MORNING KOMBAT WITH LUKE THOMAS AND BRIAN CAMPBELL - 🚨 Gervonta Davis vs. Mario Barrios Instant reaction

Episode Date: June 27, 2021

Brian Campbell provides instant analysis of Gervonta "Tank" Davis' thrilling 11th-round TKO of Mario Barrios in their WBA regular title bout at 140 pounds. Campbell looks at what makes Davis so exciting should he hang around the bigger weight classes and explains how Barrios was able to put up such a credible fight before the stoppage.  'Morning Kombat’ is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Bullhorn and wherever else you listen to podcasts.    For more Combat Sports coverage subscribe here: youtube.com/MorningKombat   Follow our hosts on Twitter: @BCampbellCBS, @lthomasnews, @MorningKombat    For Morning Kombat gear visit: store.sho.com   Follow our hosts on Instagram: @BrianCampbell, @lukethomasnews, @MorningKombat  To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How's it? It's late night, morning combat, instant analysis of all things, showtime, pay-per-view, unboxing on Saturday night. Atlanta, the backdrop, Gervonta, Tank Davis, you know the storyline. Moving up two weight divisions from his last fight to challenge unbeaten WBA secondary title holder, the regular title holder, Mario Barrios. Wow. 11th round stoppage and a dramatic, exciting, action oriented, yet very scientific and all things thrilling victory for Gervonta Davis over Mario Barrios to improve to 25 and 0 with 24 KOs. The second straight pay-per-view main event for the one they call Tank. And we got a star here, folks. We we got a star here folks we've got a big time star and this was a big time performance my name is brian campbell of course

bc with the bde got a bs and being a badass you know i'm saying yeah well one half of what they used to call morning combat with the guy luke thomas there uh we do a live show every monday wednesday and friday 11 a.m eastern on on the YouTube. So check that out. Like and subscribe this video. But you knew what we were hoping to see coming in. Does Tank Davis's power carry up to 140 pounds? And could this be a launch pad, not to big fights within this crowded lightweight division, many of them that are hard to make, or maybe the beginning of Tank Davis doing Pacquiao, not Floyd, Pacquiao type things in terms of moving up in weight dramatically and carrying the power with

him well uh the power is what ruled for tank davis did he answer all of our questions like yes and no but the fact that he wasn't able to answer all with ease and the fact that mario barrios kind of exceeded expectation i mean he lived up to how it's to win the fight, but he lived up to everything we said about him as an unbeaten 26 year old in his physical prime, great trainer and Virgil Hunter in the corner. And because Barrios was able to balance a technical approach with his, with, you know, his sort of default aggressive style, but without overextending himself where he was easy to be countered,

we saw a very tough effort in return and that elevated the entertainment factor. It elevated the future stardom of Davis. Why? Because when you dare to be great, which is what Davis called this move, and in a lot of ways it was, the fights are harder, the challenges are bigger,

but the rewards are even bigger and that's how pacquiao became a big time star at the end of the day and that's how it happens for most fighters uh earning it in the ring even even a young floyd obviously had to do that and climb up multiple weight classes before he could then call his own shots we're watching tank davis on the ladder up and you want to talk about old school feels in theater and this that's what this fight was like dramatic ebbs and flows and swings now in the end davis was up on all three scorecards and the reason why it's important to say that is because there was a thought that he was down and that this was him rallying in the 11th round even though davis had scored a pair

of knockdowns in round eight and looked to be on the verge of stopping Barrios Barrios dug in survived the round and it looked like Tank kind of poured a little bit too much out of the jug and trying to stop him Barrios rallied back in and you know this fight was up for grabs in so many ways now I had it 96 to 92 in favor of Davis at the time of the stoppage. That does not take into account the scoring, the two knockdowns in round 11. Well, technically, the one knockdown on the body shot and then the final flurry that finished Barrios along the ropes as referee Thomas Taylor jumped in. But social media, Steve Farhood, the unofficial scorer for Showtime. They liked Barrios' work a lot more. I believe Farhood had it 94-94 at the time of the stoppage.

All three judges, though, two of them, I believe, echoed the score. I had 96-92, and the third also had it for Davis. I'm not sure exactly, as I have my notes in front of me, what that scorecard was. But what it tries to show you is that the fight was was up for grabs now davis didn't know where he stood on the cards but his performance to finish it i mean that's natural instinct stuff that's the stuff that a star does that's although it's not equal in terms of the stakes of the fight or the you know the danger coming back that's ray leonard against tommy hearns in 1981 right like that you go you're blowing it son go after it and get it Tank did that now he was

up on all three scorecards in the end uh I had him up 96 92 so what does that mean that means that you took away two points for the knockdowns in the eighth round for Davis but that he's essentially uh you know it was still was a close lead it still i think showed you that barrios had done enough to be in this fight to be a problem but there were some close rounds where it came down to what you preferred and and what i sort of mean by that is in the second half of the fight barrios had a lot of early uh rushes in the opening parts of the round where he re-established his jab after davis had made a phenomenal to be honest with you, a phenomenal mid-fight adjustment to take away that jab by parrying it with the right hand. Well, late, you know,

Barrios would have some good moments early in the round and he controlled the distance at times very well. And like I said, wasn't wasting shots. He was very efficient and that lowered the overall punch output for both fighters, but it made all the punches matter more because nobody wanted to make a mistake and get countered. Yet Davis, I felt, really seized the momentum at the end of a lot of these rounds. but it made all the punches matter more because nobody wanted to make a mistake and get countered yet Davis.

I felt really seized the momentum at the end of a lot of these rounds. And I think he stole at least three of them on my card with big surges in the final minute where he landed the biggest punches of the round and his shots seem to move burials a lot more than in return. The only time I thought Davis was possibly hurt was in round nine, when it seemed like he was definitely taking the round off to recover from the stamina dump the round before when he tried to furiously finish Barrios over the last two minutes of that round after having dropped him twice I felt like he got hurt by that counter jab from Barrios in round nine but that

hurt was was fleeting once Davis was able to get the gas tank back under tank, if you will, there, he had all the intangibles on lockdown. So that's what made his comeback win, even though it really wasn't a comeback, but you get the point, so dynamic. And I think the key element to that from an entertainment standpoint, watching the Showtime pay-per-view broadcast

was Floyd Mayweather who is Davis's big bro mentor and promoter running you know from ringside to the corner twice over the second half of that fight and telling Tank look you're I think you're down in the scorecards according to the unofficial score on Showtime meaning Steve Farhood and

Tank didn't like that and that was high theater not only for Tank's reaction of being like you think I'm down you know like theater not only for tank's reaction of being like you think i'm down you know like getting pissed off but floyd's reaction of being like this is what i talked about i'm gonna be 100 with you i'm gonna be honest i'm not gonna tell you what you need to hear i'm gonna tell you or you know what you want to hear i'm gonna tell you what you need to hear and that was that was pretty damn good mentor work from floyd there we don't always give him that credit you know like he was you, AB, Adrian Broner's big bro for a while,

but Broner went rogue and hasn't really been able to keep his career together, you know, in terms of getting the best out of him. Tank has had his own ups and downs, obviously outside the ring, but, you know, he retains that respect from Floyd. They've had some battles too, you know, in their personal relationship, but they're doing good now. And that was a cool moment to see that. And I think it inspired Tank. And afterwards afterwards Tank's quotes were interesting where he said I made it harder than it had to be and when Jim Gray pressed him Tank basically

summarized what he meant by saying I wasn't throwing a lot of shots because I was trying to land the perfect shot and that's what Tank does as a counter puncher with knockout power who really studies you. I thought Tank gave away, you know, rounds two and three in particular just kind of trying to gauge distance and study Barrios. And when he says he made it more difficult on himself, you know, if he had tried to establish his own jab or tried to do more things by letting his hands go,

these close rounds wouldn't have been as close in the end because he landed the bigger shots late, like I mentioned, but it was hard to score some of all of those rounds at the very least to Davis because the activity level wasn't there. So he, he realized in hindsight, he had a legitimate 140 pounder across from him who proved to be durable for most of it that, you know, if he had done it over, he wouldn't have allowed it to be that close. Well, the way he ended up doing it allowed it to be durable for most of it that, you know, if he had done it over, he wouldn't have allowed it to be that close. Well, the way he ended up doing it allowed it to be super extra exciting. And I know there is, there could be a hipster take, you know,

at this about what Davis didn't do and whether he is a legitimate 140 pounder, but, and then, you know, if you ask me, BC, is he now a legitimate 140 pounder? Well, I mean, yeah, he just rallied to knock out an unbeaten champion who gave a tough effort. I'm not convinced he is a legitimate 140 pounder though, but that doesn't necessarily mean he should leave the division. You know, it's probably going to depend of course, on what the next big opportunity for him is and probably to be back on

pay-per-view because that's where his brand is now. But at 140, he's got to work for it he's got to fight for it i mean it's it's it's great theater especially against uh you know the the top names so he took this to dare to be great and i loved how he framed that leading into the fight saying to be great you have to you have to really motivate yourself you have to really feel like you're chasing something and i think for davis there was a you know not doubt because he felt he was the more skilled fighter I'm sure he felt like he was the bigger puncher and combined with his speed advantage which was huge in this fight and I think was the reason why Berrios had to fight so efficiently because

again if he's going to overextend himself and waste a lot of jabs for example davis will counter that was that speed difference was so huge but that speed difference uh was able to stir up davis's power and the way he ended up carrying it out by kind of doing a deontay wilder type thing waiting for that big moment late and not always worrying about sealing each round even though i shaded him as i mentioned a lot of the close ones uh it's more exciting that way i almost want him to stay at 140 he's overmatched against the you know the the he his opponents are overmatched against him when he's going to fight the regular guys at 130 135 and that means the mandatory opponents or the faded names because we can't

get anybody else right i want him to fight ryan Garcia. I want them to fight Loma Janko, Teo, Devin Haney, you know, name all the names there. Yeah. I want that. Will we see it? You know, if they can get up to his pay-per-view level, it'd be more likely. Cause that's the only way you get two networks to get together like a wilder fury, right? Like a Mayweather Pacquiao, you get two networks and promoters to come together when there's so much money on the table. I don't think that money is there yet. So I don't think he's going to face

those big time 135s next. But are there more guys at 140, maybe even guys with belts who tank just looks at the style matchup and says, I'm not to fight for it, but that's a fight that motivates me. I wonder if he's going to keep challenging himself. If he does, we have to shower him with praise. This was a sort of pound for pound top 10 cementing performance in my eyes for tank, because he went above his natural weight class. It's like Lomachenko at lightweight. It's like when Pacquiao first moved up to 35 against David Diaz, then 140 against Hatton. And you're like, you know,

then 147 God against Kodo and De La Hoya. And you're like, he's not a real welterweight, right? But he's quick enough and strong enough and dynamic enough to find victories in there. That just might be the best thing to challenge him to get the most out of him, and also for the growing entertainment value as a legitimate pay-per-view brand,

which Davis is, Pacquiao still is, and was because of those same things by challenging himself. Davis can get into trouble in his personal life, maybe staying at 140 and looking at an eye to the future of eventually going up to welterweight and keeping his body strong. His body didn't look cut and ripped for this fight. It looked strong. It looked muscular. You wonder, you wonder, you wonder if that's the right, right thing to keep them on that straight and narrow because he's got to go hard in each training camp because it's not an easy walkthrough. Like it can be against guys at one 30 and one 35,

because he's so naturally stronger than them and has an incredible ability to set up his shots. Again, all that on display in this one against a stubborn opponent in Barrios. This is how you get ranked in the top 10 pound for pound this is how you make your brand even bigger people tune in to see you knock out whoever you fight for sure and he gave us that uh you know at 30 and 35 think the hugo ruiz fight and the nunez fight and uh ricardo nunez fight and i mean there you know we've seen those fights time and again and again both fight was a little bit different he gets you know tested a little bit more went later but he still got it uh with the stoppage in the

12th round i want to see more of these where uh you know he's got to be super dynamic and pull something out of him to get that and i do agree with him that if he could throw if he threw more punches in this one it wouldn't have been as hard even though barrios did some really good things now what did barrios do uh he was actually only outlanded, something in the neighborhood of 99 to 90 overall, according to CompuBox. So his output was high for a fight that did not have a combined high output for all those reasons I said before. He made sure he was the busier fighter. I also loved Barrios' body work. I think that was a huge part of him able to keep Davis in front of him and slow him down. I mean, Barrios was really good at trying to cut off Davis's surges of momentum.

The only problem in this case for Barrios is that because Davis was the bigger puncher and he had the speed advantage, he was able to surge back on top of what Barrios did. And that's a I mean, that's a skill. That's Leonard against Hagler at the end of each round. Right. The 30 second flurry. Only this was Davis flurrying in the final minutes with heavy punches. And, you know, the great ones can do that. When they feel the momentum going in the other direction, they grab it right back. So it's like Barrios did great to establish some of these chaotic changes

of momentum that made a lot of these rounds great and made this fight such great theater and so much fun. But Davis always had the last laugh, final word the upper hand uh it's cliche city over here and some of that is speed power skill elusiveness all that and i think he's such a better boxer and sets up his punches so much better than people give him credit for because we see all the knockouts but he also has that those intangible instincts a great chin a want to be great gervonta has all that he also just has the slick veteran stuff that you're starting to see come out of him and uh you know again you start showing that stuff you're top 10 pound for pound and that's what he

is i mean what you're an mma fan or if you're a casual boxing fan or even if you're a boxing fan but you're a little worn down or whatever how could you not be entertained if you tune into that I mean that's that's what pay-per-view brands are supposed to do challenge themselves be in close fights and find a find a way to figure out a path to victory in there and the fact that he was able to self-identify afterwards and think in his head and go you know what I was quicker than that guy I did have better natural talent. I did have better technique. That guy, Barrios, put up a tough fight. I'm speaking for Durante here, of course,

but Barrios put up a tough fight, but the toughness of that fight forced Davis to look even deeper and find those next gears. And it's a harder path to go in modern boxing when a star can call his own shot. It's a harder path to do things like this, but it's super, super rewarding, super rewarding in terms of the titles you collect, the big wins you collect, uh, the respect you collect. And at the end of the day, it's like, yes, you can be just an attraction.

You can be a great fighter, but who's known only as a ticket seller and people come to you for that. Or you can just be great and cover all the bases and make the big fights for the big money because people want to see the matchups, but then deliver, you know, huge performances. And that's why this isn't a knock on Floyd because Floyd style was defensive. And that's how he could swim and control these fights and have great longevity because he didn't take a lot of punches and he was just so much technically better than all the other welterweights that he could fight like that. But that's not Gervonta. Gervonta is more well-rounded. He's also more exciting.

So you get that Gervonta gets compared to Floyd a lot because of the connection there as fighter to, to promoter and mentor, but he's a lot more like Manny Pacquiao. And I think he's also a lot more uh of a puncher of a knockout puncher they're both southpaws yes they're both athletic and explosive Pacquiao more explosive and sort of like sweeping powerful on unorthodox ways but Tank's got craft and he's got the knockout power I want to keep seeing him challenged I want to see him at welterweight where it's clear he's not the bigger puncher, but he's got to box his way to victory as the smaller man with the shorter arms.

That's greatness right there. I think he has it. I think he's got it all. I think the only thing he doesn't have is some of the maturity outside the ring, which has led to some very unfortunate situations. Hopefully he can grow and learn from that. I mean, that's all you can say every time that happens. And it's been potentially damaging to his brand, but it really hasn't seemed to have hurt it yet to this point. Why? Because he delivers in the ring and that's

what matters at the end of the day. Floyd could get him in the building, right? Floyd could entertain those who really understood the game and did so many times but if you didn't get this if you couldn't hear jimmy it was just 12 rounds of sparring tank can't talk like floyd or sell himself like that but has a game that sells itself and i think people like cheering for tank at the end of the day i think it's the demeanor he has uh that he's not a big trash talker but can be if he pushes buttons but it's just sort of this quiet smiling jovial guy goes out there and delivers it's not exactly the the game plan of how Gennady Golovkin was sold to the masses as this you know goofy Borat type guy who you know smiles on the way in and then leaves

people you know out cold but it's not completely far away from that they're hitting different fan bases in the fan base that, that Davis is hitting a younger fan base, a more urban based fan base and entertainment fan base. Meaning he draws the big names in music and, and, you know, in acting and Hollywood and social media and all that to come to his fights. Like he has been doing that, right. You know, he's a tree. He's already a traveling draw. If he's going to show up in Baltimore,

show up in Atlanta, show up in wherever he'll pack the arenas. Well, now he has a pay-per-view draw on top of that. And that's because he can have these, these, these explosive fights like here when he really challenges himself. So we have a real star in our hands and it doesn't mean, you know, he's going to equal Floyd in, in, in terms of the, the, the longevity or the unbeatenness is a totally different fighter, totally different style of game.

But Davis has stepped up to large platforms at a very young age. He's still only 26, and he's passing these tests left and right. Something special here. Shout out to Barrios for being stubborn right there. So you want to know what I gave Barrios. I'm sure people hear me go 96-92 at the time of the stoppage for Davis. They're like, wow, you're disrespecting. So I gave Barrios rounds two, three, me go 96 92 at the time of the stoppage for david she's like wow you're disrespecting so i gave barrios rounds two three and four and then round nine and i i think that's fair that's four rounds but because he lost the two points for getting dropped twice in round eight that brings the score uh back to where it was now rounds two through four i loved

what barrios did um again you found a way to establish distance, but without overextending. I mean, that's just technically smart boxing, controlling the terms of the fight. And yeah, a little bit was Gervonta taking the rounds off, reading it. But once Gervonta made that adjustment in round five, that was a big time championship adjustment. And that was to parry the jab of Barrios with the right hand and essentially disarm him. And once he disarmed him, Barrios, or I'm sorry, Davis was able to get inside the real estate of Barrios without paying the toll. And the toll is the jab.

The bigger fighter catches the smaller fighter coming in and basically says, look, if you're quicker than me, you may be able to get under my jab or, or, or around my jab or, or, you know, whatever that is, but you're going to pay a toll, or or or around my jab or you know whatever that is but you're gonna pay a toll right i'm gonna sting you with it you know davis disarmed it in in a lot of the same ways how tyson fury did to deontay wilder in the first fight and the second two but the second he came forward on wilder where the first fight it was perry the you know the hand in front of the jab and make him not throw it. So those middle rounds, I thought Davis did that beautifully.

Then he used his speed to land the body, land the lead, left hands, left crosses. And then you saw in round eight with the two knockdowns, that first knockdown was a thing of beauty from Gervonta Davis. It was a lead right hook from the Southpaw position. And it was just short and right there where Barrios didn't see that coming. I don't think any of us saw that punch coming. He doesn't use that punch typically. And it floored Barrios hard.

He got up. Tank gets him down again with the left hand. And because those first two knockdowns happened in the first minute of round out, like you thought the fight was over. And that's why this turned into a great fight because of those momentum swings. Barrios gets up, but he's getting, you know, torn apart left and right. You're like, they're going to stop this any this any second then tank slows down barrios coming on barrios hurts him the next round with

that counter jab i mean we had real theater here round 10 was probably the best round of the fight it was uh back and forth i thought again barrios had the better let's say first two minutes of the round but he was doing that a lot with body shots or jabs where you get a big flurry again from davis in the final minute and i thought it was just you know caught barrios in his tracks multiple times and again proved that he's short but no one's bigger than him i mean tank is a is a is a thick husky dude in there i mean you know he's not out of shape he's not you know big boned or in but he's he's muscular and uh he's a force you don't typically do great at this height, at these weight classes,

but Pacquiao was small, too. Again, loved it. Now, quickly, so where's Davis going to go next? Wherever the money is. I don't think he's, by any means, afraid of Ryan Garcia, no. Afraid of hating those guys, no. But they're not easy fights to make, and that's just the bottom line right now uh the promoters of those guys are not going to give them away right Oscar De La Hoya is not going to say take Ryan Garcia and put him on your Showtime pay-per-view

because they have too much value in their own brands and deals for them to fight on their own network so again the only way you can do that is the true network pay-per-view I don't think those those other guys are there yet starwise they're b-sides for now now you can do that is the two network pay-per-view. I don't think those other guys are there yet, star-wise. They're B-sides for now. Now, you can argue and say, hey, BC, isn't Teofimo Lopez pretty much on the verge of being an A-side? Yeah, he is. I mean, he's about to go to the pay-per-view level, probably going to fight Lomachenko after this mandatory against Cambosos on the pay-per-view level.

So we're getting closer. But right now, in this group of the young potential new four kings or the four princes princes as Karen Mulvaney of the Showtime Boxing Podcast brilliantly calls them, Tank's the biggest star of that group. There's not a question. Tao's coming. Ryan Garcia has a huge social media following. Devin Haney's the furthest behind in star power, but certainly may end up being the, you know, the most talented fighter when all is said and done we'll see what happens but uh despite that uh you know somewhat of a tough ending against linares where he was hurt but you know gervonta is the star and that was on full display in all the right best ways adversity but overcame um zia real junior

welch well i don't think, but it doesn't stop them. But I stopped him for making great fights and winning big fights and winning championships. Um, that's greatness. We, we, we turned the corner, we turned the corner. We're heading to greatness here. Okay. Uh, obviously Tank's got to keep doing it, but, uh, he wants it. So we'll see. Uh, you're probably more likely to, I don't know. It depends. You know, you got Rougarou Regis Progray, who's kind of a free agent at the moment. He called out Tank afterwards, but without a title, you're not gonna see Davis go out of his way.

He's got the secondary WBA title, but Josh Taylor's the four belt champion at 140, you know, David's not gonna fight Josh Taylor. You know, again, it's not a two network pay-per-view. We're not there yet on that. So we'll have to wait and see um there wasn't an indication after of you know that we're going to stay at 140 right now i'm sure if you're his trainer or his handlers you're saying okay you know he did take some shots here this was a real fight is it better for him at 135 you know would he roll through guys easier yeah yeah he would he would most likely but we'll see what happens there um on this co-main event jason rosario the former unified champion

banana they call him at 154 and erickson lubin we said there were two vulnerable guys with with big time power who really had a chance to put on some fun theater they put on some fun theater it was back and forth uh both guys were were hurt and uh lubin that was an emotional performance for him and you saw that uh he he wanted and needed that you know he bounced back from that jermell charlo uh first round knockout a while ago now he's put together six wins and we're seeing him against elite competition you know closer to elite competition rosario is not fully elite. It's weird. Yeah. He was the unified champion upset Julian J rock Williams for the,

for the two belts and then lost it to Charlo by body shot, knocked down in the next fight, but he's, he can will himself to wins on the elite level. Cause he's so aggressive and he hits hard and he's unorthodox and he's a little bit raw in there, but you know, you can find the disassemble button, Johnny Five, and that's what Erickson found. That's going to the body. And it really was some sharp counterpunching from Lubin.

And once he was in finishing mode, I know he got hurt just a couple rounds before that, and he was like, oh, man, is he going to blow this? Like, does he have the chin for this level? I don't know. Terry Norris didn't have the chin for that elite level. Still won a lot of elite fights and ended up in the Hall of fame also got starched a few times right like ryan garcia may end up being that type of star where when he loses he's gonna lose big potentially it's stopped but towing that you know it's getting close to that

fire it's like a sudden morning combat with the microphones right i'll get right next to that fire let me stand next to your fire jimmy right um the key is not getting burnt right the key swim but don't get wet as nazim richardson used to say um erickson lubin got wet a little bit wet but if you don't finish him off first when you find him vulnerable when you can catch him in that moment it's going to get you out of there he's's a young, powerful kid. How's he only 24, right? I mean, we've been knowing about Erickson Lubin forever. How's he still just 24? Came in a rematch against Jermell Charlo.

If Charlo beats Brian Castaño on July 17th on Showtime for all four 154 belts in San Antonio, which should be a great fight, there's legitimately fun storyline there with Lubin going back up to the Charlo level and for the undisputed title and taking them out. I mean, you know, you're going to always love Charlo's chances if they're going to make that fight, especially because he got them out of there in round one, you know, dramatically, dramatically, I mean, violently, but that's going to be a fun fight to make. So Lubin, you are in this discussion.

And I did not get to watch the Vasily Lomachenko fight on ESPN Live against Masayoshi Nakatani. Did see sort of the story of the fight, read the recap, saw some highlights. It seems like a statement win from Lomachenko to say, okay, I started late against Lopez. You know, I wasn't as offensive as I could be because I'm not a huge puncture at this weight division. We already know that. But he came out and hit fast forward right you know he went after it and that was great oh that was great to see and he finished him he beat the crap out of me

he's technically better faster but most importantly it's it's like a two-pronged statement it's I'm 33 but I'm not slipping yet I still got this at the super elite level and you know let's not forget guys came pretty close against Lopez started too late, but it came pretty close against him in that first fight. I'm going to be in that second fight. And the second point he made to back up the fact that he thinks he's going to be in the second fight is he's sitting down on his shots and he's finding creative ways to throw power punches, to get people out of there.

He could easily do the opposite. Could easily just do that. Well, fought the bigger puncher. You know, like Hector Camacho was a great fighter. But, you know, he fought Rosario. He stopped, he was lucky to sort of survive and get the win that, but while getting hurt and getting battered, that, you know, that was one of those times

where he changed as a fighter and sort of was circling and defensive and spoiling the rest of the way. When you have skills as great as Lomachenko, you can at any point just go into that. I would say that about Terrence Crawford, but he's so technically brilliant and quick that, you know, if he wants to just stink it out against somebody and use his length to win

a jab fest, he'd probably do it. Lomachenko could probably do that against most guys. Although in this case at 135, his lack of reach makes it difficult, but he was offensive and a rematchatch with uh teo it's gonna be something it's gonna be something so here's what i just did i just tucked in this microphone in circles and got really excited about boxing but it's after midnight deep after midnight we let it all hang out so uh that's all i got all right i don't know i don't care you do you enjoy it okay i mean i got sweat i guess i'm overrun by sweat stains right now okay you know what i'm saying i bleed for this i sweat for this okay this is what i did for you this is actually really

gross like you know you can i can i can look into this camera and play it off as you know hey bro bc that was an intense close closing to the uh instant analysis there all so intense that it covered up the you know how gross these sweat stains are in your own basement i got a fan right here certainly wasn't enough right um yeah it didn't cover up this really gross but uh you know i live for this that's what i do right were you entertained i don't know i don't care i might care but you know see mk's already penetrated your frontal lobe you're already you know you had the

like you bet you can't eat just one you'll be back right you'll be back there's ominous text messages in the morning combat universe you'll need to know about those alright I'm here I'm still here shout out to Gervonta Davis

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