I've said it once and I'll say it 1,000 times over--if they ever manage to get in the ring together, Tank will give Loma all he can handle. I love Tank's talent almost as much as I love Loma's talent. Two talented guys who want to be great but one is surrounded by the wrong people and that could be all the difference. If Tank can get his personal matters in order, I truly believe he could give Loma hell. And there's no reason for this fight to NOT happen. In fact, if I were both fighters, I would start barking about it. Where does Loma go from here, realistically? What is left for him? Only other fighter I would be interested in seeing him take on in the immediate sense is Berchelt.
He could fight the Errol-Mikey winner or Crawford, you know the same two-weight jump he was perfectly fine with when his opponent did it.
I think Tank is much easier for Loma than everyone seems to think, Davis is smaller and has similar reach, Loma has much better footwork and jab and can keep him at distance and pot shot him all night long. We've not seen how Davis would respond to Lomas footwork, he doesn't strike me as a guy with the most ring IQ in the world so I can predict Loma just dancing in circles around Davis, creating angles and Gervonta missing wildly constantly, similarly to Sosa.
All skills being even, I give Loma the advantage due to his vast experience. And yes, I agree, Davis has a very good chance against Loma. This is a fight I would love to see. Imagine a fight card with Loma/Davis, Crawford/Spence, Bivol/Kov and Wilder/AJ. One can only dream!
If Rigo didn't b*tch out when Loma was at 126 and had less leverage, they probably could have met at 124. Regardless, the outcome would have been the same. Rigo's footwork was never as good as Loma's and he never liked fighting in any range outside of long range.
Tank doesn't have the ring IQ to hang. He's talented at what he does, but one dimensional. Not dissimilar from young Foreman in that respect. He better hope he catches Loma cold, otherwise it's a schooling. It would be Calzaghe-Lacy 2.0.
It doesn't matter, Pedraza had an idiotic gameplan and took the fight on 2 weeks notice. But the thing is with Loma, that he can struggle with tall rangy fighters and always dominates and destroys smaller men or anyone similar in size. I can't see anything but a Loma win with a possibility of a KO by Tank but Loma has an excellent chin so that's unlikely.
Tank can't beat Loma and I'm gonna tell you why. Both Tank and Loma are southpaws and Loma is pretty much an expert at fighting fellow southpaws, whereas Davis isn't. Davis relies on athleticism most of the time, while Loma rely on athleticism AND solid fundamentals. Davis's defense is questionable. He's gets hit by jabs and right hands. He's been mostly been able to get away with it because of his power and athleticism. Put Davis in with Loma and he will get out-jabbed and out-countered. Davis keeps his right low and that invites the jab and left hand. Davis doesn't have the size advantages of guys like Linares, so he'll be fighting at Loma's most comfortable range. Tank can probably hang with Loma for about 3 rounds. After that, Loma will find his openings and school Davis. Don't let Davis's KO win against Padraze fool you. Different style and Davis is more of a puncher. He also got hit quite a bit in that fight.
You are insufferable and pathetic and don't even know how to hook off the jab. You literally couldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight. Your boxing acumen is that of a petulant and pathetic arm chair QB who has never been in a fight in his life.
That be like saying Pacquiao should fight Andre Ward at 168. Hes a former JMW champ just a 2 weight class jump.
