WBA lightweight world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis will go face-to-face with WBA super featherweight world champion Lamont Roach at a press conference on Tuesday in Brooklyn to kick off the build-up for their lightweight world championship clash that headlines a PBC pay-per-view event on Prime Video on Saturday, March 1 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
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When will Tank fight a top opponent? Roach is pretty good, but a 130. Actually Martin was a good opponent, but time to step up to the elite. Already proved he can fight at 140 when he beat Barrios. Move up. That’s where the meaningful fights are. This PPV will tank
Apparently the easiest route to a Tank fight is by winning the WBA belt at 130. He fought Hector Luis Garcia and now he’s fighting Roach who beat Garcia. Roach has a mandatory and an interim champion waiting on him back at 130, so I guess that means that Otar Eranosyan & Albert Batyrgaziev are potentially in play for a future fight with Tank.
Tank is a 30 year old prospect who has found his niche in boxing. He made his fame by boxing opponents with lower IQs and beating them in spectacular fashion. Tank is obviously not afraid to fight but I think the idea of fighting another top guy with high IQ gives him paralyzing anxiety. He tends to downplay or gaslight the media when they mention big fights the fans want to see him in. Even at 135, Tank won’t fight unless he has some advantage and /or exploits someone else’s disadvantage (experience) ala Frank Martin. As a boxing fan this is disheartening but I can’t be mad at Tank’s hustle. If its working and he’s getting paid good money to do this why would he change?
Agreed, we will never see a Tank vs Teofimo or Shakur. The best way to get these fights is by not watching him in these garbage fights.
I don’t know if you’re right, but let’s assume you are. There is an obvious reason as to why he should change. The answer is: “Some things are bigger than the individual.” I’m not saying he’s wrong, but at some point, the hyper-focus on financial gain comes at a cost elsewhere, be it to his legacy and/or the sport itself. What’s pretty certain is that the normalization of this behavior has not been a net-positive to the sport over the long run. There will always be some degree of matchmaking, but at some point it becomes excessive IF you care about boxing’s longevity. I don’t want to hear “boxing won’t go away.” That’s a futile argument. Boxing is nowhere near what it was, and if the goal is just “not going away” it’s a pretty low bar and is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The real question is: How does one prioritize his values? In a sport where a fighter is bound to suffer some brain damage and get no help for it, it’s purely logical to say that the amount of self-sacrifice necessary to successfully prioritize the future of the sport is just too dangerous. If that’s the case, then the systemic issues are too powerful (and negative) and need to be addressed. The problem is, it’s a near certainty that won’t happen.
Tank no longer interests me at all. I only want to see true warriors that seek out the best opponents in order to prove they’re the best. Not big mouthed cherry pickers that avoid facing the best. I laugh when I see people rank him in the PFP top 10.
So who are you interested in? Because Tank is doing what the majority of big time boxers have done since Mayweather. There is maybe a handful that haven’t.
I’m still interested in Tank vs Lomachenko. I’m really not sure why those two have never fought.
Well, Zepeda got dropped by light hitting Farmer, so some of the luster of that potential fight has been tainted, Loma is taking a mental health break, and Shakur is potentially facing Floyd Schofield, so Tamk’s options are limited. I don’t think the Roach fight is a bad fight, since they have a history in the amateurs and you got the B-more vs. DC element going, although the fight is in Brooklyn. Roach is 130 lbs, but its not like Tank is a big lightweight.
My only problem with Tank is that he doesn’t fight often enough. I attended his last fight in June, but once a year doesn’t cut it.
Though this was happening in December? Tank now just fights once a year. He’s now 30. Still hasn’t fought a unification fight after being a world champion for 8 years. No Haney, Loma, Stevenson, or Lopez in that time. Not even a Navarette, Valdez, Farmer, or Foster. What a waste. I guess Al Haymon doesn’t want another Wilder who similarly built a career fighting no hopers before we found out why. Zero comparison with Floyd. At least he fought Oscar, Manfredy, Castillo, Gatti, Hatton, Maidana, Judah etc when they were fresh. Cotto and Mosley also still had something left.
Tank has not made enough of his prime years.
Who Cares your sucker can pay for it
Announces a trash fight like this 3 months in advance ridiculous
Not watching. Will catch replays. Not worth a penny of my money. Tanks a product of goods management. Fight them old, small, weak puncher or drained. Then claimes he’s great. Foh. He fools the casuals.