Can anybody explain the tank vs Ryan hype?

Go and open up boxrec. Tank has had 11 title fights in a row.
I state this to point out how meaningless these impressive numbers can be. Tank has won the BS regular WBA belt several times while Wilder defended his WBC belt against complete scrubs. Deontay Wilder has had over 10 title fights, yet he only ever fought 3 legitimate top 10 contenders. Says a lot about how "dominant" he was.

 

How can you not be hyped for this fight. Even if people knock them for not fighting the top fighters, this is a step in the right direction. 2 of the most powerful punchers around the weight are fighting each other, still undefeated, and also we got the other top 2 fighters fighting each other in May. The winners then fighting each other or even the losers is still great match ups. I can't be mad at the division now that it's one of the hottest in boxing and it looks that they want to fight each other.

Tank is always a threat to take you out, and Ryan too but he also has excellent boxing skills and power combos to go with that speed. This fight will be fireworks as Ryan will take the fight to him and Tank will have to fight his way through it.

 

The last time we had a chief support card anywhere near this good was Matthysse vs Garcia a decade ago. Those times are long gone.

 

I don't understand, how somebody not name casual can say that winner of that fight will be the face of boxing.


Some boxers said that in the recent interviews and I don't understand. How ?

 

Man if Ryan Garcia can use his length and keep thhe distance.

I haven’t seen Ryan Garcia since the bodyshot!!

im on the Garcia Express..is this in Vegas?

 

That's being a bit intellectually dishonest: Pedraza was definitely a higher level guy and a defending champion. Leo is definitely "elite", Cruz is currently still a top 5 guy and Gamboa was old but a stalwart. Even Hector Garcia is a good win.

So can you say he has misses? Absolutely, but to say he's done nothing isn't being honest. Yeah he definitely should've accomplished more though.......but saying he accomplished nothing? Nah

 

To use your own logic against you.... Who did these two beat prior to that fight?

 

Crap fight. And we know Davis will never fight any elite guy even if he wins. There’s at least hope with Ryan that he’ll fight Haney, Shakur, Teo/Taylor winner etc.

 

That was my point.

 

Honestly, not a bad fight. Probably over inflated a bit but I wish it would be the case more often. Pre fight promotion has been lame for 5 years. I'm glad for once a fight gets hyped beyond non gardcire fans, even if I'm not a fan of either boxer

 

I got what you were saying but let's bear in mind that we lived through a real golden age there, from early aughts through roughly a decade ago. You had Top Rank competing with Golden Boy, HBO with Showtime, and the high-level promoter/network competition to put on the best shows (buttressed at the secondary and tertiary level by the likes of ESPN2 & Versus, or Don King & Lou DiBella) trickled down and meant we got lots of great competitive match-ups during a time when you had quite a few Hall of Fame inductees floating around in various weight classes.

But we live in the present. To suggest Tank vs. Kingry isn't a big fight in 2023 is silly.

 

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All those calories, still fat?

 

He really is 28! I figured he was younger.

This fight isn’t even happening at lightweight. And win or lose, Garcia is probably not fighting at 135 anymore.