About Ben Davison

[CaptainSpacerod]

Does Ben get any credit from the naysayers after his recent successes in the corner or is it a case of the old adage “it’s better to be lucky than good” applying to him ?

[margaret thatcher]

i dont count the taylor win as a trainers success, having your guy give by far a career worst performance where he got a gift over a big underdog isnt impressive, it's lucky judging

but the wood win was nice. he's a narssactic goof but overall the results are good for sure. i give him credit. even if his biggest strength is just being a relationship builder with his fighters, he does something they really like and makes them have trust in him

[KiwiRider]

i dont count the taylor win as a trainers success, having your guy give by far a career worst performance where he got a gift over a big underdog isnt impressive, it's lucky judging

but the wood win was nice. he's a narssactic goof but overall the results are good for sure. i give him credit. even if his biggest strength is just being a relationship builder with his fighters, he does something they really like and makes them have trust in him

I don't give the Wood win any credit to Boxercise. Wood was fit, but I haven't noticed any actual improvements to his boxing, and not to his defence in particular. Conlan kept catching Wood with his guard down, really basic stuff. Never heard Boxercise giving him what for about it- like any trainer would when his charge was making such a 101 mistake...

[Wee Tommy]

i dont count the taylor win as a trainers success, having your guy give by far a career worst performance where he got a gift over a big underdog isnt impressive, it's lucky judging

but the wood win was nice. he's a narssactic goof but overall the results are good for sure. i give him credit. even if his biggest strength is just being a relationship builder with his fighters, he does something they really like and makes them have trust in him

I don't give the Wood win any credit to Boxercise. Wood was fit, but I haven't noticed any actual improvements to his boxing, and not to his defence in particular. Conlan kept catching Wood with his guard down, really basic stuff. Never heard Boxercise giving him what for about it- like any trainer would when his charge was making such a 101 mistake...

Agreed mate. Wood got the win because he was fit, tough and powerful. Hardly attributes gained under Ben. His defence was poor, very much like Josh’s.

[Counter-puncher]

aye that was a victory for physicality over technique, if ever I saw one.

[lefthook82]

I don't know if his fitness has improved with Ben but he got hit way too often for me to credit Ben with anything. This was Froch v Taylor part 2. The more skilled guy overcome by the physically stronger guy.

[forcefraser]

Ben does seem to have great rapport with his fighters. Doesn't make him a top trainer though.

The two fights he'd had Taylor have been a retraction. The advice in the corner from Bennisnt the best and I question his technical knowledge.

If he gives the fighters belief in themselves then fair play to him, but he's no technician.

Let's see the guy take a fighters from debut to the top, not guys who are already undisputed champions.

He does get a lot of stick, but I can see why. He's got one of those shat eating grin mushes that people just want to smack.

[KiwiRider]

I don't know if his fitness has improved with Ben but he got hit way too often for me to credit Ben with anything. This was Froch v Taylor part 2. The more skilled guy overcome by the physically stronger guy.

Good analogy. Yes, definitely the more skilled guy(lacking pop) overcome by the physically stronger (and fitter) guy.
So maybe Boxercise did help with the fitness, but definitely dropped the ball with defence. I mean, it's hard to watch a guy making the same basic defensive mistake for 11 rounds- and being rightfully punished for it.

[Wee Tommy]

[jameswilson]

He does get a lot of stick, but I can see why. He's got one of those shat eating grin mushes that people just want to smack.

[TheLeprechaun]

He's starting to go thin and well on his way to being bald. That seems like it will hit his ego hard.

[high tower 1]

I’d be depressed too if my hair fell out

[chiggsy]

He does get a lot of stick, but I can see why. He's got one of those shat eating grin mushes that people just want to smack.

Yea them little pisshole in the snow eyes too.

A face you could never tire of clouting.

[Wee Tommy]

These are brilliant

[KiwiRider]

These are brilliant

Nice one Tommo
Oh blimey, he is a guru. The third eye, sensing boxing, can you smeeeeellll what he is cooking?

[Wee Tommy]

These are brilliant

Nice one Tommo
Oh blimey, he is a guru. The third eye, sensing boxing, can you smeeeeellll what he is cooking?

Gervais could have based Brent on Ben. It’s uncanny

[Nightmare Roy]

These are brilliant

ha ha uncanny, he does talk some absolute shite

[BigDoofus]

He's starting to go thin and well on his way to being bald. That seems like it will hit his ego hard.

For someone who boasts of doing circuits with his boxers and working so hard it's a mystery why he's not going thin round his waistline

[Stobbo]

Absolute bullshit merchant

[dookus]

These are brilliant

Nice one Tommo
Oh blimey, he is a guru. The third eye, sensing boxing, can you smeeeeellll what he is cooking?

Hold on wait, is his secret weapon the ability to talk out of his third eye?

[margaret thatcher]

dude sounds like he actually think he has super powers or something, i get having an ego, but the whole 'seeing what is invisible' stuff is just weird

[jameswilson]

He’s taken Joe Gallagher’s place as most hated trainer hasn’t he?

[JamesPhilips]

These are brilliant

He sounds like the boxing version of Joshua Fabia, Diego Sanchez's old trainer

[Wee Tommy]

He’s taken Joe Gallagher’s place as most hated trainer hasn’t he?

Rightly so.

He must be doing something right but his interviews are absolute cringe.

[maverick23]

He’s taken Joe Gallagher’s place as most hated trainer hasn’t he?

Not for me. I still can’t get over Joe calling out Sky/Eddie for racism over not being able to get a deal done with Tasha Jonas.