Comments Thread For: Daily Bread Mailbag: Oleksandr Usyk-Moses Itauma, Jake Paul-'Tank' Davis, and more

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In this week?s mailbag, Stephen ?Breadman? Edwards answers the almost inevitable questions about a potential match-up between Oleksandr Usyk and Moses Itauma, the actual match-up between Jake Paul and Gervonta "Tank" Davis, and, as ever, much more
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[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

If Sugar Ray Leonard fought Floyd Mayweather one hundred times Sugar Ray would be 100-0 .

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

@Saurabh , In case you didn't know, Lewis knocked out Bowe in the amateurs and that is why many people think that he threw the title belt in the trash rather than fight Lewis again.

[BlackRobb]

Boots will never be P4P Top 10, let alone #1. Some folks are simply so delusional. It's sad.

[BlackRobb]

Floyd Mayweather would make Ray Leonard look silly. Wilfred Benitez was able to counter Ray with ease all night.

[siablo14]

As for Tank, I still think he’s a terrific talent. But I also feel like his priority is making money over his legacy, and that’s okay. But all competitive people want attribution, and when the best fighters of the decade get talked about – when it’s time to go to the hall of fame – Tank not fighting the Lamont Roach rematch will come up. Tank not making fights with Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney or Shakur Stevenson will come up. It’s just what it is, and Tank has to live with that. A fighter can have a great legacy and make big money simultaneously. Some choose both. Some choose money. I respect all decisions, and my perspective will be directed according to their choices.

Tank can change things after this exhibition by simply fighting Stevenson. All will be forgiven if he fights that fight. Again, perspectives are fluid. I also want to add – I heard Tank was fighting Manny Pacquiao, and I’m honestly glad he isn’t. I don’t want to see Manny get KO’d at this point in his life.

I also want to say that I hope that other fighters get a chance to fight real fights on this card. I try to look at the glass as half full. Boxing is not in a good place right now. There are very few smaller platforms for grassroots fighters. No one seems to want to invest in up-and-coming fighters. So oftentimes up-and-coming fighters and even established fighters can only fight if they’re on the undercard of big shows.

For example, I know for a fact that Stephen Fulton was going to be on the Davis-Roach rematch card. Because that card was cancelled, Fulton didn’t get to fight at all. Fulton is a two-division champion and he’s the same age as Tank. A fighter like Fulton should be on this card.

This is also the time for grassroots promoters to get rich. This is the time for local promoters in fight cities like Philly, Detroit, New York, Boston, Phoenix, Atlantic City, Washington DC and LA to make a big move. It’s also time for a network to use their common sense. In order for a fighter like Tank to get where he is, he had to get built up in formative years as a fighter. No one starts out a superstar.


I agree 100 percent with Breadman right here except the part in red.

[Smash]

"Tank not making fights with Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney or Shakur Stevenson will come up. It’s just what it is, and Tank has to live with that"


hey bread did u forgot about lomachenko in your list LOL & oh yeah knocking on his door right when hes about to retire is not going to erase that either

[Smash]

Itauma is also a good body puncher, which seems to be an issue for Usyk


danny dubois low blow???? lol

[Smash]

"Let’s be honest, the only reason the British appeared to dominate the heavyweight division for a couple of years is the dominance of basketball in the United States" Katlholo the legend

what does the term appeared to dominate mean? does it mean it was all an illusion, an apparition?

[wrecksracer]

Floyd Mayweather would make Ray Leonard look silly. Wilfred Benitez was able to counter Ray with ease all night.

There is a 0% chance that Floyd would fight a prime Leonard or Benitez. It’s useless comparing Floyd in a prime vs prime debate. You already know ahead of that he wouldn’t take the fight.