To casual fans, is Gevonta Davis The Face of Boxing?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by uranage, Apr 23, 2023.


  1. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    I am not saying you are denying Tank's talent which you acknowledge is real. In fact I would be grateful if you can have a word with your fellow moderator CST80 about his irrational rantings and vile hatred of Tank. As you know I hold you as a moderator and even more importantly as an experienced lover of the fight game to a higher standard than some fools who spew rubbish on this platform. Likewise you hold me to a higher standard based on my experience and knowledge of the fight game and quite rightly as well I will add. What you say about Loma and in fact Usyk as well having to fight most or practically all of their career on the road is true. Mind they are not unique in this because my beloved Uncle Azumah Nelson had to do the same. In these circumstances the job of a great warrior is not just to win but to do so comprehensively so that the judges cannot rob them. You don't have to sell Loma's greatness or ability to me. The reason I chose Teofimo to beat him was stylistically and due to the physicality Teo was going to bring and it went pretty much as I predicted. It was not home cooking at all. Is Loma a greater fighter than Teo, of course he is but at that point in time when they fought Teo was the better 135 pounds boogie man. It was along the same line with B-Hop and Jermain Taylor when predicted the title will change hands. I have a gift of seeing how fights will or could play out. I am not always correct of course no one is but I see what I see. When I am wrong I own up to it. When my fighter the then undefeated Ajose Olusegun fought against Lucas Matthyse it was not a fight I wanted and in fact for various reasons I knew he would lose that one but basically had no choice. Yes it was a set up because it was done on short notice and the preparation was not where it needed to be because the correct version of him would have stopped Matthyse however thats the politricks of boxing. You notice I am not picking Haney or Loma to defeat each other because I can easily see both winning unlike Tank vs Garcia which I knew could play out as a mismatch in reality. Tank did not lose to Issa Cruz he just had to adapt after hurting his hand to outbox Cruz which shows how versatile Tank is. Not may are keen to get in with Cruz who Tank is going to fight again.
    Yes 126/130 Loma was incredible. The question is can he still be incredible?
     
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  2. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    He's getting there, and quickly too.
     
  3. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No one and I mean it no one knows who or what gervonta Davis is in Europe, Asia and Africa. He is barely knows in the US...
    International known boxers:
    Fury
    Joshua
    Pacman
    Floyd
    Klitschkos

    For real, that's the only one who are really international known...
     
  4. ElCyclon

    ElCyclon Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Here in the States the only two out of those 5 that can be considered "household names" are Pac and FLoyd. Only people here who know Fury, Joshua and even the Kitschkos are people familiar with boxing.
     
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  5. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    The reality is the only two boxers known world wide by the general public are Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson
     
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  6. Juan carlos

    Juan carlos Active Member Full Member

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    here in peru he knows ryan garcia because of the fight he just had... i was asking on tik tok direct unis last night and they don't know who gervonta is... i think if ryan would have won he would be a very mediatic boxer. ... the face of boxing is canelo and fury, people do know who fury is here in Peru, I mean, I'm talking about the couple of people who know something about boxing
     
  7. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    He's the face of winning.
     
  8. ElCyclon

    ElCyclon Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Picked and rooted for Tank. Stay clueless my friend.
     
  9. Young Terror

    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    You confusing me with Tank that happens when you stay all day on the welfare line in the the sun you get heat stroke and become delirious. Crack doesn't help either.
     
  10. uranage

    uranage Well-Known Member Full Member

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    1.2 million PPV buys, 22.8 million gate, added to the RING MAG top ten P4P list


    Has Gervonta arrived?
     
  11. ElCyclon

    ElCyclon Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who did Tank replace on the top 10 PFP list?
     
  12. Young Terror

    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    Someone he shouldn't. Probably Estrada is my guess. This reminds me when they put Broner in there at number five after beating some scrub and now they put Gervonta there after beating Ryan freaking Garcia. No wonder nobody takes them serious anymore. It's a shame that what was once a respected magazine considered the Bible of Boxing is now just a joke with no credibility that is going to go bankrupt and end soon. Sad to see.
     
  13. uranage

    uranage Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I never had him on it.
     
  14. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    They are most famous easily but Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are known worldwide too by the general public.
     
  15. oldcanvasback

    oldcanvasback Active Member Full Member

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    Nah. Floyd, Manny, Oscar, have all mattered, were consecutively the 'face of boxing' and kept boxing in the news in their time. All have legacies that will/have stood forensic examination and time. All three have made history.