Can Tank Become The Biggest Lil Guy PPV Star Ever?

[daggum]

tank vs farmer would do at least 1 million ppv buys. possibly 2 million. it would also pack a mill strong in the lincoln memorial to watch it. it would be called the million bum march

[Dean_Razorback]

he is kinda isolated at the moment, on the PBC side i think his best option is leo santa cruz and maybe gary russell jr, the other guys are not with pbc and i don't think those fight will happen any time soon. farme and berchelt could easily fight each other instead of fighting davis.

[Eff Pandas]

I think he's a tremendous athlete and a real blue ship talent.

I also think he's not the smartest guy in the game, nor the coolest head...

I don't think he's the smartest guy myself, but show me the boxer who's doing Algebra between rounds.

What makes you think he's not got "the coolest head"?

Last time I checked, PPV stars accomplished big things, DLH, Floyd, Manny are all at least 5 divisions champ.

Yea, but their PPV journey facilitated them accomplishing some of those things usually. Floyd won his third title in his first PPV fight at 28. Tank's still just 24.

Gerv, despite a decent Pedraza win, still crushing C fighters coming from lower divisions, in a division where he's struggling to make weight.

So I dunno about PPV star...

And still ending them like C level guys too like he's supposed to be. People love KO's.

I'd argue the two biggest problems to Tank becoming a PPV star are 1)fans lack of acceptance of smaller fighters & 2)Mayweather Promotions not putting Tank in with the best guys at 130 who I suspect he'd be favored to beat all of them.

Thing is Father Time don't give a f#ck about none of that & Tank gots 5-8 years to make some money & to be as big as he can be & the controllable component of this involves Floyd loosening the collar he gots on Tank. So I do get & agree with that point of what you are saying, but I just gotta believe Floyd isn't ****** enough to think he can make Tank a star without a rival & that guy needs to be pulling up soon if its not Loma.

[sicko]

YES! Reason why is because he is attached to Mayweather but also he does have a very marketable style

I think Mayweather Promotions SUCK, BUT I do think having Mayweather backing can help make a guy a Superstar Faster. Whoever is running day to day operations Leonard Elllerbe and Dejuan Blake are clearly lacking especially hearing how Robeisy Ramirez wanted to sign with Mayweather Promotions but they replied back to him too late after he already closed his deal with Arum "ALLEGEDLY"

[Eff Pandas]

That's it I'm done with boxingscene for the rest of the day������

Manny sold 400k PPV's/had $20M revenue as a lil guy. Thats beatable by a US fighter with drawing power, cuz Manny woulda did at least 1.5x that number if he wasn't a foreign guy I bet.

[BillyBoxing]

I don't think he's the smartest guy myself, but show me the boxer who's doing Algebra between rounds.

What makes you think he's not got "the coolest head"?



Yea, but their PPV journey facilitated them accomplishing some of those things usually. Floyd won his third title in his first PPV fight at 28. Tank's still just 24.



And still ending them like C level guys too like he's supposed to be. People love KO's.

I'd argue the two biggest problems to Tank becoming a PPV star are 1)fans lack of acceptance of smaller fighters & 2)Mayweather Promotions not putting Tank in with the best guys at 130 who I suspect he'd be favored to beat all of them.

Thing is Father Time don't give a f#ck about none of that & Tank gots 5-8 years to make some money & to be as big as he can be & the controllable component of this involves Floyd loosening the collar he gots on Tank. So I do get & agree with that point of what you are saying, but I just gotta believe Floyd isn't ****** enough to think he can make Tank a star without a rival & that guy needs to be pulling up soon if its not Loma.

Great fighters are smart, Floyd, Manny, Duran are smart dudes, they somehow are uneducated.
It is not about Algebra.

Tank looks dumb, his look in his eyes, interwiews and behaviour in pseudo riots with farmer tell me he's not smart AT ALL.

But hey, I don't know him personnaly, it just how I see it from the outside. I might be wrong.

Tank is more a Broner than a Floyd or a Manny IMO

OK so you're talking about mediocre basic PPV, not big PPV events, because Tank is very far from it.

[Gideon lock]

That's it I'm done with boxingscene for the rest of the day😂😂😂

Hahaha what!? Eff pandas coming in hot with the A+ trolling (so i hope) if not he needs to stop smoking meth.

[Pechorin]

Manny sold 400k PPV's/had $20M revenue as a lil guy. Thats beatable by a US fighter with drawing power, cuz Manny woulda did at least 1.5x that number if he wasn't a foreign guy I bet.

I don't know, man. Manny had the right opponents (hof's) plus an exciting style. With Davis, I just see a big boy beating up smaller dudes. Is he even staying at that weight much longer?

[GhostofDempsey]

There isn’t enough talent to go around unless he is willing to take some risks. It would help if some of the talent at 126 moved up—Santa Cruz, Frampton, Russell Jr, Shakur, but even then I don’t know if there is a willingness for all of them to fight each other. I don’t think Tank will fight a prime Loma or Shakur if he moves up. His best hope is Santa Cruz or fight overseas with Frampton. If Rigo is willing to dip his toes into the 130 pool again that could have PPV potential. I doubt it though.

[Eff Pandas]

Great fighters are smart, Floyd, Manny, Duran are smart dudes, they somehow are uneducated.
It is not about Algebra.

Tank looks dumb, his look in his eyes, interwiews and behaviour in pseudo riots with farmer tell me he's not smart AT ALL.

But hey, I don't know him personnaly, it just how I see it from the outside. I might be wrong.

Tank is more a Broner than a Floyd or a Manny IMO

Idk about that. I think Tank is more immature than anything. I also think he might be shy with a certain level of attention cuz I'd been into it with Floyd with him snatching the mic from me all the time. I'm feeling like Tank don't wanna talk like that & he wants Floyd to do the talking.

I don't think he gets sh^t done as effiently as he does if he didn't have a ring IQ & boxing smarts. Don't gotta be a rocket scientist outta the ring just in the ring you need to know the mechanic of movement.

OK so you're talking about mediocre basic PPV, not big PPV events, because Tank is very far from it.

Where did I say "mediocre basic PPV". I'm saying you don't become a star without a rivalry or notable opponents. So wtf is Floyd talking all this PPV star sh^t if he's not gonna match him with top guys? Its impossible to be a PPV star without the very thing you keep saying Floyd won't risk Tank over. Floyd knows this better than you or I do. If he's saying it it means something or he's doing his own business a disservice.

I think you are throwing Tank on a pedastal that even Floyd ultimately won't do. Tank is worth more selling PPV's without an 0 then he is with an 0 with his tip top PPV opponents being Gamboa or some sh^t like that. And again Floyd knows that better than you or I do.