Tate beat Knoteze and Coetzee who were big hitters but got stopped by Weaver and Berbick. Odd. Very odd. I think a motivated Tate might just be able to box his way to a decision. But if he loses focuses for just a second, he likely gets stopped.
Tate is just too busy in there. He'd win the rounds. Better footwork and many more combos. And Ernie would do his Joe Bugner thing and > the bout claim he was ripped off and he was the actual victor. But nobody else would see things that way.