Whatever happened to Tank?

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  1. AngryBirds

    AngryBirds Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    I haven't hardly seen him fight anyone of substance in quite a while. I'd like to see him fight Keyshawn Davis, Haney and Matias, etc. Those are fights where the other guy will be able to put up a fight which kinda tells me he will never take them.
     
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  2. boxingexpert733

    boxingexpert733 Member Full Member

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    idk but he wins every hypothetical matchup somehow
     
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  3. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The single most overrated and overhyped guy in all of boxing.

    Like it's seriously Deontay Wilder stuff, cans and stiffs and cherrypicks everywhere.
     
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  4. KINGWILDER

    KINGWILDER Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Him and his team have no ambition to challenge themselves and are happy to cherrypick and duck the biggest fights.
     
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  5. KINGWILDER

    KINGWILDER Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It’s madness, he generates fanboys like GGG after beating a punch of past their prime guys. He’s done very little to warrant such an extreme level of hype.
     
  6. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Do you like any fighters or do you just hate fighters?

    Who are your three favorite fighters?
     
  7. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Nothing.

    And that's precisely the problem... For all the hype and "P4P" claims, he's done basically nothing to prove any of it.

    Hopelessly overprotected... For a reason? Maybe.

    I'm at the point now where I'm refusing to give any credit that's not earned - if more fans would do the same, maybe a few more boxers would actually, you know, make good fights and actually prove us right (or wrong!)
     
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  8. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    Waiting for greatness
    Age em out
     
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  9. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well it's pretty typical of todays fighters.
     
  10. Lesion of Doom

    Lesion of Doom Boxing Addict Full Member

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    PBC doesn't have the money to pay him what he's accustomed to. So he's going to sit on the shelf and enjoy his millions in the meantime.
     
  11. crixus85

    crixus85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hasn’t he become Abdul?
     
  12. KINGWILDER

    KINGWILDER Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Again, being critical of a fighter’s decisions is not hating, if we can’t be critical what’s the point.

    Again why do you keep bringing up things that are irrelevant? You seem completely incapable of actually engaging in any boxing discussion.
     
  13. Carinito

    Carinito Member Full Member

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    Looking to pick the right guy at the right time.
     
  14. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Exactly, couldn't have said it better.

    If there were more critique (and ability to take criticism!) in the world, maybe things would be much better than they are... I'm certain the sport of boxing would be.
     
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  15. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Absolutely! The reason is right in his suspect mandible. Davis is packing glass and that's why his management doesn't put him in with live bodies.

    As soon as he faces anyone decent he's taking a brutal canvas nap.