"TMT Done Brought A Tank Into The UK" Gervonta Davis vs Liam Walsh SHOWTIME May 20th Fight Thread
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Davis has such poor defense, I think like usual Floyd fukking up a prospect by not working on his craft and rushing him up.
Kid has major issues and needs to work on pacing and keeping that chin tucked, working behind the jab.
I feel for him but it is what it is, he'll probably win this fight against a overmatched opponent.
Kid has major issues and needs to work on pacing and keeping that chin tucked, working behind the jab.
I feel for him but it is what it is, he'll probably win this fight against a overmatched opponent.
because salido is a master boxer breh...he is a mexican that doesn't fukk around..regardless i want to see salido win a fight or 2 first before going after the likes of tank..he hasnt won a fight since 2014...he is one of the few fighters you wont hear me say shyt about fighting an easy touchSalido is 36 and coming off 5 straight hard fights against Vargas, Loma, Martinez x2, and Terdsak. Why would you do that to Salido?
I be replaying Hancho vids just to hear the instrumentals
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I keep looking for the name of the tracks especially the british grime ones
Gervonta Davis Understands Decision to Make First Defense in UK
By Keith Idec, photo by Ryan Greene
Gervonta Davis is completely comfortable with making his first title defense overseas.
Davis understood that it made more financial sense to travel to the United Kingdom to battle British contender Liam Walsh on Saturday in London. The boxing business is booming in England and when your promoter is the highest-paid boxer in the sport’s history, you tend to listen to his advice.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. broke down to Davis how he’d make more money for taking this fight to England and Davis agreed to do it.
“I believe it was the right business move, as far as getting me to the UK at this early stage in my career,” Davis said during a recent conference call. “It’s just giving the fans what they wanna see. I actually gathered a lot of UK fans after the [Jose] Pedraza fight [on January 14]. I think it’s a good chance. It’s good for me to fight in the UK. I fought overseas when I was an amateur, and now I’m going as a pro. I feel like it’s a great thing for me.”
The 22-year-old Davis (17-0, 16 KOs), who arrived in London on Sunday, will make the first defense of his IBF super featherweight championship against Walsh (21-0, 14 KOs) at a sold-out Copper Box Arena. That venue holds about 8,500 fans for boxing.
Their scheduled 12-round fight will be broadcast by Frank Warren’s Box Nation in the United Kingdom and by Showtime in the United States (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT). Warren, a prominent promoter in England for decades, represents Walsh.
“Me and Floyd made the decision,” said Leonard Ellerbe, chief executive officer for Mayweather Promotions. “We think it’s a wonderful opportunity. It’s a tremendous platform for him to be able to showcase his skills across the world. With him being a very, very young champion, I think he has an advantage.
“Working alongside with Floyd, someone who can explain to him what it’s like to go into hostile territory, what to expect coming into a big fight, all those little intangibles, you know, along with his hard work and preparation … I think he has a tremendous advantage. And he just has to go in there and stay focused, listen to his team and his corner, and get the job done.”
Baltimore’s Davis, the youngest American champion in boxing, is about a 4-1 favorite over Walsh, despite that the fight will take place in Walsh’s home country.
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Walsh is a live dog in this fight, I've said it for a while.
He'll be able to box Tank, just a matter of can his chin hold up against the power
He'll be able to box Tank, just a matter of can his chin hold up against the power
Ellerbe Views Davis-Walsh as Mayweather vs. Gatti Scenario
Floyd Mayweather's advisor has compared Saturday's fight between his protege Gervonta Davis and Britain's Liam Walsh to the night Mayweather overcame Arturo Gatti.
At London's Copper Box Arena, the American makes the first defence of his IBF super-featherweight title while fighting for the first time outside the USA.
The 22-year-old Davis established himself as a fighter of potentially the highest calibre when he won his title by stopping Puerto Rico's Jose Pedraza in January, and on Saturday against Walsh faces his greatest professional test.
Leonard Ellerbe worked alongside Mayweather for the finest years of the retired fighter's career, those which included wins over Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley and Ricky Hatton.
Each came when he was the world's leading fighter and a significant attraction in Las Vegas, but little over two years before beating De La Hoya he stopped the late, tough Gatti where he was such a popular figure in Atlantic City in six rounds.
That performance remains among the finest of a career in which many fights went the distance, and in his retirement Davis has perhaps become Mayweather Promotions' biggest hope.
"In June 2005, when we went to Atlantic City to fight Arturo Gatti, it was two totally different fighters, but a similar situation," Ellerbe said.
"These are the kind of fights you need to become a complete fighter. To be able to travel, go over to foreign soil, in front of (the opponent's) fans, and be able to come out and put on a spectacular performance: it prepares you for the next step.
"Floyd's been very hands on with Gervonta in this camp, with the final preparations. These are the kind of things that are an advantage: certain little things you're able to go over and do, that make a difference in a tough fight.
"Our fighters are inspired (by Mayweather's presence). It's a great thing to have a (future) Hall of Famer, the best fighter ever in our eyes, to be hands on with the guys in the gym, give them advice.
"It's a great thing to be able to have Floyd hands on with these fighters: it goes a long way and really, really helps."
The undefeated Walsh, 30, fights for a world title for the first time, and almost five years after he was first scheduled to do so when he was involved in a car crash before a scheduled match-up with Ricky Burns.
Since then he has long appeared ready for a fight of significance without one materialising, and asked if it felt like he had been preparing for Saturday's for five years, he responded: "Yeah, that's more than fair.
"I thought it was going to be a lot easier to get to this point, but I've always dreamed of being a world champion, and the focus has always been a title. Everything else along the way has just been stepping stones towards a world title.
"You get setbacks, knockbacks. The men at the top are usually the ones with the most defiance, the most will, and you've just got to keep going through it: that's boxing.
"It's really important (I don't get anxious now I finally have my chance). It's something I've dreamt of since a kid; it's important not to get emotionally into it, but it's a huge occasion.
"It has (been a challenge), but more so on the night: that'll be the biggest challenge."
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Gervonta Davis: Will He Make the Long Game? - Boxing News
Gervonta Davis: Will He Make the Long Game?
By Cliff Rold
When watching him fight, the thing that jumps out is often best seen between rounds. It’s the eyes.
There is a focus to 22-year old Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 KO) that is hard to miss. His game is still refining, but inside he’s one of the more accurate fighters in the game. He sees the target and wears an expression that says he intends to punch through it painfully.
Eyes don’t win fights. They can tell you something about a fighter who walks away with his hands raised. One can expect the newly minted IBF Jr. lightweight titlist will have his eyes wide open this Saturday (Showtime, 6 PM EST/PST) as he makes the first defense of his crown.
He’s hitting the road to fight outside the United States for the first time and he might have his hands full. Mandatory challenger Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 KO) of the UK will have the crowd on his side and a real chance in the ring.
In a battle of the southpaws, Walsh is a little taller, a little longer, and he might even be a hair quicker. We won’t know for sure on that last one until they’re in the ring. Walsh is the more physically mature of the two, already 30 years old and presumably in his physical prime. Davis may not hit that peak for a few years. As far as experience, Walsh might have faced a deeper pool of talent to date but Davis has the best win.
Davis’s January manhandling of undefeated Jose Pedraza looked like a close fight going in. It was, instead, a coming out party. Davis dismantled Pedraza, stopping him in seven and losing only a single round. He proved he was for real.
Now we start finding out about his immediate staying power.
Floyd Mayweather, who promoted Davis, is obviously intrigued. He made the trip overseas this week and is selling his young client. He also appears to be handing out some advice. Mayweather remembers what it’s like to be a young champion at 130 lbs., jumping straight from prospect to the belted ranks in a single night.
While the two have had some Twitter drama in the past, it’s all business right now. Davis has business potential. The talented Baltimore native has a TV friendly style and legitimate power. He throws hard and looks more comfortable at close quarters than at range. At 5’6, he may not have the scale jumping potential so coveted in the modern era pound-for-pound hysteria but there is a place for him in the market.
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With a little patience, Jr. lightweight can belong to Davis if he keeps winning. The leader in the class right now, Vasyl Lomachenko, is unlikely to stick around long. Davis and his team don’t appear to be looking for that fight before he goes, and they probably shouldn’t. Davis probably isn’t ready for Lomachenko.
We won’t know for a few more days if he’s ready for Walsh. It’s a fascinating little fight. Walsh might not be the sort of fight sought out for a first defense. It’s the upside of mandatory positions (and even sanctioning body skeptics can admit they have an upside when good mandatories are adhered to). Davis is only now beginning the test period of his career. Walsh is a different test than Pedraza, a hungry fighter arriving at his title shot in the ninth year of his career.
Walsh, in front of his partisans, will be dangerous. There are fighters who never seem to run out of title shots. There are others who are lucky to get just one. When you’ve been a pro since 2008, it’s probably smart to assume yourself in the latter category.
Maybe it isn’t the case.
It wouldn’t do much good to count on favor down the road.
Given how hot the UK market is right now, a Walsh win could mean as much for him as a Davis win would in the States. Beating an American with Mayweather behind him would be a star making moment.
The longer term upside on any side of the Atlantic is in Davis. At 22, years are on his side. Win this weekend and he’ll have crossed the road warrior box off his chart of bona fides and then the real effort at star building can commence. When a fighter this long has their first title, smart promoters play a long game.
Think about Fernando Vargas. He won his first title at Jr. middleweight at 21 years old. Like Davis, he had those ferocious eyes when he was in there. There can be arguments made in retrospect about getting to the Felix Trinidad fight too soon. Those arguments ignore that there was still some attempt to stretch his development after a title win over Yori Boy Campas in December 1998.
Vargas made five defenses before the Trinidad fight in December 2000, a mix of solid veterans and intended knockout victims. Comparable to Davis, he had a tricky mandatory to overcome but his didn’t come right away. Vargas had to tackle Winky Wright and was a little lucky to get a majority decision. When he dominated the outstanding Ike Quartey in his very next fight, it was hard to say he wasn’t ready for anybody.
Davis might not be ready for anybody right now but with wins he can build towards the moment where he is. A loss this weekend wouldn’t destroy his career but it pushes it backwards and slows the logical long game. Can he make it through this critical test?
The answer might tell us more about where he’s headed in the next couple years than where he is at the final bell on Saturday.
Cliff Rold is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene, a founding member of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at
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Gervonta Davis: Will He Make the Long Game?
By Cliff Rold
When watching him fight, the thing that jumps out is often best seen between rounds. It’s the eyes.
There is a focus to 22-year old Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 KO) that is hard to miss. His game is still refining, but inside he’s one of the more accurate fighters in the game. He sees the target and wears an expression that says he intends to punch through it painfully.
Eyes don’t win fights. They can tell you something about a fighter who walks away with his hands raised. One can expect the newly minted IBF Jr. lightweight titlist will have his eyes wide open this Saturday (Showtime, 6 PM EST/PST) as he makes the first defense of his crown.
He’s hitting the road to fight outside the United States for the first time and he might have his hands full. Mandatory challenger Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 KO) of the UK will have the crowd on his side and a real chance in the ring.
In a battle of the southpaws, Walsh is a little taller, a little longer, and he might even be a hair quicker. We won’t know for sure on that last one until they’re in the ring. Walsh is the more physically mature of the two, already 30 years old and presumably in his physical prime. Davis may not hit that peak for a few years. As far as experience, Walsh might have faced a deeper pool of talent to date but Davis has the best win.
Davis’s January manhandling of undefeated Jose Pedraza looked like a close fight going in. It was, instead, a coming out party. Davis dismantled Pedraza, stopping him in seven and losing only a single round. He proved he was for real.
Now we start finding out about his immediate staying power.
Floyd Mayweather, who promoted Davis, is obviously intrigued. He made the trip overseas this week and is selling his young client. He also appears to be handing out some advice. Mayweather remembers what it’s like to be a young champion at 130 lbs., jumping straight from prospect to the belted ranks in a single night.
While the two have had some Twitter drama in the past, it’s all business right now. Davis has business potential. The talented Baltimore native has a TV friendly style and legitimate power. He throws hard and looks more comfortable at close quarters than at range. At 5’6, he may not have the scale jumping potential so coveted in the modern era pound-for-pound hysteria but there is a place for him in the market.
With a little patience, Jr. lightweight can belong to Davis if he keeps winning. The leader in the class right now, Vasyl Lomachenko, is unlikely to stick around long. Davis and his team don’t appear to be looking for that fight before he goes, and they probably shouldn’t. Davis probably isn’t ready for Lomachenko.
We won’t know for a few more days if he’s ready for Walsh. It’s a fascinating little fight. Walsh might not be the sort of fight sought out for a first defense. It’s the upside of mandatory positions (and even sanctioning body skeptics can admit they have an upside when good mandatories are adhered to). Davis is only now beginning the test period of his career. Walsh is a different test than Pedraza, a hungry fighter arriving at his title shot in the ninth year of his career.
Walsh, in front of his partisans, will be dangerous. There are fighters who never seem to run out of title shots. There are others who are lucky to get just one. When you’ve been a pro since 2008, it’s probably smart to assume yourself in the latter category.
Maybe it isn’t the case.
It wouldn’t do much good to count on favor down the road.
Given how hot the UK market is right now, a Walsh win could mean as much for him as a Davis win would in the States. Beating an American with Mayweather behind him would be a star making moment.
The longer term upside on any side of the Atlantic is in Davis. At 22, years are on his side. Win this weekend and he’ll have crossed the road warrior box off his chart of bona fides and then the real effort at star building can commence. When a fighter this long has their first title, smart promoters play a long game.
Think about Fernando Vargas. He won his first title at Jr. middleweight at 21 years old. Like Davis, he had those ferocious eyes when he was in there. There can be arguments made in retrospect about getting to the Felix Trinidad fight too soon. Those arguments ignore that there was still some attempt to stretch his development after a title win over Yori Boy Campas in December 1998.
Vargas made five defenses before the Trinidad fight in December 2000, a mix of solid veterans and intended knockout victims. Comparable to Davis, he had a tricky mandatory to overcome but his didn’t come right away. Vargas had to tackle Winky Wright and was a little lucky to get a majority decision. When he dominated the outstanding Ike Quartey in his very next fight, it was hard to say he wasn’t ready for anybody.
Davis might not be ready for anybody right now but with wins he can build towards the moment where he is. A loss this weekend wouldn’t destroy his career but it pushes it backwards and slows the logical long game. Can he make it through this critical test?
The answer might tell us more about where he’s headed in the next couple years than where he is at the final bell on Saturday.
Cliff Rold is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene, a founding member of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at
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Didn't make weight lol