Comments Thread For: Mayweather: Russell Solid Opponent For Tank, But He's Not At 130

[Ake-Dawg]

I don't get it....

GRJ fights once a year...mentions Davis before his next fight, now Davis is ducking.

I want to see Davis against tougher comp. However I have no problem with a unification. Gamboa...no. It would be a decent scrap, but not next.

[wrecksracer]

LOL! Gotta protect Stank! Stank protection program. Mares was fine coming up from a lower weight class....but GRJ? he might win. Can't have that

[lightsoutrome]

Someone's pu-ssy is bleeding cause the biitch is on the rag huh?? 🤣😂
You worthless piece of shet! 😄😆🖕

The only worthless piece of **** is your racist clown ass hiding behind a forum

[lightsoutrome]

Yeah, too bad this site isn't monitored. It could be a lot better. The racism needs to be killed off completely.

I agree I enjoy reading post from many of the members. However some of the racist stuff brings the forum down.

[Shadoww702]

So Floyd and Al Haymon are okay with dragging up other fighter's from lower weight classes Abner Mares to fight Davis but they won't do the same with Russell??? 🤔🤔
That says it all! That confirms what PBC really stands for,....
PBC=Protecting Black Cowards

Don’t forget they let Mikey Garcia fight Spence. I’ve never thought Al Harmon protected Mexican fighters like he does black ones. But he did get Garcia Paid so I can’t hate too much.

[Shadoww702]

Ground Hog Gary!!!

[Shadoww702]

I don't get it....

GRJ fights once a year...mentions Davis before his next fight, now Davis is ducking.

I want to see Davis against tougher comp. However I have no problem with a unification. Gamboa...no. It would be a decent scrap, but not next.

I can see Gamboa as the next lamb...

[megas30]

BALTIMORE Floyd Mayweather and Gervonta Davis didn't sound all that interested Saturday night in fighting Gary Russell Jr. anytime soon. When he was asked about Russell as a potential opponent during a post-fight press conference, Davis responded, "No, I don't think so." A Davis-Russell fight would do big business in Baltimore, where a sellout crowd of 14,686 attended Davis' second-round technical knockout of Ricardo Nunez on Saturday night at Royal Farms Arena.
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Gary Russell jr just admitted Loma is smarter than him, then why asking for a rematch.

[Ake-Dawg]

I can see Gamboa as the next lamb...

Maybe...if so...that's when the complaints should ring loud. As of now, all three 130 champs are fighting low level guys yet no one seems to care who Berchelt or Farmer fights.

[Shadoww702]

GERVONTA DAVIS: THE PATH TO TRUE STARDOM
by Paul Magno

Undefeated WBA super featherweight world champ Gervonta “Tank” Davis is without doubt one of the most gifted fighters in the sport of boxing. His combination of speed, power, balance, and ring instincts is unique in boxing and it’s scary to think that, at age 24, he’s not even in his full physical prime yet.

What he isn’t, though, is a superstar.

Forget what promoter Floyd Mayweather says about Davis being a pay-per-view star. He’s not. Compared to some of the big fish in the sport, he’s merely a blip on the radar.

Part of the problem is simply the fact that he’s a 130 lb. fighter in the United States. American fight fans don’t generally pay much attention to smaller-weight fighters and only begrudgingly acknowledge their greatness after a large body of work is there that forces them to do so. But even when acknowledging greatness in smaller fighters, they don’t tend to support them all that much financially. Bouts featuring lighter-weight fighters simply don’t move the needle when it comes to ratings and bottom-line money generation.

Davis has the raw ability to be the exception to this reality, however—if his team makes the right moves and he maintains his professional focus.

This past Saturday’s homecoming bout in Baltimore was a great first step in building to next-level stardom. A jam-packed and loud Royal Farms Arena turned a relative nothing of a fight against Panamanian mandatory challenger Ricardo Nunez into an event. Raucous, enthusiastic crowds will make Davis fights all the more electric and create the image of Davis being a true star in the sport.

The next step is opposition.

Nobody’s going to become a superstar fighting the Ricardo Nunezs and Francisco Fonsecas of the boxing world. Victories over Jesus Cuellar, Jose Pedraza, and Cristobal Cruz were nice and necessary, but, again, hardly star-making.

The problem with finding bankable, “name” opposition is that, at 130 lbs., there’s just not much there.

A title unification with IBF champ Tevin Farmer would be interesting, but Farmer is not a bankable name. Neither is WBC titlist Miguel Berchelt or WBA “regular” champ Andrew Cancio or WBO title holder Jamel Herring. All would be decent fights and respectable challenges—and unifying belts would be an excellent public relations move for Team Davis—but none are the “names” he needs to cross over to next-level success. Plus, in terms of resolving business conflicts in order to actually make these fights, they may be too much hassle for too little return.

Davis’ “names” will likely have to come from featherweight imports and fellow Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) fighters like Leo Santa Cruz, Gary Russell Jr., or Abner Mares (who was scheduled to face Davis this past February, but had to withdraw due to suffering a detached retina).

From there, the decision will be to either try and unify or move up in weight, where he may have his greatest chance at grasping at immediate superstardom.

Fighting (and beating) pound-for-pound darling Vasiliy Lomachenko at lightweight would be worth more to Davis’ bankability than wins over Santa Cruz, Mares, and Russell—combined. The critics would have to step aside, the doubters would have to quiet themselves, and anyone talking high-end, elite-level boxing would be forced to include Davis’ name alongside Saul Alvarez, Terence Crawford, and the three or four other names generally regarded as the best of the best.

The road to a Lomachenko bout would be long and treacherous. Given the business realities involved with Lomachenko being a prize possession of promoter Bob Arum and ESPN and Davis being tied to Mayweather Promotions and PBC, negotiations would be treacherous to the point of being nearly impossible. Davis and Mayweather would have to come in humble and willing to make many concessions to get this opportunity, but there’d be no greater or quicker path to where they want to go than through Lomachenko.

Can Gervonta Davis do all this and, perhaps more importantly, refrain from self-destructing via outside-the-ring distractions? He can—and he certainly is not lacking in ability to get anywhere he wants to go—but all signs point to his star having a very real ceiling to it

http://www.fighthype.com/news/article39194.html

Tank's priorities should be LSC, GRJ, then Farmer! Tank vs. Farmer would be lit at the Barclay's, but the PPV would flop! Tank vs. LSC in LA would be much better for PPV, and lastly, Tank vs. GRJ would be perfect for the DMV, but again, the PPV would probably suck!

What really sucks is Loma is champion in the WBA and WBO which Bob Arum owns. If Davis was the WBO champ he could force His hand as a mando even at lower weight class but he’s not even ranked. And forget about the WBA who has like 3 champs per division. IBF is good at Mandos but Loma isn’t their champ...