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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4081377, member: 289"] Watched Gervonte 'Tank' Davis vs. Isaac (they pronounced it 'E-sock') Cruz fight. it came advertised as a battle of knock-out artists but i decided to score it anyway and that was a good thing because it went the distance and there were no knockdowns, although there were several slips and a bit of wrestling. It was Cruz who was the 'tank' in this one, putting his hands to his head, crouching down and burrowing in while Davis, who needs a better nickname, showed the full range of his talents with lateral movement, a decent jab, some straight left hands and upper-cuts. It was Davis' first fight against a shorter fighter and it was like a bear fighting a badger as the feisty Cruz refused to be detoured by Davis's flashy movements and combination. Davis seemed surprised by his opponent's aggressiveness and was unable to get his respect in the first round. In the second, Davis held his ground more and got Cruz to back off a bit but he wasn't going to win the fight that way so Cruz resumed his assault, blocking many punches but taking many as well. he wanted to get to Davis' body and late in the fight he was credited with landing 38 body punches. Cruz kept bending over and in the 6th Davis, who was by my card winning his fifth round in a row, hurt his left hand. He used it less and less as the fight went on. and stopped using it altogether at the end of the fight. At the same time those body punches added up and Davis was moving less. That allowed Cruz to score a lot more and he came on strong in the second half of the fight. Davis was doing more and more retreating as his lead shrunk. Then he showed his brilliance as a fighter, winning the 12 and final round strictly with his right had, pumping the jab, throwing occasional hooks and resuming his movements to avoid Cruz' attack. That clinched the fight for him. I and one judge had it 116-112 but the other two judges had it 115-113. Davis was asked afterwards if he wanted a rematch. he laughed and said "Hell, no!" He's now 26-0 with 24 knockouts. Here's hoping that 2022 will feature some knock-off fights for these younger guys who still have their goose-eggs. Having watched Haney and Davis in successive fights, I was much more impressed with Davis and think he will be one of the top fighters of his generation. [/QUOTE]

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