ohara davies- future superstar?

[HanzGruber]

Just watched the fight.. Davies is very basic, and extremely slow. Just swings wildly with no hopes of landing. Barely any technique. The knockdown was weird AF too. Dude got jabbed, backed up, then took a knee. From a jab? For real?

Op doesn't know shlt about slick brothas

[Jim Tom]

the kids got it all. My friends stateside on this forum may not have seen much of him as hes still at domestic level but keep on eye out for this guy.

He oozes charisma, is a showman and has the skills to back it up. Talk that as a novice he gave porter all he could handle in sparring, and ricky burns says the kid is the real deal. His trainer Tony Sims says hes never seen power like it in 20 years.

Fighting at 140 hes close to the glamour division of 147, and big fights could be around the corner. On saturday night he faces his toughest test on paper, josh taylor, and surprisingly davies goes in as underdog.

If (as i think he will) he gets taylor out the way, how far can this kid go? Could he be the next great UK champion? Once the kid gets the exposure hes gonna be a huge fan favourite as despite the trash talk he seems like a likeable guy.

The guy is a bum with a brain the size of a peanut. Any boxer who can't jab is rubbish.

[Ray*]

I forgot to place my bets on Taylor!!! Am fuming now.

[mlac]

he'll knock that clown back over hadrians wall. burns has sparred with both and says davies will spark him out.

****ing lol, no offence but everything you said is a load of rubbish, 'oozes charisma' ?

will bump this thread when he gets schooled by the tartan tornado

BUMP

[John Locke]

Just watched the fight.. Davies is very basic, and extremely slow. Just swings wildly with no hopes of landing. Barely any technique. The knockdown was weird AF too. Dude got jabbed, backed up, then took a knee. From a jab? For real?

He went down because he was badly hurt to the body

[BodiesInFlight]

Taylor made Davies look like an absolute bum last night.

Good thread OP, you clearly know your stuff.

[IronDanHamza]

I thought Davies had a shot here.

But from the first bell he was just loading up on massive punches, crossing his legs, making extremely basic mistakes.

Then just when I thought he might be coming on with a late surge he quit

[Madison Boxing]

yep fair enough deserve some stick, i was on that hype train. bit gutted, was hoping he was gonna be another star for the UK as i liked his style and charisma but not to be. davies looked very sloppy against a good fighter in his first real test. Obviously he can rebound but dont think hes going to be world level based on that. taylors counter punching was fantastic though, very accurate. Fair play to them both for taking that fight that early in there careers.

[Tom Cruise]

Im worried for Davies now tbh.

Before the fight i had it in my head that no matter the result both can come back and do big things in the sport. But really the holes in Ohara's game are so huge, and plentiful, that its going to be difficult for him to plug them all. He is already in his mid 20s after all.

He really needed to be Carl Froch levels of tough to make this thing work, and last night proved he isnt that either physically or mentally.

He can still be a fun addition to the Uk scene, and maybe a bit beyond, but world level looks a long way away right now.

If he can squeeze back down to LW he would have a much better chance, im not really sure why they moved up in the first place.

[Richard Hamilton]

yep fair enough deserve some stick, i was on that hype train. bit gutted, was hoping he was gonna be another star for the UK as i liked his style and charisma but not to be. davies looked very sloppy against a good fighter in his first real test. Obviously he can rebound but dont think hes going to be world level based on that. taylors counter punching was fantastic though, very accurate. Fair play to them both for taking that fight that early in there careers.

Style and Charisma? ****ing hell you are easily impressed, he is thick as pig **** and has the worst trash talk I've ever heard. He is domestic level aswell.