Tank Davis: I’m must-see TV

Former super featherweight world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis, who Showtime bills as “boxing’s hottest attraction,” kicked off fight week with a public workout at the Atlanta Sports Complex on Monday night. Davis will take on Yuriorkis Gamboa for the vacant WBA lightweight title Saturday on Showtime from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

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“I’m must-see TV!” said Davis, whose record of 22-0 with 21 KOs doesn’t suggest he’s wrong. “I think it’s a mistake that [Gamboa] didn’t watch my last fight in July. Saturday night we’ll see just how much he’s been studying me.”

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  • I am not totally sold on Tank yet. He is an improving fighter in each bout. He has some flaws, but, as he develops he is really looking good in each fight.

  • Davis has that fifth gear and when he turns it up, its lights out and
    it separates him from the others. He is good this will be a very interesting fight.

  • Tank Davis should be high on the P4P list, even at his young age. His speed and power will carry him a long way as long as he stays serious. Even Lomo as good as he is would get KO’ed by the middle rounds. This kid is the real deal…

    • What basis? His competition has been stagnant and has never fought an elite fighter. He’s got talent but he’s never faced a credible challenge since Pedraza. That was almost 3 years ago. Floyd and Ellerbe are building smoke and mirrors on a guy who isn’t proven. I’m not sure if it’s because they feel he’s not disciplined enough to take on the best in Farmer, Berchelt and J.James ( I feel he beats two of the three).

  • Gamboa has a habit of throwing wild windmill punches. Against Tank, they’re going to end up trading and Gamboa is going to get clubbed with a few during an exchange and go down. That’ll be the first knock down, he’ll get up, but the fight will get stopped.

    • Yep, and it’s a good thing it’s not a PPV. A pretty good Showtime card to end the year.

  • He hurts you no doubt but is so open to a hard counter puncher if he misses………. he reminds me of Vic Darchinyan with the original assaults !!

  • Tank is the best in the sport ever the proof is what we see. I want him to practice more on defense like Mayweather

    • Casual talk is cheap. This kid needs a challenge that makes him worthy. He had beef with Farmer on Twitter and for whatever reason the fight never got made. Farmer wants the fight but it seems like Floyd and Ellerbe are steering Tank away from that smoke. Tank has got talent and is a puncher but if they didn’t put him in the against the best at 130lb I doubt they have as much faith in him as you do.

      • Know your facts Tevin makes 500k a fight with his DAZN deal, PBC offered him 2mil for the Tank fight and Tevin turned it down he priced himself right out of his biggest payday ever 4x his biggest purse. Tevin also has no power Tank would walk right through him & as far as him not fighting anyone he blew Pedraza away Loma didn’t & he’s a few years older smarter and stronger.

  • A good tank, with good fire power, could be great if he is conducted by a good machinist, but this one doesn’t have, and that is why he is aiming to a harmless and stationary targets only, not to a live and dangerous foes that could bring to surface his real potential

    • That’s why I find it funny they didn’t jump on Berchelt he’s a stationary target but hits hard. That’s a fight that would give boxing die hards a reason to clamor over this guy.

      • Exactly right!

        That’s a fight I’d pay to see!

        Berchelt is one dimensional but a tornado with heavy hands who can take one hell of a punch!

        Tanks has never been tested at that level, id bee a good fight no matter who wins or looses.

  • Does anybody here actually think a way past his prime Gamboa has a chance against Tank? Theres a reason he was picked, a semi big name who has faded. Come on… we are smarter than that

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