Re: Davis Vs Gamboa
To be honest I wouldn't be surprised to see Davis's team to back off that approach and choose Mares or someone after Saturday till Gamboa is looking more questionable again. Not that Gamboa was that amazing or realized his full potential Saturday night (I think Martinez has definitely seen better days and his reflexes are shot. He looked pretty rigid coming in). The thing about Gamboa is you never know which Gamboa is going to show up. The guy who still show shades of his superstar potential or the guy who stopped caring, didn't train and wanted his check. I think somewhere in the recesses of his mind Gamboa possesses somewhat of a double edged sword. He has a DGAF attitude sometimes and runs off of instinct. Its good in that he fearlessly throws those shots without thinking sometimes as his superiority becomes obvious when he catches his opponents. The flipside of that is when something goes wrong or its too easy, he never questions why and gets caught and dropped on the seat of his pants and doesn't really change up the game plan.
So as much as I would love to see Gamboa humble Davis. (lets be honest, the tweets from Fifty to Floyd after his former fighter took the shine off Floyd's golden egg alone, would drive Floyd bananas) I think it probably goes like this... Gamboa starts looking good and Davis starts to look unsure. Gamboa hurts Davis on the inside, stays too long and eats one. Davis jumps on him having been bailed out by a hail mary and then Gamboa futilely tries to hold on while Davis throws everything plus the kitchen sink at him. Some big punches land, maybe a cuff to the back of the head and a shot on lower part of the belt get lost in the fray as Gamboa sprawls foward and the fight is stopped. Protest by Gamboa while Tank , Floyd and Bayless hop in the getaway car and swing by the bank.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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