Comments Thread For: Gervonta Davis Crushes Hugo Ruiz in One Round

[skinnystev]

this "fight" had mismatch written all over it the day it was announced

[Bad Bart]

Yeah, there were a ton of guys in the top 5 of Tank's division that would have taken the fight with him on 10 days notice. Does anyone in these comments even remember how we got this fight? Of course it was a mismatch! And Tank treated it like a mismatch and got the guy out of there in the first round. What more do you want with a last minute replacement?

[MrShakeAndBake]

Rigged fight...Stank Davis is trash 🗑

[indelible]

Ruiz is the part of the problem. This ****er agreed to fight understanding that he has no chance in competing few rounds and yet threw BS comments about how ready he is. If there is no btch willing to take those money, we wouldn't see useless fights like this.

Ruiz had no chance of winning coming into this fight on short notice and going up in weight in a matter of days, but the reality is that Showtime had to save the main event and unconvincingly tried to sell this as a tougher opponent for Davis, including Ruiz. You think any fighter at a presser would say, "Yeah, I think I have a chance in coming out with the victory but then there's the possibility I might lose". At the end of the day, Ruiz got a good pay day having just fought on January 19th before this fight and landed on PPV. Give credit to him for at least willing to try even though we knew it wasn't doable given the circumstances.

[gogetter1132]

Props to Davis for doing exactly what he was supposed to do. He blew out an obviously overmatched, smaller opponent in one round. The kid has great skills, great speed and power to boot. He has superstar written all over him.

Now for the criticism. This guy really needs to step up the competition level. He reminds me of a lot of the path Gary Russell had leading up to his demolishing at the hands of Loma. I know it's not his fault but he should have been in there with Machado last night. On top of that he came in heavy so he was fighting a much smaller man in the ring.

C'mon Floyd. Put this kid in there with a live body so we can see what he really has.

[indelible]

Props to Davis for doing exactly what he was supposed to do. He blew out an obviously overmatched, smaller opponent in one round. The kid has great skills, great speed and power to boot. He has superstar written all over him.

Now for the criticism. This guy really needs to step up the competition level. He reminds me of a lot of the path Gary Russell had leading up to his demolishing at the hands of Loma. I know it's not his fault but he should have been in there with Machado last night. On top of that he came in heavy so he was fighting a much smaller man in the ring.

C'mon Floyd. Put this kid in there with a live body so we can see what he really has.

Props to Davis? Are you serious?! For what? For fighting a smaller guy who came up two divisions in 10 days? Davis gets no credit for this

[gogetter1132]

I'm simply talking about the fact that he blew out a totally outmatched, smaller opponent which was exactly what he was supposed to do. With that being said; the fight itself was on obvious mismatch that should have never been made. It reminded me of when they fed Josesito Lopez to Canelo as a late substitute opponent for Victor Ortiz.

[SamLangfordFan]

Buncha ****ing weirdos in these comments. Sham fight? Tank broke his ****ing face. Also, were the promoters not supposed to sell the fight? It was a last minute replacement, what did you expect them to say? "Don't watch, this fight sucks"? Does anyone on this site actually like boxing or just talking ****? Pathetic

Exactly. I guarantee most of the posters talking trash don’t even watch fights. They just check results and go right to trolling. Most aren’t even boxing fans. The jealousy of Tank is absolutely hysterical. I love watching the kid. He’s a next level talent and still only 24. The big fights will come. Tank will be pound 4 pound top 10 by the end of ‘19. Ungodly power for 130. And enough with the whole “he needs to move up garbage”. He’s 5’5, he only rehydrated to 141. That’s perfect for 130. He’d be very small at 135.

[MexicanStyle#1]

Tank is good but the promoters fail to realize they are taking this young thug the same route as broner.... they are blowing his ego way out of proportion and will eventually lose track of reality.... him not making weight is the first sign of that... this will be another great example of when "keepnt' real" goes wrong!!

[doom_specialist]

Ruiz had no chance of winning coming into this fight on short notice and going up in weight in a matter of days, but the reality is that Showtime had to save the main event and unconvincingly tried to sell this as a tougher opponent for Davis, including Ruiz. You think any fighter at a presser would say, "Yeah, I think I have a chance in coming out with the victory but then there's the possibility I might lose". At the end of the day, Ruiz got a good pay day having just fought on January 19th before this fight and landed on PPV. Give credit to him for at least willing to try even though we knew it wasn't doable given the circumstances.

One thing people seem to forget, or just not care about, is that these guys are PRIZEFIGHTERS. Ruiz took this fight because it was a guaranteed $100K ride, win or lose. I'm sure he went in to the fight with some degree of confidence in himself, but I'd wager that the check was more important than a win. Fights like these will continue to happen, because fighters fight to support themselves, despite what the average nerd who labels any fighter a bum for any reason thinks.