Abdul "Tank" Wahid (fka Gervonta Davis) rejects Naoya Inoue fight

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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    His name has (or rather, his names have) been in the news a lot this week. First he bought an entire city block of his childhood neighborhood to build affordable housing. Then he was linked by many fans and media outlets to a superfight with Naoya Inoue after the Japanese fighter defeated Marlon Tapales. To his credit, Wahid would decline on the basis that he's three divisions larger and that, while profitable, it wouldn't be honorable. Then he took his shahadad to cement his conversion to Islam, including a change of his legal name.

    I guess this means Wahid vs. Haney at 140lbs could become the biggest all-Muslim fight since...Hopkins vs. Shumenov?
     
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  2. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Wahid should chase the winner of Loma v Kambosos and actually try to be the number 1 in a division.
     
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  3. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Btw, accepting this is no different than calling Muhammad Ali ...Muhammad Ali. Even if you like Ali and not Wahid, calling the latter Davis is no different than calling the former Clay.
     
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  4. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Abdul "Tank" Wahid just doesn't roll off the tongue as smooth.
     
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  5. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Inoue's power wont transfer up to Tanks weight and Tank wouldent be able to boil down, at most a catchweight at 132 but even still.
    Inoue wasent even able to knockout Tapales clean with one shot but rather had to accumulate several hard shots over 10 rounds to get the finish.
    Imo Inoue's power at 122 is still suspect and the idea of the two meeting in the ring is no more than a fantasy fight.
    Hats off to Inoue for his victory btw.
     
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  6. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    I don’t even see how this fight was ever an option in the first place.
     
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  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    It would have been Inoue having to jump three divisions (skipping feather and super feather all the way to lightweight), if anything. Can't imagine Wahid is making 130 anymore.
     
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  8. kingcracker

    kingcracker Member Full Member

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    suspect is silly, hes still easily one of the hardest punchers below featherweight and has put two unified champs down with relative ease, as well as donaire who has a great chin and had only put down by walters. incredible how high inoues standards are that people think his power is diminishing because hes not knocking people out cold in 5 rounds or less
     
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  9. Diagoras

    Diagoras Active Member Full Member

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    Inoue also wasn't able to KO many other guys with 1 shot even at lower weight classes, so that is nothing new

    It took him 10 rounds to stop Kokietgym at 115

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    So nothing new & says little about his power at 122 to me

    He did put down Tapales hard at the end of round 4 but the bell sounded as soon as Tapales got up
     
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  10. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What’s Haneys Muslim name?
     
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  11. box33

    box33 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Dream hahahaha
     
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  12. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Back in the 1970s it seemed more en vogue in boxing, for whoever reason, to keep their ‘christian’ first names when converting.Maybe to make it easier for their friends and family who were so used to call them by their former first names?

    Probably the most high profiled boxers were Eddie Gregory becoming Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Matthew Franklin becoming Matthew Saad Muhammad and Dwight Braxton becoming Dwight Muhammad Qawi. I guess it was just a coincidence they were all Light heavyweights?
     
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