Comments Thread For: Mayweather: Gervonta Davis is Special, He's a Pay-Per-View Star

[Bronx2245]

Tank Davis vs Leo Santa Cruz is the fight to put on PPV

Leo Fills Up Staples Center and Draws well on his own so that is the perfect Dance Partner to do PPV with. Leo just need to go ahead and official move up, maybe try to get the Berchelt fight or Andrew Cancio fight and grab a Belt before going after Tank

That fight can be HUGE! Tank vs Farmer I don't think would do well on PPV UNLESS the Co-Main Event is a Big Fight

That's the key! They have to give us something good! J-Rock vs. Jarrett Hurd would be perfect for Tank vs. Farmer!

[sicko]

That's the key! They have to give us something good! J-Rock vs. Jarrett Hurd would be perfect for Tank vs. Farmer!

Yeah that would be perfect!

[iamboxing]

Again - Sincere question: How is it we have Hooker, Ramirez, Prograis, Taylor, Usyk, Canelo, Dorticas, Pac, Thurman, Donaire, Naoye, Cancio, Machado, Warrington, Frampton,Estrada, Sor, and many others all fighting or just having fought top contenders and champions and team Davis has gone 3 fights and over a year and not fought any of the type of competition as these guys have faced? How can a fighter be as good as Davis and not be put in against top contenders or champions in over a year?

Very true. A great boxer, no doubt, but the adulation and fanfare is sickening considering all the fighters you mentioned.

[PoserExposer]

And why again is Gamboa a bad fight knowing Floyd won’t throw him in against LSC, Berchelt, Loma, Farmer, GRJ, anyone woth a pulse? I missed it in your moot response. Because if no Gamboa, what “business” standpoint are you implying?

I posted this in response to someone else so I will leave it here.



I think some fans are looking at the career of Davis from a pure boxing standpoint and not a business standpoint. Fans are looking at who would pose a threat versus who would help Davis towards becoming a PPV star like his team mentioned multiple times as their ultimate and primary objective.

For the risk those fighters take in the ring, the ones with “potential” to be a box office PPV Star such as a Davis, will have careers carefully guided to set up the bigger monetary fights in the future. And every fight taken and scheduled will be towards that goal, building towards earning the most money in the ring while taking the least amount of damage.

Floyd and his team probably know better than anyone when they believe they have something on their hands to that end to attempt to duplicate their prior blueprint. Having multiple titles and eventually titles in multiple divisions, taking the least amount of losses, taking the least amount damage, while building up enough of your resume and perception with the boxing public’s is their strategy. Again, Floyd knows that better than anyone. Us fans don’t have to agree with it but it’s the reality today for the fighters that show enough potential, especially after the (2) deaths in the ring and prior deaths in the ring before.

[powershots]

Tank's got everything going for him. But he needs to come out of his shell more. Only the hardcore boxing fans know who Tank is. I like Tank Davis and his style but He needs to fight the top guys and bigger names. Hopefully he wont screw up his career by hanging out with that clown AB.

[The3]

Ok sound like Canelo is off the 9/15 Mexican holiday day make Tank vs Santa Cruz then Floyd

[ShoulderRoll]

He is special. Just has to continue to work hard and love his craft.

The only guy that I see giving him trouble at 130 or 135 is Lomachenko. But Tank would also be dangerous for Lomachenko and be the best opponent he has faced.

[markther]

How is that working out?

You made a point about AB and I countered that by my response post to you. Point being, AB was not consistently winning, as a matter of fact he kept losing. You can’t be a PPV Star that way. He lost to Porter, Maidana, Mikey Garcia, and Manny. You won’t be a PPV a star that way. If Davis keeps winning and beats the majority of ranked fighters and fighters as they raise his level of competition along the way, he will be a PPV Star.

[markther]

And why again is Gamboa a bad fight knowing Floyd won’t throw him in against LSC, Berchelt, Loma, Farmer, GRJ, anyone woth a pulse? I missed it in your moot response. Because if no Gamboa, what “business” standpoint are you implying?

If you missed it, it means you have trouble reading or with English in general. But if you understand and read what I actually said, you would have gotten the point that the key to both Floyd and Manny and other past and current PPV stars is they consistently won and won multiple titles in their weight classes and won titles in multiple divisions. They also chose fights where they could build their overall fan base in order to generate future earnings. They constantly were placed in fights against other champions that held belts to build a perception that they were dominating other champions regardless of how boxing ranked them as champions. It has been a manipulation of the system to built a PPV Audience and higher gate earnings, Collecting belts is a huge key to monetizing everything and that has always been the business strategy in boxing. Floyd’s career in particular was cleverly orchestrated in that fashion and I believe they want to do the same with Davis IF, big IF he keeps winning and collecting belts and moving up in weight classes and doing the same.

Question, does Gamboa have a belt right now? Is Gamboa even ranked at the top of the junior lightweight division right now? Is Gambia even in the top ten at 130? As a matter of fact, he isn’t ranked above Machado, Corrales, Roman, Ito, Herring, Cancio, Diaz Jr, Berchelt, or Farmer. Gamboa is someone Davis would fight as an up and coming prospect. He isn’t a prospect but a fighter they are trying to mold into a PPV star. Gamboa serves no purpose to that end now. Davis should and probably will fight Farmer because he has a belt and go from there. School is now closed for the day.

[Sid-Knee]

I posted this in response to someone else so I will leave it here.



I think some fans are looking at the career of Davis from a pure boxing standpoint and not a business standpoint. Fans are looking at who would pose a threat versus who would help Davis towards becoming a PPV star like his team mentioned multiple times as their ultimate and primary objective.

For the risk those fighters take in the ring, the ones with “potential” to be a box office PPV Star such as a Davis, will have careers carefully guided to set up the bigger monetary fights in the future. And every fight taken and scheduled will be towards that goal, building towards earning the most money in the ring while taking the least amount of damage.

Floyd and his team probably know better than anyone when they believe they have something on their hands to that end to attempt to duplicate their prior blueprint. Having multiple titles and eventually titles in multiple divisions, taking the least amount of losses, taking the least amount damage, while building up enough of your resume and perception with the boxing public’s is their strategy. Again, Floyd knows that better than anyone. Us fans don’t have to agree with it but it’s the reality today for the fighters that show enough potential, especially after the (2) deaths in the ring and prior deaths in the ring before.

Funny you have this kind of opinion for Americans but a completely different one for fighters from other nations. Excusing Davis fighting bums and actually defending it? That's priceless.

In order to be a PPV star, you first have to be a star. Which Davis isn't with him fighting finished fighters coming from a lower weight class and even coming off losses. You have to fight the best and go from there.

And using the deaths of recent fighters too. Wow. Wouldn't deaths in the ring be more likely with much weaker and smaller foes in against what seems to be a top fighter?

Sorry, but this is an awful post. Just hideous.