[Boxing] Gervonta Davis vs. Isaac Cruz - December 5

[aioc]

I see this like a Porter vs Crawford where Porter loves to attack but Crawford is very smart to prepare for a counter so the fight ended in a KO. Nowadays, boxers should not only rely on their power, they also need to play the right defense as they might fight against a fighter with good offense and defense, and that's what happen to Mike Tyson also when he faced Lennox Lewis who play good defense by throwing a good jab and just makes Tyson tired until he got him KO.

There's a saying in boxing style makes the fight, the best fight to see are fighters with the same style of attacking where their offense is their defense, people are paying to watch for action, not a hit and run type of fighting, that is why the likes of Tyson, Pacquiao, and Canelo are the most-watched fight, in the case of Tank he knows when to defense, to attack and to counter-attack, he is a complete boxer for me and Issac Cruz is in big trouble.

[Masplanc]

I would love to watch this young guys fight , i have not been following up on boxing. This is the first time  I am seeing  this guys so I don't have any review about them. But I am not going to miss it . Anticipating .

[Ziskinberg]

I would love to watch this young guys fight , i have not been following up on boxing. This is the first time  I am seeing  this guys so I don't have any review about them. But I am not going to miss it . Anticipating .

You can always watch their highlights on youtube, for sure you will find a lot especially for  Gervonta Davis who is a very popular boxer.

Also, their individual record can be checked below.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/643387
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/714366

[Jawhead999]

I see this like a Porter vs Crawford where Porter loves to attack but Crawford is very smart to prepare for a counter so the fight ended in a KO. Nowadays, boxers should not only rely on their power, they also need to play the right defense as they might fight against a fighter with good offense and defense, and that's what happen to Mike Tyson also when he faced    Lennox Lewis who play good defense by throwing a good jab and just makes Tyson tired until he got him KO.

Definitely agreed here, Cruz is experienced, though and aggressive style which make he looks like Porter. Davis has a very high KO'ed chance and remain undefeated. Well the most reason why an underdog should play aggressive since the judges will vote the one is dominating the ring, probably he's looking to win with split decision but his stamina aren't enough to survive for 12 rounds.

However it will be interesting if Davis will won with KO like Crawford...

[aioc]

However it will be interesting if Davis will won with KO like Crawford...

He'll definitely win by a knock out it could be early if Cruz opens up his defense, I saw Cruz fighting and style and it's a kind of style that can easily open the defense, and with Davis precision to deliver a bomb he'll be in trouble, he cannot fight the way he fought all his past opponents, he should be technical, Tank is not a punching bag that will just receive punches, it all goes now on how strong Cruz chin and body, something all Tanks opponents cannot take.

[madnessteat]

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I really like Jervonte Davis's fighting style, he really crushes his opponents like a tank. I support your point of view, the fight will end up as a knockout. I'm glad that Gervonta Davis's opponent is Isaac Cruz and not Rolando Romero, who seems to be a weaker opponent.

[mirakal]

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I really like Jervonte Davis's fighting style, he really crushes his opponents like a tank. I support your point of view, the fight will end up as a knockout. I'm glad that Gervonta Davis's opponent is Isaac Cruz and not Rolando Romero, who seems to be a weaker opponent.

With 22 fights and only 1 loss, he is a good match for  Gervonta Davis because he is also an aggressive fighter which most boxers like to see in the ring. Davis is a kind of fighter who loves a challenge, so we should expect to see another great win by  Gervonta Davis before the end of the year.

Gervonta Davis is very impressive with 24 KOs from 25 wins, he can add this to his KO record.

[bisdak40]

Gervonta Davis is very impressive with 24 KOs from 25 wins, he can add this to his KO record.

Impressive record indeed but I'll take the risk of betting for him to win via decision. The Pitbull is a very live underdog IMO but I think he will still lose but not in a brutal fashion as most of his fights lasted the distance.

Wonder, why people have not been talking about this fight as Davis, is one of the aces in this division.

Hope someone will post a link on the live stream of this fight.

[AmoreJaz]

Gervonta Davis is very impressive with 24 KOs from 25 wins, he can add this to his KO record.

Impressive record indeed but I'll take the risk of betting for him to win via decision. The Pitbull is a very live underdog IMO but I think he will still lose but not in a brutal fashion as most of his fights lasted the distance.

Wonder, why people have not been talking about this fight as Davis, is one of the aces in this division.

Hope someone will post a link on the live stream of this fight.

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davis is clearly the favourite of bookies here. but - but in case this will be another upset in boxing history this year,  those who took their chance to bet on cruz will be big winners for this fight.
even the money line for will the fight go the distance has very good odds, at 4.70 -yes in stake.
and if you can't find the free live streaming link, maybe just check the online blogs of sports analysts, the round per round happenings and you will get the idea who's leading the fight.

[btc_angela]

Gervonta Davis is very impressive with 24 KOs from 25 wins, he can add this to his KO record.

Impressive record indeed but I'll take the risk of betting for him to win via decision. The Pitbull is a very live underdog IMO but I think he will still lose but not in a brutal fashion as most of his fights lasted the distance.

Wonder, why people have not been talking about this fight as Davis, is one of the aces in this division.

Hope someone will post a link on the live stream of this fight.

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davis is clearly the favourite of bookies here. but - but in case this will be another upset in boxing history this year,  those who took their chance to bet on cruz will be big winners for this fight.
even the money line for will the fight go the distance has very good odds, at 4.70 -yes in stake.
and if you can't find the free live streaming link, maybe just check the online blogs of sports analysts, the round per round happenings and you will get the idea who's leading the fight.

Oh we totally forget about this fight of Tank because Isaac Cruz is just a replacement.

But there are reports that Tank shoves Isaac after they make weight, maybe it was to hype the fight.

Tank is 12:1 favourite here, and I doubt that there will be an upset in this match. Davis by knock out for me, although the odds might not be very attractive.

[TravelMug]

Gervonta Davis is very impressive with 24 KOs from 25 wins, he can add this to his KO record.

Impressive record indeed but I'll take the risk of betting for him to win via decision. The Pitbull is a very live underdog IMO but I think he will still lose but not in a brutal fashion as most of his fights lasted the distance.

Wonder, why people have not been talking about this fight as Davis, is one of the aces in this division.

Hope someone will post a link on the live stream of this fight.

This is a huge risk on your part mate, best of luck, we all know that Davis has been winning by knock out early so we don't know if Cruz chin is going to hold against the power of Davis.

People are not making noise about this fight because of his opponent Cruz, he is a no name in the division.

We also have have another big fight in the 135 lbs, Haney vs Diaz Jr. So it will be interesting if the winner will face each other.

[Fundamentals Of]

We also have have another big fight in the 135 lbs, Haney vs Diaz Jr. So it will be interesting if the winner will face each other.

It wasn't as good as I expected or wanted it to be. The fight was all about Haney target practicing on Diaz Jr. Diaz wasn't letting go of his hands. He was good in his defense. He should be given credit for it but defense cannot win a fight, not in a boxing match. You have to throw away your hardest punches to win. Haney wasn't really a heavy puncher and Diaz was well absorbing those but it was not enough to just not get hurt if he wasn't also making points either.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

We also have have another big fight in the 135 lbs, Haney vs Diaz Jr. So it will be interesting if the winner will face each other.

It wasn't as good as I expected or wanted it to be. The fight was all about Haney target practicing on Diaz Jr. Diaz wasn't letting go of his hands. He was good in his defense. He should be given credit for it but defense cannot win a fight, not in a boxing match. You have to throw away your hardest punches to win. Haney wasn't really a heavy puncher and Diaz was well absorbing those but it was not enough to just not get hurt if he wasn't also making points either.

I was not surprised by the result, Haney was a boxer with no power and he can't knock out anyone in this division, scores where (116-112), (117-111), (117-111).

Anyhow I thought that the Davis vs Cruz is over, I checked about the shoving incident:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2rnKE_lMnc

Lol, it's like in bodybuilding, one flexing his muscle and the other one, doesn't want to be undone. It is also interesting the Davis is taller than the Pitbull in this fight.

[bisdak40]

We also have have another big fight in the 135 lbs, Haney vs Diaz Jr. So it will be interesting if the winner will face each other.

By the looks of it, Kambosos vs Haney is a go, at least from what we saw on the post-fight interview of Haney and Kambosos.

If Davis wins his fight against Cruz, I think he will still fight a no-namer as usual.

Floyd should let his fighter fight whoever Davis wants and not cherry-pick like what he did to his career.

[robelneo]

We also have have another big fight in the 135 lbs, Haney vs Diaz Jr. So it will be interesting if the winner will face each other.

By the looks of it, Kambosos vs Haney is a go, at least from what we saw on the post-fight interview of Haney and Kambosos.

If Davis wins his fight against Cruz, I think he will still fight a no-namer as usual.

Floyd should let his fighter fight whoever Davis wants and not cherry-pick like what he did to his career.

Floyd is good at making a career of any boxer by cherry-picking his opponents he doesn't want his cash cow to lose and he did not believe that Tank Davis can beat anybody, he wants Davis to thread the road that he went through, that is why he always says he wants to keep everything in house, which means he doesn't have anything to do with other promotions champion's and this is to bad for boxing in general.

[Ziskinberg]

We also have have another big fight in the 135 lbs, Haney vs Diaz Jr. So it will be interesting if the winner will face each other.

By the looks of it, Kambosos vs Haney is a go, at least from what we saw on the post-fight interview of Haney and Kambosos.

If Davis wins his fight against Cruz, I think he will still fight a no-namer as usual.

Floyd should let his fighter fight whoever Davis wants and not cherry-pick like what he did to his career.

Floyd is good at making a career of any boxer by cherry-picking his opponents he doesn't want his cash cow to lose and he did not believe that Tank Davis can beat anybody, he wants Davis to thread the road that he went through, that is why he always says he wants to keep everything in house, which means he doesn't have anything to do with other promotions champion's and this is to bad for boxing in general.

But Davis is really good as a boxer, actually, I have no idea that Floyd is his promoter. I know some of us here do not like Floyd, but, I respect him because he is good, he doesn't cherry-pick as he fought Canelo and Pacquiao and beat them, what I don't like is his boring boxing style.

[Jating]

We also have have another big fight in the 135 lbs, Haney vs Diaz Jr. So it will be interesting if the winner will face each other.

By the looks of it, Kambosos vs Haney is a go, at least from what we saw on the post-fight interview of Haney and Kambosos.

If Davis wins his fight against Cruz, I think he will still fight a no-namer as usual.

Floyd should let his fighter fight whoever Davis wants and not cherry-pick like what he did to his career.

So it will be Haney vs Kambosos next? weird, but I think Kambosos take this one.

For Davis and if he wins against a no name in Cruz tonight, and if he continues to cherry pick or at least Floyd does for his young protegee, he won't get the respect that he wanted. Sure he was a great champion, but fighting bums won't surely get his name on top even if his records are without a loss so far. And critics won't give him the credit that he deserves.

[coin-investor]

So it will be Haney vs Kambosos next? weird, but I think Kambosos take this one.

For Davis and if he wins against a no name in Cruz tonight, and if he continues to cherry pick or at least Floyd does for his young protegee, he won't get the respect that he wanted. Sure he was a great champion, but fighting bums won't surely get his name on top even if his records are without a loss so far. And critics won't give him the credit that he deserves.

I agree Gervonta gain big respect from the boxing community should fight Haney or Kambosos, there are a lot of big fights that we want to see in the lightweight division, these fighters boxers should fight each other, Ryan Garcia, Daven Haney, and Gervonta Davis, and resolve once and for all who is the real kings in that weight division, not only engaging on talks but a fight in the ring.

[South Park]

We also have have another big fight in the 135 lbs, Haney vs Diaz Jr. So it will be interesting if the winner will face each other.

By the looks of it, Kambosos vs Haney is a go, at least from what we saw on the post-fight interview of Haney and Kambosos.

If Davis wins his fight against Cruz, I think he will still fight a no-namer as usual.

Floyd should let his fighter fight whoever Davis wants and not cherry-pick like what he did to his career.

So it will be Haney vs Kambosos next? weird, but I think Kambosos take this one.

For Davis and if he wins against a no name in Cruz tonight, and if he continues to cherry pick or at least Floyd does for his young protegee, he won't get the respect that he wanted. Sure he was a great champion, but fighting bums won't surely get his name on top even if his records are without a loss so far. And critics won't give him the credit that he deserves.

Unfortunately this is not something that can be maintained long term as a strategy, the division is full of talent and if he keeps fighting people that have no chance against him then people are going to notice, however if the strategy is to let others fight a bunch of difficult fights, retain his title and then just try to beat one of those fighters in an unification fight then that could be a smart strategy, but that is risky, and that will not give him as much money as he could get if Davis actually fought with the best the division can offer.

[btc_angela]

We also have have another big fight in the 135 lbs, Haney vs Diaz Jr. So it will be interesting if the winner will face each other.

By the looks of it, Kambosos vs Haney is a go, at least from what we saw on the post-fight interview of Haney and Kambosos.

If Davis wins his fight against Cruz, I think he will still fight a no-namer as usual.

Floyd should let his fighter fight whoever Davis wants and not cherry-pick like what he did to his career.

So it will be Haney vs Kambosos next? weird, but I think Kambosos take this one.

For Davis and if he wins against a no name in Cruz tonight, and if he continues to cherry pick or at least Floyd does for his young protegee, he won't get the respect that he wanted. Sure he was a great champion, but fighting bums won't surely get his name on top even if his records are without a loss so far. And critics won't give him the credit that he deserves.

Unfortunately this is not something that can be maintained long term as a strategy, the division is full of talent and if he keeps fighting people that have no chance against him then people are going to notice, however if the strategy is to let others fight a bunch of difficult fights, retain his title and then just try to beat one of those fighters in an unification fight then that could be a smart strategy, but that is risky, and that will not give him as much money as he could get if Davis actually fought with the best the division can offer.

It all boils down to business as they say, he needs to maintain his status so he is fighting boxers not name Haney, Ryan Garcia and now George Kambosos (since he dethroned Lopez). That's the blueprint of Floyd's success and Floyd fights big names, it seems they already beat up each other before he fought them, so they are soften. So maybe that's what the strategy is for Haney, let Haney and Garcia and other champions beat each other up before he fights them.