it escapes me if hatton had lost a fight at that time, or not yet. Hatton preceded to look like crap and to become a dry h u m p i n g Meme. He fought this ****** way and went to face Floyd and was embarrased. Could he have beat Floyd? i doubt it but he could have done better.

In adapting the dry h u m p bugaloo he lost his quick feet, his inside game (he now clinched), and just went down in skill so much... All because his father and his coaches decided it would be the end of the world if he lost a fight after wining such an incredible match with KostaZoo.

Just goes to show how ignorance can lead the way
Very unfortunate and I had the pleasure of meeting Hatton and actually having a drink with him
Good guy and very down to earth