Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
Gets tons of grief "poundshop Beckham" "boxercise Ben" "mtk shill"
Surely he now deserves respect not envy?
Surely he now deserves respect not envy?
Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
taylors opinion from 4.07.
but no doubt the fans will know more than taylor
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handsofstone
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
I seen someone tweet congrats on putting a ready made meal in the microwave 
Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
This weekend is about Josh Taylor
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coghaugen11
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
Some might say if he was still with the McGuigans, he wouldn’t of gassed.
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OR been told to take the pedal of the metal ,,, either way , got tired ,, shoud'nt happen at his level ,, took a break , should'nt be allowed when theres still 5 rnds too go ,,,, was'nt good and he's lucky it did'nt go the other way ,,coghaugen11 wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 09:49 Some might say if he was still with the McGuigans, he wouldn’t of gassed.
The right man won , but i was expecting a draw ,, ITS VEGAS , you don't leave it to chance
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maverick23
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
It’s easy to train naturally talented fighters who have already established themselves as top fighters. Has he made any of the top fighters he had better? I don’t think so personally.
He’s had the lineal heavyweight champion. I’ll ignore his first 3 fights with Tyson as Tyson was getting back to fitness but he looked average against Wallin who he would have toyed with if it had been the Tyson pre Klitschko. He’s only had one fight with Sugar Hill and looked, by a long way, the best he had since coming back post Klitschko.
Billy Joe had his worst performance with Ben in the corner against Akavov.
Josh fought well last night but he’s been brought on by Shane and he didn’t look a better fighter than the one who fought Prograis. I personally think Prograis is better than Ramirez and I think if Taylor had been trained by McGuigan he may have stopped Ramirez. Also thought it was stupid to turn off for the last 2 rounds.
Lee McGregor looked really good last time out so I’d give Ben credit for that but it’s not like he’s taken on guys from turning over and made them great or taken guys from British level to world titles.
Adam Booth training Andy Lee to winning the world title and Curtis Woodhouse to the British title are better achievements in my books. As is how Shane has taken Okolie from a gangly spoiler to a good world champion.
I listened to a Peter Fury interview yesterday and they asked him about the Billy Joe corner stuff. He said he wouldn’t allow anyone else in the corner talk to the fighter between rounds and if they tried then he’d be raging. I agree with him to be honest. I couldn’t imagine anyone other than Billy Graham talking in the corner in the days with Ricky Hatton.
He’s had the lineal heavyweight champion. I’ll ignore his first 3 fights with Tyson as Tyson was getting back to fitness but he looked average against Wallin who he would have toyed with if it had been the Tyson pre Klitschko. He’s only had one fight with Sugar Hill and looked, by a long way, the best he had since coming back post Klitschko.
Billy Joe had his worst performance with Ben in the corner against Akavov.
Josh fought well last night but he’s been brought on by Shane and he didn’t look a better fighter than the one who fought Prograis. I personally think Prograis is better than Ramirez and I think if Taylor had been trained by McGuigan he may have stopped Ramirez. Also thought it was stupid to turn off for the last 2 rounds.
Lee McGregor looked really good last time out so I’d give Ben credit for that but it’s not like he’s taken on guys from turning over and made them great or taken guys from British level to world titles.
Adam Booth training Andy Lee to winning the world title and Curtis Woodhouse to the British title are better achievements in my books. As is how Shane has taken Okolie from a gangly spoiler to a good world champion.
I listened to a Peter Fury interview yesterday and they asked him about the Billy Joe corner stuff. He said he wouldn’t allow anyone else in the corner talk to the fighter between rounds and if they tried then he’d be raging. I agree with him to be honest. I couldn’t imagine anyone other than Billy Graham talking in the corner in the days with Ricky Hatton.
Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
Davidson said he started training BJS as a teenager
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Wee Tommy
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
According to Tibbs he wasn’t talking but “blowing down his earole” whilst in the corner. Strange state of affairs.
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coghaugen11
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
He did an interview with James English on YouTube saying how he has to ‘pull up’ all other trainers on so much. He even said he has a young pad guy who’s never boxed who is night and day better than most trainers out there!
Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
People like to criticise Davison, and I didn't like the way he went about things with Mark Tibbs, however his credentials are beginning to stack up, like it or not.
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Twinkle Toes
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
He has a fantastic fighter in Taylor, who was trained for the majority of his career by someone else.
Are we honestly saying Taylor would have looked worse with any of the other of the top 10 trainers in this country, because I don't think that is the case at all.
Are we honestly saying Taylor would have looked worse with any of the other of the top 10 trainers in this country, because I don't think that is the case at all.
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handsofstone
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
Taylor has never put in a wide 12 round decision yet, always switches off, his biggest flaw
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margaret thatcher
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margaret thatcher
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
are there 10 or more other trainers in the country who could've won that fight if they'd been in the corner instead of ben?
or do we think ben is a bit 'special' as a trainer
genuinely curious to those who rate him highly
or do we think ben is a bit 'special' as a trainer
genuinely curious to those who rate him highly
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Black Sam Bellamy
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
Taylor was a world class amateur. He's been perfecting his craft since childhood. What is
a pro trainer going to teach him now ? Just a question of keeping him fit and interested surely.
a pro trainer going to teach him now ? Just a question of keeping him fit and interested surely.
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to a degree. a pro trainer would prob help the initial transition from am to pro tho surely. IE how to slow the pace, deal with the rough housing, fighting more effectively inside, hit with more authority instead of just fencing etc etc etc.Black Sam Bellamy wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 16:41 Taylor was a world class amateur. He's been perfecting his craft since childhood. What is
a pro trainer going to teach him now ? Just a question of keeping him fit and interested surely.
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Boxerbeetle
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
handsofstone wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 09:36 I seen someone tweet congrats on putting a ready made meal in the microwave![]()
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mickey1975
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
He loses rounds adapting to his opponents style.handsofstone wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 16:22 Taylor has never put in a wide 12 round decision yet, always switches off, his biggest flaw
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If thats the case , why against Ram did all 3 judges have him LOSING 3 out of the last 4 ,, one actually having him losing the last 4mickey1975 wrote: ↑24 May 2021, 05:15He loses rounds adapting to his opponents style.handsofstone wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 16:22 Taylor has never put in a wide 12 round decision yet, always switches off, his biggest flaw
Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
coghaugen11 wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 14:44 He did an interview with James English on YouTube saying how he has to ‘pull up’ all other trainers on so much. He even said he has a young pad guy who’s never boxed who is night and day better than most trainers out there!
He will be referring to Lee wylie
He was in josh corner Saturday
Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
Terry McCormack has been with him since his amateur days - Davison has for 2 fights.
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Counter-puncher
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Re: Ben Davidson must be trainer of the year..
Lee Wylie? He does boxing analysis videos, he’s very good at thatbigped wrote: ↑25 May 2021, 05:56coghaugen11 wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 14:44 He did an interview with James English on YouTube saying how he has to ‘pull up’ all other trainers on so much. He even said he has a young pad guy who’s never boxed who is night and day better than most trainers out there!
He will be referring to Lee wylie
He was in josh corner Saturday