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boxing fans always want to see the best fights at the right time....myself included....as a realist though i realize that doesnt always happen and we know why...that is out of our control and something that happens frequently for financial/political reasons...over the years ive come to accept it...its just part of the sport/business.....ideally we always get the best fights when they make the most sense....but we dont live in that reality so i accept business interests will take control at times....every fighter operates the same way...even everyones idol golovkin...whom his fans swore was "different" and a "different breed"....hes done the same things....its all good i just accept the reality we are in
tank davis could care less if YOU think loma will have more mileage on him in a year or two than wilder has...makes no difference to him...especially if at that point loma had turned back the young upstart teo lopez(under the premise that tank/loma fight in a year or two its assumed that loma beats teo right?).....youre just adding mileage you want to be there because you already preemptively making excuses....the guy didnt turn pro till 26...its not as if loma has been in a ton of wars....
and youre changing the narrative before wilder/fury 2...it wasnt "is wilder one of the greatest HWs"...lol...thats laughable...his critics said he was lucky to get a draw...in fact thats generous because they all claimed fury was clearly robbed...even alot of his fans admitted that he was lucky to get a draw and at worst most clearly admitted he was outboxed easily for a majority of the rounds...so i think you are way off there and with all due respect i think youre reaching desperately there
yeah alot of of what i said sounds like matchmaker/manager talk...but thats the perspective you need to look at it from...because all of these guys operate that way whether you want to admit it or not...and im trying to present to you an angle in tanks defense....his perspective is different
if teo was selling 12k in tickets and being featured on canelo undercards and was headlining his own cards on espn do you honestly think hed be in a rush for this fight? maybe he would....cause even i think teo is a rare breed...but its likely he wouldnt....hed be happy taking 2-3 mil a fight and selling 12k in tickets and headlining his own cards.....because he doesnt have that yet hes trying to get a fight that will get him to that point ASAP.....
i could keep going on and repeating myself..ill try to stop...tanks vantage point is a little different than most his age or younger.....hes not concerned that a few hundred people on boxing forums will want to discredit a potential victory over loma a year or two from now....Comment
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youre saying that because you know what i said has a ton of sense to it.....you only want to see it from your eyes...from the eye of the fan that "only wants the best fights when i want them"....the game doesnt always work that way...in fact it works that way alot less than it works the other way...and your favorites operate in the same manner
in another year or two, provided both guys are winning, the fight becomes big and ppv worthy
fact of the matter is that teo isnt headlining his own shows...hes not selling 12k in tickets....teo was making, before this fight...4-5x less what davis is making...if teo was in tanks position he wouldnt be taking his fight right now either...and he wants to be there.....and he knows its a slow, painful, route to get there without loma...Comment
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Notice he only said its a 50/50 because he is close with one guy, Spence, and the other guy, Garcia, gave him a sparring opportunity, LOL. Basically, we got just as much analysis from Tank as of lot of us know already. Focus on your fight Tank, LOL!Comment
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I see it more as Teo trying to prove that hes one of the best in the sport. Boxing isnt the long game and boxers more than likely have a short shelf life. Hes got balls and is proving it, for bad or good, that he wants to fight and beat the best out there. Davis is milking it while pulling the wool over yours and a lot of others eyes. You can call it how you see it but not everyone is in agreeance. Davis hasnt fought anyone near a Commey type yet. And a lot of posters on here were claiming Teo wouldnt fight him. Fighting Leo is a start in the right direction but Davis is also 2 years older than Lopez, so i wouldve expected the older Davis, who apparently has more accolades cause hes a ticket seller to have fought BETTER competition by now. You can say Teo, if he was in Davis position wouldnt be taking this fight, but I dont see it at all that way. Some fighters WANT to prove they're the best by fighting those that others deem the best. Others go about it in a different direction ala Davis who has a good following but his actions/opponents dont match up to what hes got. I think kid has talent but comparing the 2 at this point is night and day imo. Loma is considered one of the best in the world p4p and Teo wants all that smoke. Davis said no a long time ago, repeated by his promoter, and is fighting Leo who isnt even in the convo for p4p lists. Big differenceComment
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