Spot check on Gervonta Davis ... potential ?

[Evander]

I know we have done these before, call this a spot check on Gervonta Davis.

Where does this young man go ?
Look at him ... he's 24 with a 21-0 record 20 KO's..

Gervonta Davis what do you make of him ?

[Cent0089]

I know we have done these before, call this a spot check on Gervonta Davis.

Where does this young man go ?
Look at him ... he's 24 with a 21-0 record 20 KO's..

Gervonta Davis what do you make of him ?

Not facing Lomachenko will hurt his career a lot

[Evander]

Money move by Davis I get it.
He don't want to fight right ?
Can't get the top brothers to kick it off at 147 so it's hardly a surprise Davis won't go for it at a lighter weight.

[margaret thatcher]

great talent, weird matchmaking , theyve been matching him like he needs protecting when he clearly doesnt

[ewenhay]

He's talented but unfortunately he's got issues.

[watsupdoc87]

Was looking at his fight resume earlier and I could have sworn it had better names on it, pretty pure from his potential

[Impractical Poster]

Zab Judah 2.0.

[ironbeard]

Still only 24, but (as I stated elsewhere) the foundation of his career that he claims to be building is very thin and wet.

[5burowz]

He needs to start fighting guys with a pulse.

[5burowz]

great talent, weird matchmaking , theyve been matching him like he needs protecting when he clearly doesnt

Couldn't agree more

[brilo33]

i think he is a highly talented fighter, he is young, but sometimes they need the biggest fights or they get caught out

[Luckybattles]

All these guys involved in one meaningless fight after another. Gervonta, Regis Progais, shakur Stevenson. All seem like the same guy to me. These guys need to step up and justify their hype

[KiwiRider]

Was looking at his fight resume earlier and I could have sworn it had better names on it, pretty pure from his potential

Totally agree.
So much talk about his potential, but no real sounding boards of what that potential may actually be.
Im still optimistic about him, given his young age, I'm not too fussed at the moment about the lack of a credible name on his resume.
Personally I still see him as a prospect, not a contender- yet.

[Nightmare Roy]

He’s quality, hits like an absolute mule but seems daft as a brush, not Broner daft but daft enough to fcuk everything up, hope he doesn’t though.

[brilo33]

He’s quality, hits like an absolute mule but seems daft as a brush, not Broner daft but daft enough to fcuk everything up, hope he doesn’t though.

agree, that is why i think sometimes certain fighters need to be pushed, because as daft as they are, they know who they can beat, and they get lazy and complacent , he needs to be pushed davis he needs to feel fear in fights

[IKSRTFO]

Zab Judah 2.0.

Naw. Zab had fought better competition by 24. He had already faced Ward, Whittier, and Tszyu by the same age.

[Impractical Poster]

Zab Judah 2.0.

Naw. Zab had fought better competition by 24. He had already faced Ward, Whittier, and Tszyu by the same age.

True. But I see the same patterns between Judah, Davis, and Broner.

[IKSRTFO]

Naw. Zab had fought better competition by 24. He had already faced Ward, Whittier, and Tszyu by the same age.

True. But I see the same patterns between Judah, Davis, and Broner.

As far as attitude and training habits, they are similar. But I'd even say Broner did more by age 24 than Davis did by fighting DeMarco, Ponce De Leon, and Litzau. Judah gets a lot of crap but he didn't shy away from challenges even early in his career. The equivalent of Davis would've been Judah openly not fighting Tszyu..

I do find it funny how they hype these guys up being young champions as if they're making history like Tommy Hearns and Leonard didn't fight their best opponents at age 24.

[Bandog]

Very good potential. I think they are moving him along at the right pace, but need to quicken the pace now that he enters prime age. A fight with Gamboa would be a good name on his resume if they fight next. Santa Cruz wants to fight him. I think the younger Devon Haney and 3 or 4 others (Garcia, Lopez, Loma, Commey) would beat him at 135, so he is best off at 130 if he can keep making weight. Tank has a punchers chance vs anyone though.

At 130, after Gamboa, if he fights him, Berchelt, Santa Cruz, and Farmer are the fights he needs to take.

[gregregegg]

Great potential, but poorly matched. If your going to fight easy fights to develop you have to do it more often. If he was fighting this levle 5 times a year I'd be fine with it. But twice a year you need some stiffer competition. 4 rounds in 2 years isn't much learning time. Still think he could probably clear 130 based on tallent so he should try do that quick while he can still make the weight.