I didn't say he spent his career there. His last fight was for the 135 lb belt which he missed weight for. So is that not him campaigning at 135?
No, I would not consider moving up for 1 fight before moving back down “campaigning” in a weight class. And he didn’t miss weight, he was 134.5, that’s why he has a belt at 135. You can’t win a belt if you don’t make weight.
When you fight for a championship belt it is. I don't know what other way to call it when someone holds a champion belt of that weight.
LSC had only fought once above 126 in his entire career and that was against a natural 126 pounder. In fact, he's only fought 9 times above 122 in total in 40 fights and 8 of them were at 126 and the hardest puncher he's ever fought is probably Frampton who was coming up from 122 in the first fight.
Cool. Agree to disagree. The bottom line is Tank flatlined Leo and has a belt at 130 again too. Leo asked for Tank, Leo got Tank and Leo got slept.
Man, ever since Usyk won the WBSS, every time he fights, we get more and more threads like this. People really dont like the idea of him doing at HW what he did at CW.
Much smaller? Lsc is taller and has longer reach he didn't look like the smaller man last night. Lsc has enjoyed a huge size advantage at 126 and other weights he has the frame to move up multiple weights and has tank doesnt.
And after tank destroyed Berchelt you'd be full of excuses and no credit given. Tank is a stylistic nightmare for Berchelt he beats the **** outta him.
Tanks one of the biggest punchers in the sport Uysk is one of the best boxers in the sport grow a pair of bollocks and stop whinging like old women!
You ever been in there with 110 kg + man who throws all their weight into their punches and can knock you .or bust your ribs in a single shot.?
The Usyk fight was 115-113 on two scorecards, so how anyone can argue it was some kind of boxing masterclass is beyond me. He barely won even though pointswise, he was supposed to be the vastly dominant boxer Usyk needed to show in this fight that at Heavyweight, he can hurt a heavyweight with his punches, and he can take heavyweight punishment as well because he will face guys who will land on him and land hard. Usyk showed he is a great boxer yes, but not a top level heavyweight competitor. I rewatched Holyfield v Bowe 1 last weekend. Evander really made the effort moving up from Cruiser to Heavy. Usyk, has he put on any muscle at all ? Many have mentioned the weight difference. Well that is the pool Usyk has chosen to swim in ! He will face bigger, stronger, taller men than Chisora. If you think Usyk's performance was great, and that is the highest level the sport can offer, well the sport is in trouble. No one is going to rush to buy Usyk PPVs anytime soon Compare that to Holyfield/Bowe trilogy which set holyfield up as a PPV star for much of the rest of his career.
What Canelo did with Amir Khan was disgraceful. He drug up a much smaller featherfisted fighter from 2 divisions south, then drained himself down to make it look fair, all because he knew he'd score a highlight reel violent knockout, and everything went as planned. Casual fans were amazed. Tank Davis drug up a featherfisted fighter from 2 divisions below, drained himself down to make it look fair, then rehydrated up two divisions, all because he knew he'd score a highlight reel violent knockout, and everything went as planned. Casual fans were amazed. Usyk is a featherfisted fighter, who fought at 200, moved up to Heavyweight, basically fought at his rehydration weight of 217, and still fought a massive tank that was 40 pounds heavier. Beat him so badly, he had him on the verge of a stoppage, had him huffing and puffing so badly, he looked near a heart attack, and took between 8-10 rounds off of him. Casuals are not impressed.
Tanks did awesome. Usyk won with a display of scientific boxing. This isn't ultimate barfighting, or something.
I'm not a Berchelt guy. Why would I be full of excuses? Relax and don't respond like a fanboy. Berchelt is a better 130 pounder than the smallish Leo Santa Cruz. Floyd despises Bob Arum, but he is doing his best Arum impersonation by protecting Tank. The **** is back firing as Tank is clearly stagnating.