Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’ coach, Kenny Ellis, got here to the protection of his fighter over the backlash from followers over his alternative of tremendous featherweight Lamont Roach Jr. for his subsequent title protection of his WBA light-weight belt on December 14th in Houston.
Followers view this combat as only a continuation of the kind of matchmaking that Tank Davis has had his complete profession, and so they really feel that he doesn’t need to take dangers along with his profession.
Ellis says Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) can combat, and he’s a seven-time nationwide champion. Nevertheless, within the professionals, he misplaced to Jamel Herring a couple of years in the past, he can’t punch, and he barely beat Hector Luis Garcia final 12 months, a fighter Tank Davis simply knocked out in 2023.
Followers really feel that Tank Davis doesn’t have to be raiding the tremendous featherweight division time and time once more to decide on his opponents. There are these wonderful fighters Tank could possibly be preventing at light-weight:
– Andy Cruz– Raymond Muratalla– William Zepeda– Edwin De Los Santos– Floyd Schofield– Keyshawn Davis– Denys Berinchyk
Clearly, a few of these fighters had been obtainable to combat Tank Davis for December, however he went the simple route, cherry-picking the light-hitting tremendous featherweight Lamont Roach Jr. to combat as a result of it concerned no threat.
“They fought within the amateurs two or thrice, with Tank being the winner. They sparred a couple of occasions. Tank bought the perfect of the sparring,” mentioned coach Kenny Ellis to Fighthype when requested about Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’ subsequent combat towards Lamont Roach Jr. on December 14th.
“They’re simply greater and stronger now and older. Tank’s final 4 or 5 opponents had movie about how they beat him up in sparring. If that’s the case, that occurs. However on combat night time, everyone knows the result.
“It’s not Tank’s fault. The fellows with the so-called names turned Tank down. They priced themselves out. As a result of individuals don’t know Lamont, he’s not as standard. They assume he can’t combat, however Lamont can combat, and he has a hell of a pedigree. He’s a seven-time nationwide champion, and he’s robust. He can combat,” mentioned Ellis about Roach.
It’s Tank Davis’ fault that he’s not taking up the extra proficient fighters as a result of he might combat the highest contenders if he wished. Guys like Andy Cruz, Keyshawn Davis, Raymond Muratalla, and Floyd Schofield would bounce on the probability to combat Tank in the event that they had been supplied.
“I don’t assume he’s upset. So long as he can get a combat, he’s good. He simply likes to combat,” mentioned Ellis when requested if he thinks Tank Davis is upset that he’s not getting the massive marquee fights that he feels he deserves, like Shakur Stevenson and Vasily Lomachenko at 135.
“If these guys select to combat him someday, they will get it. If not, life goes on,” mentioned Ellis.
Kenny Ellis’ cavalier perspective about Tank Davis not getting the essential fights exhibits clearly that they don’t that they’re not preventing the perfect. They only need to underachieve to do the minimal as a result of it’s quite a bit simpler than pushing your self, and dealing exhausting.
