So if Tank is special why he's fighting B and C level fighters all the time?

More so when Ishé Smith and Uncle Roger were around to share their knowledge, but yeah.

 

His best win is still Pedraza and that was years ago ...has done **** all since then ....hes a talented kid but he needs to step up his level of comp soon...

 

Tank is currently reigning over 3 divisions.
Ring magazine has decent rankings.
At 130, Tank has not beaten any of the active top 10.
At 135, Tank has not beaten any of the active top 10.
At 140, Tank has beaten 2 of the top 10 contenders, despite fighting at the weight once. This is because of Pedraza.

Also, Ring doesn´t even rank Tank at 135

 

Because he works for people who don't give a damn about boxing.

 

Except I see him as Gamboa 2.0 with Floyd better at the game than Fiddy.

 

I hope neither of you mean stylistically because both Broner and Gamboa make Davis look as slick as a pumice stone in Death Valley.

 

Not stylistically, career wise.

Broner was less protected but surrounded by yes men and his career fell apart. I see that in Davis future. Either a cherry pick gone wrong or a thorough beating lies ahead for him.

 

If I'm not mistaken, before he became a stepping stone Gamboa was knocked down more times than Tank by similar opposition. I don't think he ko'd a larger share of his opponents, either. As for Broner, I think Tank enjoys greater natural athleticism and power and I'm not sure Broner never went down before he became a stepping stone either.

So then what "slickness" are we talking about?

 

Based on your first paragraph I don't think you even have the foggiest idea what constitutes slickness.

Gamboa is unquestionably a slicker defensive boxer than Davis, are you joking? I don't care how many knockdowns he suffered.

What does the number of KO's scored by Gamboa have to do with the price of tea in China? What does Tank having more athleticism/power than Broner? None of that is applicable to 'slickness' in the slightest.

PBF was slick, to give you a reference point. James Toney. Cory Spinks. Et cetera. Broner was an exact PBF clone, albeit not a very good one, and boasting a dunce ring IQ. Gamboa, brought up in the slick Cuban mold himself, not a Mayweather replica per se but plenty of slickness in his own right. Davis? Just a fast powerful brawler.

 

Isn't that the way it is nowadays?

A fighter isn’t judged solely on who he has beaten - but is either loved by the media and their story picked up, or it isn't.

Stuff like who he is trained by, or who else is in his division, and how much money he made, fill meaningless articles.

Fighters ranked in and around them are ignored if their story doesn't interest people.

So, because Twink has an interesting back story, and because he has a presence, and a certain look (tattoos, small, powerful), and because of his association with Mayweather, he gets far more attention than guys who are at his level.

Ultimately, nothing Twink has done in the ring warrants the level of attention he gets or the names he's mentioned in the same breath as...yet, at any rate.

 

his handlers dont believe in him thats what it really is

 

I'm thinking about doing a reverse catfish w/ Gervonta's pics in a fake dating profile. The chicks will expect a Garbage Pail Kid only to find a sexy man instead.

 

Tank is just a great example of todays modern fighters, winning titles and avoiding all other well, so called A fighters in their prime. You could call it Mayweatherism. Financially it does work.

 

This forum is all about anointing boxers with half a dozen fights among the best to ever lace up. So of course some will go looney on Davis. I see much more negative talk about him than positive on here, I must say. All points from the detractor side seem undeniable spare that the Santa Cruz win is indeed a big one. People going to already forget about Santa Cruz being around winning big for a decade?! He was P4P for god's sake.