Comments Thread For: Ellerbe: Tank Can't Look Past Santa Cruz; There's A Reason Why Leo Called Him Out

[SweetPbfAli]

Wasn't this the same line used to sell Mikey Vs Spence? 'he called him out, he sees something etc. so he must have a chance'

Yeah except it was Mikey himself that said he saw something in Spence that he could exploit. I'm still waiting to see what he saw.

[skinny kenny]

this should be an interesting fight, boxer vs puncher. never been a big santa cruz fan tho, he never called out anyone, he never unified any belts, he's to average and basic... definitely PBC material.

so the pbc business strategy is to go out and look for basic and average fighters. skip over anybody who could be really good.
they want pbc to represent sorry guys. that what's they are looking for. that's how you make money. go get the basic average guys on purpose then put them on ppv in big coliseums

[Phill lynott]

I would really like to see this fight. Very interesting matchup. Gotta lean to LSC. Good chin, very smart and enjoys his trade..

[daggum]

I would really like to see this fight. Very interesting matchup. Gotta lean to LSC. Good chin, very smart and enjoys his trade..

tank wont make weight and santa cruz has only had 2 fights at 130 against bums. not saying he doesnt have a chance because tank looks overrated as hell but at the same time santa cruz has absolutely no power and wont win a decision against the next "star"

[PBR Streetgang]

The real reason is because he is 31 and starting to think about retirement, so looking for the biggest money fights.

Also, he has nothing to lose, because he is moving up and tank will be favorite.

Kind of how I see it as well. There are different motivators for fighters and LSC certainly doesn't seem to be fighting to establish his legacy or reputation as a fighter. When I first heard of this, I suspected it was a cash out with built in excuse (similar to Mikey Garcia or Kell Brook or Khan vs Canelo, TBH). If they lose can just blame it on the size differential.

[MulaKO]

not if there is still money to be made of him.

I agree to disagree
Floyd’s ego is much bigger than that

[Phill lynott]

tank wont make weight and santa cruz has only had 2 fights at 130 against bums. not saying he doesnt have a chance because tank looks overrated as hell but at the same time santa cruz has absolutely no power and wont win a decision against the next "star"

That is the key factor. It would need to be at 130. If tank can make weight that should take something from him especially in late rounds.