How well would tank Davis have done in twenty years ago?

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  1. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    In the same era as : pbfm, Zab, Viv Harris, maussa, cotto, Hatton, tszyu, Gianluca bronco, Arturo Gatti, chop chop Corley, Castillo, casamayor, Juan Diaz, Nate Campbell, acelino Freitas, Julio Diaz, and Henry Brussels, Corrales, otkay urkal, Ricardo Torres?

    I'm asking because he rarely fights nowadays, how well would he have done back when it was murderers row from lw to jr welter weight?
     
  2. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not sure he survives, especially Tszyu and PBF
     
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  3. slash

    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    nothing
     
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  4. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    He’s around, not like he is now, a high middle of the pack fighter, win some lose some - who I don’t think gets past Tszyu or Mayweather Jnr.
     
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  5. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Mayweather obviously beats him. He'd probably be able to keep it safety first and win that way.

    Gatti gets murdered.

    Freitas would be a repeat of the Ryan Garcia fight.

    Casamayor and Castillo would probably cause a lot of problems but eventually lose by a round or two.

    Chop Chop, Diaz bros, Campbell, Torres, and the Euro guys weren't on his level and would unfold according to whatever Tank's chose to do.

    I loved Corrales, but Tank would chop him down.

    Zab would do well and probably go up by several points, but I figure his chin would fail him in the second half.

    As for Tszyu, the only guy anywhere in the ballpark of Tank's level who he beat was Zab, but he obviously wouldn't one shot Tank in two rounds. And the only bigger guys who Tank has beaten were Garcia and Barrios. Could go either way, especially if Tank let's himself fall in the hole.

    I assume Hatton would be too big and physical and win a decision by infighting and being dirty.
     
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  6. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Awesome breakdown!!!
     
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  7. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Casamayor was always a rough nite win or lose.
     
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